James Baggott

It was on the email that went out today. Do you get our weekly updates?

Well said Colin

Here's a turn up for the books then. A large advertising portal goes completely free in a bid to take on Auto Trader. They're aiming for 500k cars too. What do you think? http://cardealermagazine.co.uk/publish/advertising-rac-cars-now-free-dealers/91251?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Nice points

I delved into it the other day as they shared one of our stories from SuperUnleaded.com and my god it scared me. How it manages to escalate into an argument so quickly between the posters was amazing. I'm glad this forum manages to keep things polite.

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Oh yes you can on Twitter. You just have to reply more than once...

Speedy recovery GG!

Dragon2000 advertise in Car Dealer and have won see real Car Dealer Power awards, voted for by other dealers. Maybe worth a chat.

But haven't they tried to do that? If they've tried to contact you to chat about things and you declined how will you ever know what they were going to say? We learn in the reporting world you have to give people a right of reply. It's only fair. As much as it sometimes pains me to do it. But then if you don't like what they've got to say by all means carry on. My point is maybe you should listen to what those that have reached out to you have got to say. Then make up your mind. I'm totally impartial here and just giving you a view point from the sidelines. Feel free to ignore it!

Right I know you're annoyed GG. And I can feel your anger. But let's looks at this another way. A customer buys a car from you and gets very angry about it on social media and the interweb. Saying you're money grabbing. And unfair. Etc. You call them and offer to have a chat about it but they decline your call. Yet carry on posting. Then a colleague of yours does the same thing. But again they refuse to talk. Or even listen. But then they go and get very vocal once again on social media. You've outstretched your hand. Attempted to talk. But they won't engage. You'd be frustrated too right? Now I get your point entirely. I can see why you're unhappy. But surely you need to hear their side of the story? Surely if you're to write angry posts like this (which you're perfectly entitled to do and that's why this forum is here) you should at least hear them out. Or would you rather they engaged here, in a public forum? All I'm saying is: Is it not worth hearing what they have to say? At least giving them the chance. Because, let's be honest, if they didn't care at all they wouldn't even bother would they? *lights fuse and retreats back to Saturday morning*

57 per cent!!!!!

It sounds like a potential huge headache to me. Be interested to hear what people do. And welcome to the forum

Thanks for the heads up Jamie :)

Interesting stuff! Thanks for sharing.

Everyone likes to see competition. It's healthy. I've just written about so many free offerings that are planning to rival Auto Trader over the years that I can't help but feel suspicious. I wish them all the best with it though. Love to see new businesses launch and flourish.

Haven't we seen this sort of thing before? About 10 times...

I can't understand them. If we're talking about the M3 it's a nightmare. One driver passed me at 80mph the other say through the roadworks. Ridiculous.

It's going to be a great day!

Welcome to the forum Maz

Dan - no worries. I would have done if it was too close to the mark. Just wanted to mention it. Thanks for joining the forum

More power to your elbow Umesh :)

Woah careful there Dan that was awfully close to product selling which we really do not allow on this forum. But thanks for keeping it light and open ended. We'd appreciate it that if anyone does want to talk specifics with you they take that conversation to direct message. We love connecting suppliers with dealers but this forum is about debate and as such we don't like to see products or services directly sold here. Thanks for joining the forum and welcome

I really enjoyed this article. Read it in the paper on Sunday. It was well done and insightful. Nice to see dealers getting some publicity in national press.

I think I'm probably the most easy to find person on the internet...