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No, it happened about a month ago. It’s not a landline no. (although it looks similar & will be area code related). I sent an emailing asking for mine to be changed back but in hindsight perhaps I shouldn’t of bothered.

How many Corsas did you buy - 3?

I’ve got a heap of shit or two in the compound. Shpock-wise I might dip my toe in the water selling as a ‘private’ as everyone else seems to be doing it. Now how much is a PAYG phone from Asda..........

I was nearly sick when I saw the price for a trade sale As for all this whining about trade sales then I can’t see what the objections are. If anyone on here wants to engineer out all risk then you may as well pack in today because the act of retailing exposes the retailer to risk. We all know about the possibilities of trouble but every sale has the potential for this. As always the knack is to deal with the right person (hopefully) and either get the paperwork correct OR simply take their money, throw them the documents, remind them CLEARLY not to bother coming back & then bid them a good day. I know which one works best despite all of the expertise spouted from various legal consultancies.

I’d prefer it older & with more miles myself. I like a French cabby to sell but find the cheap shite the easiest to shift.

Gumtree mk2

Many many moons ago and I used Warrantywise when I first started dealing from the door & they were good on the couple of claims I had. Tbh after a year or two I ditched offering warranties - a waste of time & money imo and it’s rare that a punter ever mentions one.

Why? I only ask because funnily enough I’ve just been offered one but to me they look as appealing as a kick in the groin area - a pure guess but I’d imagine they’re about as desirable as Astra & Focus cabbies which are very hard work. In my experience punters for a cheap cabbie like the French shite such as 207s & Meganes.

True. I’ll use this as yet another opportunity to state that I do not give a f*** about reviews but if you do then this is the only course of action. Whinging like babies won’t change reviews & tbh I don’t think a few bad reviews lose anyone a sale.

PUNTER: There’s a cheaper one at xxxxxx. Answer1. Go & see it then. Answer2. Let me see the advert (at this point they usually can’t find the advert on their phone & in the one case who did the car was 18 months older, a write off AND 300 miles away!! I laughed in his face & then used Answer1.

Absolutely dead sales wise. A few penniless credit card men on the phone, dickhead emailers & a couple of viewings from tyrekickers - one immediately admitted he was on a skive from work & mine was the 5th he’d looked at! Another example is a phone call on a £4500 truck - “I’ve got about half of the money, I’ll phone you if I manage to get the other half”. What f***ing phone in the first place!?!! Snap. Watchers mean zilch, it’s buyers we all want.

That gibberish must me a mixture of Welsh & English.

Don’t think you’ll be having it off in summer with cabriolets - I find I sell them in the shitty months. Come summer all of the tyrekickers come out and the few who want one think they’re paying summer rates.

Absolutely true. £x only buys £x worth of goods irrespective of your financial standing.

Ebayer; Hi would you consider selling the van for trade price? Also does it have full service history? My response; Hi, you want me to work for nothing AND you’re also fussy about service history. You don’t want much, do you? Thanks & good luck,

There’s no such thing as a free meal.

I wish my margins allowed me the luxury of £65-70 of stationery per unit. If that’s seen as reasonable I’d hate to see some of the other overheads.

I agree with the big-talking R-R Sport driving brigade but the other side to this is that I wouldn’t necessarily believe every persons or companies accounts. I’d guess there’ll be a few who are struggling ‘on paper’ but seem to get by quite adequately.

I’d more or less agree with this except for some people need being rude to (I call it straight talk) to correct their attitude or expectations. 95% of the time a punter turns up to see a particular car & nothing else so they’re half-sold before viewing. Its straight, frank, honest talk for me all of the way. Anyone talking-up their cars or making false promises is asking for comebacks. Clean/valet/touch-up/paint correctly within the expectations of the price/mileage band. Irrespective of profit, or loss, a retail car should be mechanically fit & SAFE. This is what the boards of ‘wipe the car with £150 profit’ boys at the auctions must be failing to achieve. As for opening hours I run on appointments so my phone is answered when it suits me. Phone calls at 9pm are ignored (very few phone the next day) & my phone is definitely off on a Sunday. Those who want to run their business 24 hours supplying the pissed & bored with free entertained are welcome to do so. Finally, learn that a deal is not a deal until your palm has been crossed with silver - all of the big talk, promises, emails & even a handshake count for sweet f.a. until you have their money in your pocket.

My opening line on any poverty model Aygo/107/C1/Polo/Fabia/Corsa that I’ve had the misfortune of having in stock. “Sir, I don’t know if you’re aware but these are a 3 cylinder engine and run as rough as a badger’s arse but they are cheap to run & cheap insurance”. The dog rough engine is of little consequence to the average CHEAP small car buyer who wants CHEAP running costs, CHEAP tax & CHEAP insurance. CHEAP b******s. The only rougher sounding engine than an Aygo is that two cylinder effort in them French two seater micro cars - someone at the block said it was a Kubota mini excavator engine but at the time I had a man excavating my compound with, funnily enough, a Kubota digger & it was a damn sight smoother than this French horror.

Welcome! I trust your experience of the motor trade has made you as jaundiced as the rest of us

I do the same with the £1 pricetag, with “SOLD” written across the top of the adverts but about once a fortnight a thicko asks “How much 4 cash m8”. F***ing mongrels.

Auctions - pay them for delivery. DA - drive them myself as there’s no way I’d hand over money without seeing the merchandise first.

The stench of finance on these cars is overpowering and the average potless cretin who gets out is laughable when they start the big man’s talk about money. These punters are never pound note men, always wanting to use their flexible friend. Hasta la vista, baby.

Arfur, that’s exactly what I was thinking.