BHM

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  1. Yep, you could have a Rolls Royce jet engine roaring away in the corner but the laws of physics don’t change. Hot air rises & negligible insulation won’t stop it.
  2. The money looks right but rather you than me with that - the sort of German car buyers looking at that sort of car at that price range won’t have that sort of money. Basically most haven’t got a pot to piss in & are hard work anyway. 2 weeks is nowt for a car - get used to waiting and if you’re going to deal in that sort of stock you will get used to waiting!
  3. Christ, what a tale. I’ve got to say though, it doesn’t surprise me.
  4. 200% stock turnover per month - he must be Superman. I’m ignorant of the machinations & bullshit in the main dealer world, but perhaps it’s a case of give a (very) high target & see what the outcome is?
  5. Greedy VW punters who’d been phoning over the previous fortnight - I was asked this only last Saturday over the phone and he added “I want to give you money”. ME; “No & I don’t care, I don’t like you or your Mrs’ attitude so go & buy one of the many you’ve viewed over the last fortnight”. The greedy bastard could not understand that someone would not bend over backwards for money. Funnily enough I could not understand why on earth they still wanted to come after I’d spoken to him in that manner, had told him the week previous that he was greedy AND only the day before told his Mrs “Don’t bother cos I’m not interested in your knackered p/x and I’m sick of your phone calls”. Some punters just don’t get the message
  6. I’ve worked it out. I suppose if we started covering the reg. plate with our trade plates their computers would accept the vehicle as taxed AND they’d not know what vehicle to send out the fine to. BINGO! (If this makes sense ).
  7. Don’t bother answering her email. Let her sweat it out until she sends you a reminder - she realises she’s made a mistake by threatening you with the courts. Personally I’d then phone her, tell her she’s getting nowt & to go to court. If it looks like she’ll go to court (highly unlikely & it’ll take her a few weeks to start sending letters) as you originally offered a repair then I’d reluctantly do the repair & get the cheeky bitch off your back. However she’s already dropped all of her other claims except for the alternator & my guess is she ain’t going to go over that. Fight fire with fire, there are plenty on here who’ll decry my hardline attitude but this is how I’d deal with a cheeky bastard shouting the odds.
  8. Don’t expect a reply. These parasites aren’t shy asking for free assistance but they won’t give you the steam off their shit and certainly won’t reduce themselves to answering genuine queries on their pisspoor report generated by a desk jockey who’s probably never sold a car in their lives. SPAM - DELETE
  9. Almost as sad as “I have to speak to the wife”. Any real man would be embarrassed to say it - it’s tantamount to saying “I’m sackless, the Mrs. wears the trousers & I’m frightened of her”. Pathetic.
  10. I’VE GOT THE SAME ISSUE. I sent off my form last week, confirming I was the driver but that I had my plates in the window. I’m awaiting their response so will post here when I receive it.
  11. Yeah, what’s a vegetable got to do with this thread!?!!!!
  12. Do you all honestly think the cost of a replacement clutch can be added onto a secondhand car? I find it’s yet another one of those things that seem to count for sweet f.a. and it simply comes out of my margin.
  13. Snap and I suspect they won’t be interested in fighting my corner.
  14. IMO both Arfur & Grant are correct. The average IQ of the general public must be pitiful judging by some of the dozy, ignorant pigs I’ve come across in my years of trading. Unfortunately to my assessment of the public you can also add dishonestly & many will say absolutely anything to get their own way - they are like toddlers in that respect. As Grant says I think the seller has tried being smart. If a customer said their p/x had history & they turned-up with one invoice I’d laugh in their face - it’s blatantly taking the piss. So James01, to summarise I’d say you might as well sack-off your customer but in future treat people how you’d like to be treated yourself. Feel free to tell me to F*** O**
  15. Well, I’ve never seen glass break because it’s got Super Glue on it. So there!
  16. Squirt a bit of superglue in - it makes the punters it’s been repaired.
  17. Personally in this case I would of written something along the lines of “just had a service” and not written some history as I feel you were stretching the truth a little. It sounds like the customer is a twister. Call their bluff & sack them off FIRMLY. At that point 99.9% of these chancers disappear. It’s now getting so bad with penniless punters that I’m printing off the adverts & getting them to sign them. I get very few comebacks but then I don’t promise punters the earth which, lets be honest, a few in this game do.
  18. I’m more or less with Mojo on this one. Ask them to outline ALL of their OUTSTANDING grievances with the car. Once you’ve received this possibly get the car back to satisfy yourself as to the issue(s). Fix what you think you are liable to fix. Do NOT do anything out of goodwill - that’s long gone. I’d be tempted to tell them they’ve knackered the headlamp themselves. After that, as Mojo says in his point 1. It’s their car, see you in court.
  19. An old posting has been resurrected. A newbie has popped-up wanting us to click on their link. I don’t think I’ll bother. Goodbye.
  20. HEY! What sort of way is that to start your correspondence? Bloody cheeky students, they should be down the S.U. bar drinking pints of diesel & trying to get into someone’s knickers.
  21. Sounds about right, I’d wager he’s a right fussy bell-end.
  22. I found that jump packs are only any use for cars will a low battery getting moved around a garage, they’re not really suitable for us traders who go out to a car & the battery’s been dead for a fortnight. That sort of work murders jump packs & if you look on the back of the Snap-On it says something along the lines of ‘crank for 5 seconds then leave for 3 minutes’ and they’re really only fit for cranking over a medium sized engine/battery combination. In the end, after going through a jump pack every 18 months, I bought a 5mtr set of thick cable jump leads. They’re about £70-80, never fail, never need charging, will outlive you & as long as you can get a car within 5mtrs you’ll be fine. So much bloody easier.
  23. Sorry, I know times are hard but I have absolutely no sympathy with the sort of greedy chancing twat who expects a runner for £50. The scrapman will give more, he’ll also collect it and you can guarantee he won’t be back with a warranty claim.