BHM

I disagree about your situations being similar. Ebay’s rep obviously told you about the ‘no going back to your old contract’ before he turned off the recorder, which is different to Rich Michaels as he’s claiming this wasn’t disclosed to him. I spoke to 3 (I think) eBay reps who chased me about this and it was perfectly clear on every occasion what the deal was. Additionally all of their emails made it clear what the deal was and EVERY single one of us on here should be immediately suspicious of contracts being handed out with a sweetener of a ‘cheap’ introductory deal. It’s the oldest trick in the book to catch the greedy.

Based upon the evidence before us I suspect this is someone with a poor grasp of the facts. I draw this conclusion from the fact he is passing himself off as Pendle Tow Bars Ltd, a limited company that doesn’t exist. Feel free to prove me wrong. Once an arsehole, always an....

Sorry but I believe you’re incorrect - or at least you are if you received the same contact from them as I received. When they offered me the Gumtree special deal (for want of the correct name) even from the emails it was crystal clear to me that if you joined there was absolutely no way of reverting to ebay-only on your old rate. In my case, and I find it hard to believe ebay actively tried ripping you off, nothing was hidden, it was all in plain sight, as clear as night & day. Sorry.

100% accurate

I’ve had a few 4x4 Pandas & they get plenty of interest from absolute tyrekicking bellends - all sad middle- & old-aged men emailing shit or phoning for a chat about fuel consumption. ACTUAL customers for them are few & far between so they sit for a couple of months but when they go do pull a reasonable profit, or strangely enough, attract good swappers. For those tempted I’d like to point out they drive shit, are underpowered, the diesels piss fluids out of every orifice and by the time they get to 80K miles are only fit for the bin.

Fuck me Andy, I’d be in tears!

I don’t sell much so-call prestige (ahem!) German stock but recently had an A6 that needed about 6 items attending too, an older 318 p/x with a stretched timing chain (thankfully moved on & it wiped its face) & have one of BMW’s 4x4s (my first, and my last) that has ‘issues’. All below average miles for age, all historied up. These krautmobiles are an absolute fucking disgrace. Get in a Honda with 150K on it & it runs like clockwork. Get in Germany’s finest at 100K and I’m waiting for the next light on the dashboard to illuminate.

+1. Reasonably profit when they go but it’s a niche market.

Just had what sounded like one of Nigeria’s finest on the phone; “What is your best price?” He sounded wounded when I said he just wanted cheap rubbish so he should go & buy it. He reckons he doesn’t want cheap! He reckons he’s a serious buyer, although he hadn’t bothered reading the advert, didn’t know it was a decent model, historied up & decent miles. All this cnut sees is the bottom line but as he said, he doesn’t want cheap. I’m ashamed to say I wasted 4 minutes of my life trying to educate this thick head, making him open up the internet advert & read it back to me . He’s letting me know..........

What sort of cars & price range are you in? Reading this I assume your business is a small concern? From my one man band point of view it’s mainly in the buying (+ also whether or not you’re badly caught out!) At the end of the day though, if the discs & pads (and a thousand other things) are Donald Ducked you need to spend the money. It’s as simple as that. How much money you spend ‘out of house’ varies greatly. In this game as a one man band you need a tame mechanic, or a small garage, who doesn’t mind trade work, and possibly if they also like a bit of cash (for one of their inevitably cash paid employees) you can buy your own parts without a mark-up. Mind you, I do envy those small businesses with an in-house workshop.

Come on! You’d make them available to anyone.

I’ll never forget the expression on the face of the buyer who’d flown into Teesside Airport from Southampton years ago for his Golf cabriolet. As I drove from the terminal he looked at the gear-lever & exclaimed “That looks funny” then asked “Oh no, is this one of them automatics!!???!!!!”. I answered “Yes” as I pointed to the plane taxiing on the runway & added “The next flight is in 2 days time”. He took the car but wasn’t happy, you’d think it was my fault the dozy bastard didn’t read the advert or look at the photos.

Fuck all. Don’t waste your time negotiating because whatever you say over the phone isn’t good enough for these type of people & they always want it for less - most don’t have anything approaching sensible money anyway. Even if you allowed them to rape you most of these bottom dollar twats would then want to rape your Mrs/partner/lover (delete as appropriate ). Depending on how the punter sounds & how direct I feel the need to be, my response is a variation on this; That’s the price, It’s freshly MOTed, described correctly, xxxx service history & honestly videoed. If that price isn’t good enough there’s plenty of rubbish out there with 3 months MOT, knackered tyres & brakes. I’m doing the job right, if you want to buy shit to transport your family then go & do so.

The first X-Trail was popular, the next X-Trail was forgettable & wtf does the current X-Trail look like? One was once pointed out to me - I honestly thought it was a Qashqui. It’s an obsolete model in the UK & the Sunderland plant has other cars. Haven’t Nissan lost their way a little? How many of the latest angular (and giant) Micras have you seen?

At least Jhone19 above is only a one post wanker.

Wtf is this dozy cnut going on about?

Snap. I’ve never had so many pathetic dreamers sending emails or fucking idiots phoning to say along the lines they’re “passing in an hour or two & fancy a drive out in a few cars” - no way, José! On Christmas Day I received 24 emails, 1 phone call (ignored) & a text asking me to phone them!! Anyone serious isn’t offended & will not object to phoning for an appointment. Only the messers, test pilots, tyre kickers & bored middle-aged men filling in their spare time object to this or the questioning of their intentions.

Just advertise it with what you think is the correct mileage and when a punter rolls-up tell ‘em it’s had a clock change. If you look in the service book you may find ‘speedo clock change’ recorded (+ a cambelt change for all them horrible greedy VW cambelt dickheads ).

It makes sense, rather like Sytner do, although in Holdcroft’s case miserable & ignorant Steve & his band of not-so-merry assistants will have to up their game regarding descriptions, not just the usual cut & paste job. I for one do not miss their poorly appraised cars. #CouldNotDescribeALumpOfCoal

How many repair garages have sold one or two motors for good profit then think it’s easily upscaled? It’s not. Apparently JBS is thinking of sourcing ALL of this good stock on the doorstep - that shows a little naïvety in my opinion. PUNTERS . Repairing cars & telling customers “That’s what it’ll cost, do you want it doing? Yes or No?” is VERY different from flogging cars to overly optimistic punters. Apart from that, welcome & good luck.

Is this someone looking for some festive backdoor action?

Merry bloody Christmas. Alas, you’ve now learnt that CCTV doesn’t stop anyone, as a crime prevention method it’s as good as useless against burglars & only an identification tool. However most burglers couldn’t really give a toss about occasionally getting their collar felt - it’s an occupational hazard. Tbh you’re lucky the scum were bothered by the alarm.

Cars With No Reserve deserve a medal dealing with the public on eBay auctions. I packed them in years ago when it became a messers paradise. Even when you listed faults the fucking idiots whinged about the faults. My heart sank every time a bid came in at the last second from zero-rated Iqbal or the inevitable part-time traders who’d roll-up tyrekicking, fussy as fuck, wanting the full retail experience. I had to give quite a few alleged ‘trade-buyers’ a talking too.

I bet Puds is a greedy cnut.