chrishowie

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  1. Posted

    Why isn't Alex Chesterman being investigated for one of the largest frauds in Automotive history?

    Getting large backers, huge hype without any substance and then taking 100 million at least and leaving it to crash and burn????

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  2. Posted

    Hope you are all as busy as us!

    I'm looking at improving and updating all our systems as regards the car business. 

    As I basically do my own accounts etc, I wonder what is the best option for easy to use software for vat hmrc etc that is designed for the very small business?

    Single user but most I've seen, are shaped around sending invoices etc in standard retail. What car accounts software have people found the most easiest to use and simple?

    Someone has suggested Dragon but I don't think that is really for me.

    Many thanks,

    Keep selling,

    Chris

  3. Posted

    For all the lights to light up, could be a battery/alternator issue.

    Although I agree with the refund, it equally could be something she has done, i.e put diesel in a petrol, damaged some parts.

    I'd get a workshop to diagnose the issue before parting with any money. Explain to her you want an impartial party to look at it first. If its an easy fix, explain everything to her, pay for the fix and happy days. Work from there....

     

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  4. Posted

    21 hours ago, BIGNIT said:

    Anyone charge for the fuel in the tank.

    I always make sure cars have 1/4 tank of fuel in and sometimes we get cars with 3/4 even occasional full tank.

    Thinking about charging (at pump prices) for the fuel in the tank.

    If I claw in on average say £15 per car and sell 20 cars a month that makes me better off by £3600 a year.

    Anybody tried this?

    How have customers reacted?

    Sounds like accountants running the company

  7. Posted

    best of luck, it can be a lot of fun but stock value is high at the moment and suggestions are... some are going to get caught holding the baby so to speak very soon when the economy crashes.

    However for now, it is busy so make hay, have fun and expect your first screemer/i bought the wrong car/ the key fob battery has gone...!

    All the best : )

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  8. Posted

    Sorry to hear this.

    But Multi vendor....

    No check...

    Porsche...

    Three red flags. I always take auction stuff on the chin. The good out weigh the bad. Always learning in the job!

    Nightmare for you but if your buying 100 cars plus and you would have mad maybe 3/4k margin in it so its a 2k loss maybe? That is how I'd look at it, sort it and move on!!

    But sorry again, hope you sort it. I wouldnt waste and time with BCA if there were no checks etc. Just wasting your  energy and life...

  9. Posted

    Morning All,

    I do try to smile though it all but we were informed this morning the ALL DVSA testing will be suspended until further notice.

    Kind Regards ;

    Richard Hennessey and Peter Hearn, Directors of Operations, DVSA

     

    Unsure what we are meant to do with that info lol lol.

     

  14. Posted

    25 minutes ago, Halfpenny said:

    I have not sold cheapies for a long time. Its not just the finances or potential aggro, its that I am not comfortable with a car leaving the premises without defects rectified and a fresh MoT.

    You don't check a car and next day its involved in a serious accident due to mechanical defect. Where does that leave you and how do you feel?

    If you do sell an unchecked cheapy please not to a youngster looking for a first car or a cash strapped young mum.  An older guy with grime under his nails is fair enough.

    But the law actually states something very different. I once chucked them on ebay for £1 and see where they went but apparent come backs from ebay is okay and no longer an auction format! etc. Nightmare

     

  15. Posted

    2 minutes ago, Rory RSC said:

    Also dont be afraid to sell them for fair money A lot of good profits on these part exs. Double up on them a lot. £200 px, £10 romanian wash sold for £500 etc not to be sniffed at.

    Yes the response has been somewhat overwhelming.... maybe to cheap. But at £995 are exceptions twice that of a £530 car?

     

     

  18. Posted

    19 minutes ago, trade vet said:

    You get some great value cheapies these days but the precautions and time you have to take qualifying punters to comply with CR 15 legislation makes it not worth the bother selling them.Also the expectations and maintenance skills of the majority of today’s cheapy punters are different from bygone days.Why is it often the case with punters who live 300 miles away and desparetly want to buy something under a grand that they get annoyed when you advise them to buy something on their doorstep.

    That is what worries me as I like to think I do everything by the book and actually like to go above and beyond to help people...

    7 minutes ago, Rory RSC said:

    Brutal advert. Sell it as an unchecked px / trailer away etc etc write in advert suit a trader to buy who can safety check mint up for profit etc.

    Sell electively.  30 people to choose who to sell to. Sell to an eastern european, mechanic type bloke. Don't sell to a guy in company car turning up for his sons first car or a woman with young kids who just wants a cheap car you know as long as it lasts a year or 2 without spending any money on it will be fine type.

     

     

    Totally agree. I know I can jsut throw their money back at them if they start moaning but I do question the line of its a cheap car so expectations should be that in line with the price, age and miles etc etc.

    Also watched a great program on the FPace Jaguar being built. The main guy being interviewed from Jaguar stated, " people are buying a luxury car and have the expectations of it lasting 10 years". If that is how long they expect new cars to last, how the hell are we meant to gauge it at the bottom USED end hehe.

  19. Posted

    Good Morning all.

    A bit of a strange one you will laugh about / or at me!

    I've avoided taking part exchanges on the cheaper end of the market for almost 20 years. Anything that arrived I traded or scrapped. ( Local mechanic being my best trader!)

    Last week I got 3 cheapies in for cheapies! So decided to clean them up and shove them on facebook. They drove to me and I gave them a valet and checked all levels.

    All have 6 months plus MOT and tidy. I've put them up at just above cost to get the spaces back.

    But, I'm actually dreading comebacks and complaints from them. Reading some posts it puts the fear of god in me.

    Example. 308 sold for £2k, 206 taken in px. Gave £500. Valeted and levels checked. Quick test drive, advertised £550 with known issues ( handbrake high and rear wiper not working).

    Up to 30 replies from people wanting to come down within 24 hours.

    How would anyone go on selling this? It is so cheap as I just want the space and £500 back + valet + petrol back.

    Would most just avoid this end? Or pick sensible people to sell to? Or just scrap them and move on? Interested to know other peoples take on the cheaper end!!

    Everything else I advertise on AT comes with 12 months mot, serviced and PDI inc all chips and scuffs + alloys sorted.

     

  23. Posted

    Hi,

    I've used them for the last 10 years without any issues. Never made a claim but for a small part time business they work a treat. They are also willing to haggle and each time becoming the cheapest even if you shop around. I update and manage my MID myself and once I'd saved the link, its a couple of clicks.

    Previously used RoadRunner but I found bollington more helpful and accessible.

     

  24. Posted

    3 hours ago, trade vet said:

    If Roweco is a company,then the car belonged to the company and its disposal ( which has to be at market value ) would have to be appropriately recorded by the company . If HMRC catch you out by not recording a sale they can destroy you.

    Very simple, Roweco should have bought it himself from the company and disposed of it privately. Hes still a builder not a car dealer and doesn't make a revenue from it. 

    Ways round it but if you bend over for this facebook knob, be prepared to be f*cked over and over again until you change your name to Roger.

  25. Posted

    Sold through facebook, why you gave him an invoice is beyond me. Cash receipt of course but not an invoice.

    You are not a trader and it was sold as a private sale. You don't sell more than 3 cars a year and your earnings are not from the selling of motor vehicles.

    Stop entertaining this dick. Give an inch, they take a mile and then some. Delivering it 100 miles in the first place should have screamed pain in the arse.

    If you were a car dealer I'd say just buy back and move on BUT you are not and it was a facebook add etc. If I buy a dud car, I just suck it up and your buyer should do the same.