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    48 minutes ago, Frank Cannon said:

    Prices fall thru the floor, can't see it?

    I've been/seen many recessions/global panics/Y2K doomsday/Gulf wars etc and one thing that always happens, used stock goes up in value.

    ...the usual rules of supply and demand will still operate.

    I believe you’re correct. Hasn’t this always been an industry whereby less customers = less secondhand cars = higher prices? At least it’s always seemed that way to me.

    We’ve all experienced the industry in the months since Lockdown 1. For small operators won’t the aftermath of Lockdown 2 be similar? 

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    43 minutes ago, Frank Cannon said:

    and they left for a better job so why try and kick us in the nuts:P

    Unfortunately “I used to be in the trade” can mean anything from parts delivery driver, parts dept. employee, office worker, failed paint sprayer, valeter.....the list is endless. Rarely does it mean buy, prep & sell cars for loss/profit with own money. 

    It’s also often used over the phone by middle- and old-aged men who proceed to talk in a condescending manner warning they have a keen eye, are super-knowledgeable & telling you the deal you WILL give them.

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    8 hours ago, metcars said:

    I feel sorry for guys that source stock from private sellers like that?

    I’ve not bought privately for over a decade cos I can’t be doing with wasting my time trawling around looking at deliberately misdescribed cars. 

     

    13 hours ago, CRW said:

    They all "know what its worth" dont they?!

    Also what is it with punters at the moment? Even the Mrs noted the other day how many start with “I used to be in the trade” :rolleyes:

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    17 hours ago, Dave2302 said:

    I'd have said £99 lol, I really don't get the "Value" on some of these plates ;)

    Neither does ‘the market’ nowadays on many of these. What was worth a few hundred 10-20 yrs ago aren’t worth a toss now. 

    12 hours ago, Willoughby said:

    problem is we've had them for years and years,

    I’ve heard that from various traders.

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    Even when the cars are parked neatly in a row I still fail to spot damage - the latest is half a front bumper hanging off & mangled. I blame car blindness - looking at too many cars. Honestly, I’m f***ing useless.

    As for Megane cabbies I remember once assuring my mechanic that ALL of the windows worked when I’d checked over the car, I was 100% certain. When he removed the door panel he phone to ask how certain I was as the window was chocked up with wood :lol:

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    It’s not something I like to do but I wouldn’t automatically poo poo the idea - this industry is about risk/reward so if the risk is low for a few quid return I don’t see a great problem on an older bit of stock, especially if you are more ‘trader’ than ‘shiney showroom’. Tbh I see more of a problem with owners who think they can palm off any shite & don’t understand why we spend money on preparation to sell or the need for us to make a profit.

    You may wish to go the ‘advertised on behalf of customer & it’s them you are buying from’ route. I’d say you should insist on it being MOTed & prepped to your standards (however good or bad your standards are) but if it’s priced right the great unwashed won’t give a toss & will sign any invoice put in front of them. Any comeback & you can offer them the comfort of two fingers. Well, that’s my two penneth worth.

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    (From the past) I can’t remember where but what was said was;

    “it’s been a popular car” - a 12 owner car.

    “a morning’s work to put right” - the car had been on the receiving end of a wronged wife/girlfriend. No glass in it, interior damaged, every panel kicked in & a few choice words sprayed on the car :lol:

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    49 minutes ago, metcars said:

    But it costs them nothing to send an unrealistic low-ball offer and don’t even really expect you to answer.

    Even when you answer ‘Yes’ for a laugh theshe cnuts don’t respond, unless it’s with a barrage of ‘Cambelt?’ type questions - they’re just shitty arses. 

    My answer would be no answer. 

    1 hour ago, trade vet said:

    Well said Captain Mainwaring.  (BTW that’s a joke ) Solo operators can spend time replying to email crap but if you are employing salespeople I would prefer if they were improving presentation of the stock.

    Sorry, but isn’t the opposite true? I thought pitch lads, like main dealers, need to answer even numpty that contacts them whereas us one-man-bands can ignore people as we see fit.

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    On 9/29/2020 at 5:16 PM, Frank Cannon said:

    'no grafty, no payee'

    It’s amazing how this basic fact motivates people. If it’s left up to local govt employees & their ilk the country will be stasis for the next two decades.

    On 9/30/2020 at 10:13 AM, Frank Cannon said:

    I wouldn't want to owning chunks of commercial office property at the moment. 

    Working from home is going to be the norm for SOME companies, staff will appreciate the lack of travel time & costs (although that will be traded for being spied on in their homes but they’ll have little option) & those companies will surely have no need for their once full offices/call centres etc.

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    To be fair it clearly states it’s a service designed for motorists who have lost or damaged their log book. It’s hardly rocket science to work out they won’t be sending them out willy nilly to any Tom, Dick or Harry who claims to of just bought it from the block.

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    On 9/24/2020 at 9:42 AM, XFS said:

    Back in the day Police cars wanted for nothing, most forces had a highly skilled maintenance force and their own garages. Getting a slot in a Police garage was a prime job for many mechanics. In many forces the cars got washed every day to.

    They used to mint them up to sell them........ then rather than minting them up they started declaring all faults at the block........ then 6 or 7 years ago they started auctioning them like everyone else by declaring sweet f.a.! :lol:

    I had some good do’s years ago out of ex-service cars, they were cheap & the public loved them - especially fluorescent yellow ex-NHS Focuses! Now it’s a lottery buying them, they ain’t cheap & the Average Joe doesn’t want them.

     

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