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  1. Posted

    32 minutes ago, Lazz said:

    Complete and utter space cadets,

    The thing is, half of them are so arrogant - they think they can demand the Earth via email, and expect to get it. They’ll talk a big job all day long, and those that phone are usually full of shit making out they are ready to buy. Tbh it’s the same with a bit of flash for not much cash - pitiful punters.

    However, like most cars, the buyer will be normal, perhaps email a couple of times but will always soon PICK UP THE PHONE TO ARRANGE A VIEWING. 

    I should add that on just about every older semi-classic car I’ve had I always get at least one classic ‘specialist’ on the phone - they are even more full of shit than the punters.

  2. Posted

    35 minutes ago, Anglo9 said:

    Everyone seems fine with bank transfer nowadays

    .....and anyone who isn’t can jog on. I wouldn’t want a CC man on a car. I reckon anyone wanting to pay for a motor on a CC is already living beyond their means & probably can’t afford to run their car.

    42 minutes ago, Bmx Bandits said:

    I’ve had someone go to the credit card company because in their opinion the 10 year old Fabia he’d purchased rev’d too high in 5th gear!!

    :lol: The good ole general public, you couldn’t make it up. 


    I see that Barclaycard’s current TV advertising campaign with Nick Frost specifically mentions Clause 75 & a sentence along the lines of getting money back if you’re unhappy with a purchase (or some such patter which will result in premature ejaculation for the sort of person who shouldn’t be allowed to buy by CC).

  3. Posted

    In the last couple of years two older estates (a Merc W124 3.0 & a BMW 3-Series, 318 if memory serves) spring to mind - nowt special, 20-25yrs old, in well used condition but low mileage, nice enough & rare enough, for a few grand.

    I don’t think I’ve ever been pestered by so so many bored/boring, total & utter timewasting middle-aged men with absolutely no intention of buying although in their own deluded minds they are big buyers - a small avalanche of pathetic emails asking the most fussy questions imaginable. On the Merc I ended up amending the advert to “Phone calls only, ALL emails ignored” and received emails asking how I expected to deal with their enquiries.

    In the end a biker bloke bought the BMW as a ‘posh van’ to get free entry to the tip & the Merc went to a woman as a daily driver.

  6. Posted

    10 hours ago, It's me said:

    Bloody loud innit      tho yer tight get:huh:

    Buy a proper valet machine £400 and they last years and years and years and if you go bust its still got a value on gumbuy:D

    :lol: I’m hoping not to use it much longer - only until the valeter reopens. I’ve had a sharp reminder just how much value for money the valeter offers. What a miserable f***ing job, imagine doing it day in, day out. They deserve a medal.

  7. Posted

    1 hour ago, trade vet said:

    Hi Tom

    If it is going well and you are getting ahead and you are happy,then don’t change it.The grass may not be greener by moving premises,having more stock etc.I think you should stick to what you are doing for a few years and don’t make the mistake of being influenced by other dealers unless you have seen their latest set of accounts. Your photies look punter friendly to me.

    THIS + your photos look ok to me (although I sell some shite so don’t pay too much attention to me). 

    Videos are DEFINITELY a bonus, nowt fancy just a 2-3 minute walkaround with a mobile phone, no point boring punters to death. Whether or not you like videos they seem to instill confidence & get buyers to travel further and/or dig a little deeper.

  8. Posted

    How on Earth are shit 80’s & 90’s Fiestas/Escorts/Novas etc. worth what they sell for? 
    They were fucking shite even when new - ideal examples of how a front drive car should NOT handle. I don’t imagine 30ish years will have improved their pisspoor handling & inability to transmit modest horsepower to the road.

  9. Posted

    2 hours ago, grant8064 said:

    Struggling for valeters at the moment so going to have to resort to doing seats ourselves.

    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 :lol:. I bought it 5 years ago for builders muck when doing up a house & can’t break the bloody thing!

     

  11. Posted

    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.).

  13. Posted · Edited by BHM

    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? :lol:

    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!)

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  14. Posted · Edited by BHM

    2 hours ago, Bmx Bandits said:

    They are getting worse,  I’ve just had someone try and chip me 20% off the price of the car that has not even arrived yet and want 1st refusal....... erm....no to both!! 

    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.

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  16. Posted · Edited by BHM

    1 hour ago, It's me said:

    Many years ago when I sold a different commodity we often had customers complain that it was cheaper at comet

    I always told them to go there and buy it as we couldn't match that price

    They used to say ah but comet haven't got any

    Fine I used to say but we give ours away when we haven't got any

    They used to walk off oblivious

    1975 :)

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

  20. Posted

    6 hours ago, MrP said:

    Just had an email. Car up for £2995 said he would pay the full price but want's to pay £2000 today and let me have the £995 in 6 months time!!

    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 :lol:

  21. Posted

    4 hours ago, Martin F said:

    I’m not sure those who attack the emergency services personnel are only the ones a few slice short. I think unfortunately it is yet another consequence of the lack of respect for others (and their property) that some people have today.

     

    Absolutely

    5 hours ago, metcars said:

    Then I could dispatch the oiks and ruffians when me and lady met take the night air? :D

    Isn’t the English language a pure joy :lol:

  22. Posted

    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 :lol:) 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.