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    4 hours ago, umesh said:

    Good to see you  Simon @L-P on here ! Hope all is well, muct catch up soon. stay safe.

    Thanks Umesh. All is good here Thank you. Hope all is OK with you. When things are a bit more back to "normal" I will give you a call. Take care

    1 hour ago, trade vet said:

    Good luck Simon.I like the way your punter friendly website is set out.I like the 300CE ! they were like hens teeth and your 61 C class manual diesel Est would be more money up north ! BTW my wife has been our CFO for over 40 years and we have constantly argued about the job with my cock ups and losing money on stuff.Is it the same with you.

    Thanks Ian. The 300CE is a real minter considering the mileage and how old it is. I should probably up the price. It gets so many ad views daily and plenty of enquiries. Nothing firm yet, but it should sell pretty quickly when someone can actually come and view it. Never done well with manual Mercedes, but it came in PX at a good price, so lets see. I will take a trade bid from up north if I cannot shift it :lol:

    With regard to the CFO - Yep, not far off. I just try to hide the cock ups and the losses B)

     

    1 hour ago, Casper said:

    Well done @James Baggott @L-P

    You have a lot of nice cheap prestige cars Simon some of them would be worth buying even by fellow traders as there priced so fairly and. Competitive . Hope you and the family are well 

    Thanks Casper. Very kind. I hope you and your family are also well. 

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    1 hour ago, New year revolutions...... said:

    very sensible guy with his head well screwed on

    Thank you - Not sure I would go that far though ;)

    59 minutes ago, have a word with the wife said:

    simon, truly all the best to you, hearing you talk reminds me yes, we are flexible, and can respond quickly to change, a thing bigger dealers will struggle with, so we will get through, glad you got the point over re scrappage, and you mentioned your location and a pitch, i truly think you are far better off as you are, i know there are jobs going on in the background but to run this set up with just your wife well done !

    Thank you for the kind words. Very much appreciated 

     

    Simon

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  3. Posted · Edited by L-P

    5 minutes ago, Mark101 said:

    For all forum members who don't subscribe to the magazine, I think we all should. Many of us pay thousands a year to advertise our cars and this is something like £50 a year a no brainer.

    Absolutely Mark. £50 is ridiculously good value when you consider all of the content currently being created.  And you can get the magazine in digital format right now as well. 

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    1 hour ago, Mark101 said:

    Try VT (Vehicle Trader) it is very very good and integrates with Sage when you take both packages off them. Works out VAT margin at the touch of a button and submits digitally (therefore compliant).

    Also shows SIV, Turnover, Forecasts etc - in fact, far more than I am capable of doing because I am a novice Sage user.

    +1 

    Its great value for money and good support when needed.

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    1 hour ago, dellautos said:

    Well what I've been informed by the mechanic is he was under the impression he was insured. It was a course they put him on and his car wasn't drive-able at the time, so he was looking for alternative transport to get there. Lookers couldn't give him a car so he said he could use mine (without asking me) and his manager agreed and said it was covered, so he took it and went on the course. If it's true fair enough, but still doesn't excuse not asking for permission or checking for a valid MOT first.

    Agreed about lack of permission, but you need to check if Lookers did indeed insure it through Cooper Solutions. There will be a record on their system. Not sure where that leaves you if no permission given and no MOT ?

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    32 minutes ago, dellautos said:

    1. He only took the car as his car wasn't working, asked his manger if he could get insured on company insurance through coopers, he said yes.so he drove it. He still didn't ask me for permission, and as the MOT was lapsed, so on that basis I would have said no for obvious reasons. I'm assuming his manager were unaware the MOT had lapsed.

    So it was covered by Lookers ?

     

  12. Posted

    7 minutes ago, Arfur Dealy said:

    It's like that for me, I do nothing for a week.. then 3.. then 2... then 3.. waves of buyers.... then nothing....historically I average 12 a month... I'm taking time off now whilst the boys are off school, I'm back after Easter. Hoping to sell a couple via email on the beach whilst I'm away (phone on Airplane mode), we will see..... I expect I'll be prolific on here whilst away, so apologies upfront to anyone I might piss off...... 

    Have a good break. We all need it. 

  15. Posted

    Coastal,

    Your circumstances sound very similar to mine. I made the leap a year ago, and to be honest I haven't regretted it. It has been tough, don't get me wrong, but you have a good chance of succeeding as you have a background in the industry.

    £60k sounds a good starting pot to me. Start small and build it up. Keep your overheads as low as possible. 

    Wish you all the very best.,

    7 minutes ago, Blenheim Car Sales said:

    You and i have similar backgrounds and all i can say is that you really think you know the business and the industry and you think you know what your doing and you very probably make your dealership a decent profit but when its your business and its your cash funds you have a whole  heap of learning and new experiences still to go, Its  a whole new world when you are literally on your own, Not saying you cant or shouldn't do it just that it will be a real jolt to your system as to how much you really dont know, I am into year 6 on my own now and its still a growing process learning every day and week

    And I agree with this 100% 

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    I use Vehicle Trader by BBSOL. I pay £200 per year. If you want Sage 50 essentials it is another £220 a year. Great value IMHO

    Does all the invoicing stuff as above and integrates with Sage. 

    Does none of the feed stuff but my website back office does all that.

  20. Posted

    4 minutes ago, justina3 said:

    I would apply for membership to the dealers only section it could take a few months so best apply now, talking about margins out in the big wide public world gives the public the impression we are all minted. 

    I got access within 24 hours.....

    But I knew the secret handshake :lol::lol:

  21. Posted · Edited by L-P

    2 hours ago, MrV said:

    I've read a few times about buyers negotiating cars level with BCA, can it be done? I'm on silver and if I can get a better deal I'll be onto them tomorrow 

    Ben, 

    I am pretty certain that BCA will put Silver account holders on a gold "trial" 

    As long as you buy 6 cars in the 6 month "trial" you will be at Gold level. You will need to maintain the buying levels etc 

    Also, welcome Firefighter Wash. You will get excellent advice on here. Great community !

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  25. Posted

    2 hours ago, Rory RSC said:

    Getting rid of the bangers is a nightmare these days. 

    I sell all my non retail PX through Full Auction. No sellers fees at the moment and I have always made reserve even though the volume of cars listed is quite low. There are a fair few regulars on there.