James Baggott

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  15. Posted

    Having worked in local papers for a long time and seen their classified advertising and motors sections dry up I find this very interesting. Local newspaper readers are predominantly older, retired people who have always bought the paper. Do you know any 18/30s who buy a local paper that they haven't been mentioned in? Doesn't happen these days. 

    With that in mind I would be interested to see what response dealers got from these adverts in local papers and whether they were different to who we believe read these publications. 

    Any dealers out there using local papers already that could comment?

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    New dealers are very welcome, as I've pointed out in previous threads. However, it is up to the members if they want to respond, not us administrators. We've simply moved these questions into their own section to avoid clogging up the forum with FAQs, as requested by our members.

    You'll know if they want to help if they answer a thread...

     

  23. Posted

    Thanks for all your comments and suggestions.

    I've decided to give it a go and have today set up the Buy & Sell Trade Cars Sub Forum. 

    If you want access to the site you need to simply email james@blackballmedia.co.uk with a copy of your current motor trade insurance certificate.

    This, I feel, is the easiest way to prove trade status. VAT numbers are impossible to check - Google it and you'll find that anyone can claim to have a number but there's no database online to check them against.

    Also, some people mentioned, and rightly so, that not everyone will reach the VAT threshold. 

    So I'm going to stick to the above for now. I'll be closely monitoring it and seeing how it goes, but there's no harm in giving it a go.

    If you want access email me a copy of motor trade insurance certificate and I'll give you access. Let's see how we get on from there...

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