BHM

I just use my trade plates. That’s what they’re for & in my opinion I pay for them so I like to get my shillings worth.

In my experience when DPFs are full they either need unfilling or replacing. No amount of “£10 magic in a bottle” will clear out a load of bunged up carbon.

Why lie? Tell them straight & chase them off the premises

Too true! If a punter starts pulling the car to bits it doesn’t take me long to say “It’s a secondhand car so if you’re here to crab it to death just leave it” and my favourite “Increase your budget or lower your expectations”. After I’ve given them a 30 second lecture they either stop their bullshit or they start whinging & whining again which results in me terminating the viewing. I stopped taking too much flannel from punters a long time ago. I refuse to listen to pisspoor negotiations centring on non-existent faults and alleged defects on secondhand cars. I find it annoying when a chancer is telling me my car is defective (when it clearly isn’t) just to attempt to get a discount - “Leave it, it’s clearly not for you”, remove the key from the ignition, shut the door and they get the message.

Sorry, I disagree with asking for pictures. Once you start asking for pictures & get drawn into discussion you are getting involved. That’s not what you want, it’s a straight forward “it’s your responsibility, you are on your own” and a swift end to it.

That’s karma for saying in another thread that camper punters are no bother Believe me, get used to it - you’re dealing with VW men. Anyhow as far as I’d be concerned it’s his problem, he’s accepted the vehicle so it’s clearly been damaged whilst he’s had it. Stand your ground, sack him off.

+1 noacross, that’s about the best summary I’ve read. I also agree exactly with what you’ve written regarding WAVs, although having any car for a couple of months nowadays isn’t necessarily the disaster it used to be - I think it’s a sign of the times.

By “CUSTOMERS” do you mean customers in the truest sense (meaning they’ve bought) or punters (anyone who makes contact)? In the first case I’d say over 95% are fine cos I weed out the shit (the 5% are usually the parasites buying a ‘long termer’ that I’ve cut the balls off the price to move on - and those people are usually greedy to the core & rotten with it). However if you’re referring to punters, and as such the general public, I honestly feel over 60-70% are f***ing idiots and/or chancers and/or dishonest and/or unrealistic with their expectations. Very true, although you can’t get away from the idiots entirely. I’d hate to think I had a forecourt full of small cars, sports cars & Audis - I’d end up assaulting the customers.

Haha not many but I’ll start with most Toyotas, Hondas, Volvo 70&90s, many Fords & (don’t laugh) I’m partial to a PETROL Zafira or two - you can shove their diesel engines & the rest of Vauxhall’s range up your arse. Basically proper cars that show proper profit for me. I’ll hasten to add that out of that little lot I do NOT include small cars - I can’t stand the greedy penny pinching bottom of the range twats most small cars attract. Except for offering some poor wretch about £200 for his desperate Punto swapper, the thought of investing in one of FIATs finest doesn’t register on my radar.

It’ll be on the next series of Police Interceptors being shafted across the middle of a roundabout by a cannabis fuelled Iqbal.

The only surprise here is that some of you traders are surprised that Puntos are crap Dross only fit for Gumtree in my opinion but each to their own.

Lincoln!!!! North???? That’s the bloody midlands!!

If he was originally from London he might of relocated at Watford.

Personally I don’t want the Gumtree part of the deal (I don’t sell DVD, old fridges & stolen power tools) so I’m just sticking with EbayMP at just under £200pm before the Vodka & Tonic. The tosspots firing off pathetic offers isn’t an eBay phenomenon, it’s the internet full stop empowering spineless timewasting cretins. There are plenty of nutters looking at AT.

So he doesn’t like the sound his car makes?? That’s his problem, not yours.

Ah well, that’s the reason then.

Based on the DA descriptions over the last 6 months I go & collect them myself! I used to buy 10-12 per month but I’m now down to a few a month & even out of my last 3 purchases one was rejected. I know it’s shit BUT fixing cars is part of how we earn our margin. It should NOT be like this but unfortunately many main dealers are shysters & anyone buying blind based on their say-so has bigger balls than me. If a DMF is immediately rattling it’s brains out then that’s cause for complaint/rejection but occasionally I buy a car thinking it’s vaguely ok then after warming up realise it needs a 4pc installing. However many cars’ clutch/DMF prices have reduced to the level where you can easily recoup the cost by adding it to advertised price. Punters are shitty frightened of clutch/DMF units and are happy to pay strongly for a car with a brand new one installed.

Not a lot!?!! I’d put my f***ing house on it!

Don’t buy work & let those who want to go elsewhere, go. Shit should be valued as shit, simple. Half of the time they are so desperate to get out of their shed they’ll take almost anything but those who can’t afford to change unless YOU over allow should be allowed to walk away.

Mycarcheck

Too true. I’m sure there are exceptions to the rule but to my mind the sort of person offloading their vehicle to one of these car buying operations is doing it for one of two reasons. The first is the car’s knackered. The second is they are desperate for money. The trouble with this sort of seller is they certainly won’t of spent anything on maintenance and seem run them into the ground. At the block the main dealer p/xs are bad enough, I like the easy life so simply treat these ‘car buying vendors’ the same as the small trader entries and walk on by.

Normally I’d say just eBay it or crush it but at this point I cannot understand how on earth a 13yr old Mondog diesel owes you £700. I’d of thought the trade would automatically offer £1-200 for them cos, let’s be honest, we know they’re knackered.

I use my head & advertised prices (courtesy of the internet). They’re as much use as a punter waving a Parker’s Guide in my face. Surely they only exist to assist the ‘suits & pointy shoes brigade’ main dealers valuing p/xs?

No, it sounds a small fortune to me but it’ll depend upon your age, driving convictions & postcode. However if you’re a 21 year old nutter with 15 points & live in a rough neighbourhood it’s a bloody bargain. Anyhow, welcome.

Hopefully not! I have no time for his greedy sort.