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Snap I’ve dusted off my old Titan that I see Screwfix are still selling, now £44.99. It’s a no frills wet or dry pick-up machine - no water feed (so you need a bucket & brush) or fancy transparent nozzles but if it’s just a temporary stopgap machine you want they are unbreakable & suck very well . I bought it 5 years ago for builders muck when doing up a house & can’t break the bloody thing!

I’m lucky to get a turnaround of a fortnight

I’ve recently had 5 4x4 pick-ups (L200s, Rodeos), all about £6Kish retail so not new. Absolutely loads of interest, plenty of peasantry thinking I needed to take bids but all sold full-up to people who understand the market (i.e. pay up or get sweet f.a.).

There bloody well is, although reading the comments above I guess you now know that.

You’d think they have f.a. else to do. I wonder why they don’t catch up with a few rogue traders on Facebook who repeatedly sell cars masquerading as private sellers. It wouldn’t be hard, would it? Surely just a phone call to arrange a meet with any cap-wearing likely lad who can’t string together a cohesive sentence & who has a history of regularly selling a few cars. Surely this can’t be beyond the wit of a local government employee? I can suggest a few search words/phrases that may help identify such characters; gud, carnt, bran new tyers, m8, new breaks, and my favourite - cupple cwid (yes, really!)

Even if you answered yes these idiots wouldn’t buy anyway. Cheeky greedy messers usually. There’s a big difference wanting to buy a car when it’s not available to buy - as soon as it’s available I’ve found these characters haven’t got a pot to piss in.

A swift kick to the knackers & telling them to ‘Fuck right off’ should suffice.

1975!?!! Your tale is as old as Trade Vet’s stories (almost).

I wish I could deregister from VAT

I reckon most months I have to tell some punter exactly that. Whenever I ask them why they are phoning me instead of the seller of the cheap one I’ve never yet had a satisfactory answer.

Surely that’s not the first time you’ve had such an offer. The last one I had said “There’s no point me asking for finance“ (I don’t do finance anyway), ....”because I’m blacklisted”! Imagine waiting for the balance payment

Absolutely Isn’t the English language a pure joy

We are all guilty of it but isn’t it a shame though that when a theft occurs the victim is blamed in one way or another? Slack management or not, an unguarded key box (or an empty Persil washing tablet tub ) or just a momentary slip-up, the c*** to blame is the thief & in the case of this piece of shit court clearly isn’t a deterrent. Off, Hands & Cut are three words that spring to mind.

75% of PAYE people have absolutely no understanding of what a cash deal is.

Mine are kept in an empty tub. Wilko 50 Wild Bird Fat Balls if you’re interested.

Too many punters sat all day looking at cars they can afford, but when they realise they’re shite they then start looking at more expensive cars. It doesn’t matter if their real budget is £800 or £8000, they start looking at ones 25-50% more expensive & convince themselves they can own it.

What can I say gents? In all my years of having them I’ve only ever been pulled once & that was about a decade ago whilst filling with petrol at the local petrol station less than a mile away. With current police staffing & crime levels I don’t think pulling insured cars with plates in the window even registers on the scale of ‘worth a pull’.

Fling the trade plates in the window & use the car to your hearts content.

F*** off! I don’t believe you!!

It must of been the old Mk1 Berlingo, it certainly can’t be the Mk2!

I’ve never had a problem. When I receive the renewal, I send the cheque & completed form to the DVLA and then 2-3 weeks later the confirmation comes through. I find paying my bills promptly & completing forms legibly helps.

The old laws of supply & demand took over instead.

Isn’t it always the same when you discount an ornament that you’re sick of dusting off? Unfortunately bottom money attracts the greedy crowd.