BHM

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    The last 5 or 6 auctions I've attended I have bought nothing. I CAN buy crap just to fill spaces but the level of crap that's getting traded-in is too bad even for me.

    And on a rare trip to Leeds I found they now don't let you have the keys, , you can't get in them, you can't open bonnets & the driver's won't even allow you to try the electric windows.

    How the hell, in 2017, has the treatment of customers REDUCED to this level when in any other industry service levels have increased & they've embraced "openness"?

  8. Posted

    10 hours ago, have a word with the wife said:

    its a very good idea and  known quite a few do it, and still do, but faced with choice a consumer will walk away, DO NOT LET THEM SEE ALL YOUR STOCK ! split up your stock, show 3 different colours, dont let them see the others until they definetly dont want the first 3 ! if you havent got the room to divide them throw a sold sign in the window of the one they havent come to view! Trust me here, too much choice and there head spins and they walk ! :)

    +1 Absolutely.

    tbh when they say on the phone "I want to see a few of your cars" that usually means their head is already full of cars & they don't have a clue what they want.

  13. Posted

    iPhone good enough for me. It's more about getting the background & lighting correct.

    Personally I don't like walkarounds, I think they look poncie & aren't required by 99.999% of buyers but I'm sure we'll all be doing them in 5 years.

  16. Posted

    The easiest is to scrap them but you'll get a few more quid on eBay HOWEVER you MUST write a brutal advert & clearly tell them on the advert AND face to face that it's a one way deal, sold as seen with a lamppost warranty.

    I know the bullshit legality of this but it works on pure shitters - if you have a problem with dealing at the bottom level then scrap them.

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    4 hours ago, NoMargin said:

    Those stains are terrible, they look easily removable with a little interior shampoo and microfiber cloth, one can only assume those stains are permanent :(

    They'll be removable, it'll just be the seller's a lazy bastard. 

    I thought my prep levels are shite but that's a disgrace - and he's not shy with his pricing either!

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    LET ME ADD MY TWO PENNETH WORTH (IN CAPITALS IF YOU HADN'T ALREADY GUESSED).

    Suppose you specialised in diesels - recently you're screwed. + A FORECOURT FULL OF CARS WITH DPF/TURBO/INJECTOR PROBLEMS. URGHHH!!!

    Estates specialist - SUV's have killed that market for me. PARTIALLY AGREE, THERE AREN'T ENOUGH TIDY ESTATES AT SENSIBLE MONEY.

    Prestige - Takes a certain person....I can't handle the big ego but instant HP decline brigade. :lol: TO F***ING TRUE!! PENNILESS BIG-TALKING BASTARDS. BTW, THE VW CROWD CAN ALSO BE ADDED INTO THIS "CHAMPAGNE TASTE, LEMONADE MONEY" BRACKET.

    We thought about autos because there's a huge demand locally but try buying one without a knackered box in the block. NOT ENOUGH GOOD ONES . YOU CAN'T TRUST THESE SHITTY AUTOMATED CLUTCH JOBIES, CVTS ARE HORRID, DSGS SEEM TO BE A LOTTERY AND ANYTHING BIG & 'PRESTIGE' SEEMS TO NEED A NEW 'BOX EVERY 100K MILES.

    Bog standard risk spreading is best for me...at least that way I have one of every un-sellable motor rather than a forecourt full of the same unsellable ones. SNAP.

     

  25. Posted

    3 hours ago, Mojo121 said:

    I had a guy turn up yesterday, bid us £700 off and only remember his DPF and ESP fault when I took his for a drive. A perfect car apparently...

    I do very few favours for people now and don't trust any customers... everytime I do I get burnt.

    Unfortunately that's the car game & it's seen as perfectly acceptable to blatantly lie. Very sad but I trust no one nowadays.

    As for "customers" & "cheap stock", one man's cheap stock might be another man's top of the range so what price range are we taking when we refer to cheap cars/difficult customers?