BHM

Everything’s changed. Not that I buy them but I see Corsa’s regularly making £500 over top book (it doesn’t seem that long ago when they had to give them away) & yesterday I saw an 8 year old Zafira make £1000 into book. Fighting like fuck for an old Vauxhall, I never thought I’d see the day! For the buyers sake I hope there’s nowt wrong with it.

Yes. On hold for just over half an hour but as I was multi-tasking watching an auction it didn’t matter.

I don’t think I’ll be around to see it (sorry, I couldn’t resist it).

No

The ways some of these fussy c***s conduct themselves there’s every chance he’s still looking

FFS, just sell the fucker as it is.

That’s right, and the auction house will be more than happy to remove the high bids left, right & centre then repeatedly tell vendors the bidder has backed out of the deal. Not. To me this sounds like an ideal way to become known as a cunt & eventually get your account suspended. Perhaps it’s just me but, assuming nothings changed with the car, what sort of trader bids on cars then cocks on their side of the bargain?

Eh? Manheim have taken it back?

For the lack of a helpful answer all I can say is if you sell it cheap the sort of person who buys a cheap Corsa won’t give a toss, tbh they probably won’t even notice it. As far as I can tell most Corsa owners run them into the ground anyway, thinking tyres, brakes & general maintenance are optional extras not worth bothering with.

As we have no idea of the age, spec, mileage AND price I would struggle to answer.

You can be as annoyed as you like, I’m afraid the DVLA won’t give a toss.

They’re running the knickers off everything.

No, I’ve never used a smart repair man in my life, just a one man band but he does all sorts - plenty of decent stuff passes through his booth. My original painter retired last year, he was as cheap as chips but even Stevie Wonder could tell where he’d been.

Half what you quoted, even less if I need a few panels done. However my stock certainly ain’t ex-lease - 6yrs is a ‘new’ car here - so standards may (ahem!) not be so high

How much!?!! Are you taking your cars to the main dealer for paint? They must be good, nearly new cars to warrant such largesse .

Definitely. This is obvious when the greedy bastards drop something on their keyboard whilst fiddling the figures & they book a 10yr old Audi A3 at £53400 .

I’m sure this was on Dealer Auction a few times, or if not it was something very similar.

I’ve never had a S/S issue that wasn’t a battery. Years ago any cheap battery would do on a car but nowadays even I go brand name only. As the old saying goes, ‘Buy cheap, buy twice’. I do save a few quid buying via eBay from Tayna etc. as Varta/Exide AGMs, or similar, seem to run at about £100 inc. VAT delivered which the local factors can’t get near to.

Honestly mate I wouldn’t be sweating over this, it’s a none-issue. So what? On older cars these are exactly the punters you don’t want to be dealing with. Move on. You have better things to do with your time.

How the fuck anyone repair cars properly at Copart money is beyond me.

If YOU are selling via the course of your business then yes I agree. However if the advertisement makes it clear the goods are advertised on behalf of xxxxx and it is from xxxxx the buyer is purchasing the goods and (most importantly) there is no reference to your business on the receipt/invoice then there is no responsibility on you. I’m not referring to pisstakers with half of their stock being sold on behalf of friends/relatives, I’m referring to a genuine friend/relative sale of which there is no legal recourse to your business - or at least that’s my belief.

Yes

Getting away with what?

I think every other person I’ve met in associated trades (mechanics, MOT testers, bodywork men etc.) who’ve had a go at selling soon declare they won’t sell another car & say something along the lines of “Fuck me, there’s something wrong with the public, they’re as fussy as fuck”