EPV

Great effort.

I agree with all the comments made, I think if you had a highly desirable rare car that people would swarm over then you could take a photo of it in a massive pile of horse shit and the phone would still melt but with such a plentiful car, you need to stand out. The dry, dusty floor doesn’t do the car many favours. I’d favour a wall or railings or industrial unit in the background so you could get a clean looking hardstanding floor. You could do with an attention grabber as well, what’s unique about that car that people should know so they want to click on your ad?

I presume you mean names and addresses rather than number of

You’ve sold a car out of the trade. You’re a trader. You told him you are. I think you’re on the wrong side of things here. Had you put the car in your name and sold it on then i’d say you’d be fine but ultimately you’ve bought a car, used it as a smoker and sold it on. It’s a trade vehicle sold by a trader.

No such thing as sold as seen. I run my own warranties (in other words abide by my commitments under the cra)

As far as i’m told they make great margins but are stickier than a sticky bun on a puddle of syrup. As said, if you have the space and don’t mind looking at it for weeks give it a go. If you want to move metal trade it.

No and they wouldn’t as they are told verbally and by email that the deposit is non refundable and is essentially my finders fee. If I find them the car and they change their mind i’ve done my bit.

The minute you mention payment they all go quiet. They seem to actually think you’re going to buy their ideal car for them to inspect and change their mind. I offer it just as a service but before I even open an internet page to look I spell out that it’s a £250 deposit followed by full payment once we’ve agreed that’s the car for them. Anyone seriously looking for a specific car wouldn’t shirk at that.

https://www.hpi.co.uk/content/diesel-news-the-future-of-diesel/hpi-euro-emission-standards-checker/

You could explain all this to mr customer and be open and honest with him. Perhaps if your margins allow, get the car delivered for him if he pays full whack and leaves a cash deposit with bank transfer for the rest? You can then get the car a ticket and pdi done and get him to sign and return a scanned copy. Like everyone you want a sale and life shouldn’t be this fucking hard but in a world where arse covering is mandatory you have to look out for number one. If he likes the car and you can agree terms where you deliver it for him and he’s serious he should be happy to meet you in the middle. I used to have third party warranties but now I run my own or in other words, stand by my obligations under the cra.

Horses for courses I think. My cheapest car at £5,350 I haven’t opened the door on in 35 days and I sold a £10k merc Estate in 2 days last week plus another £10k merc in 22 days earlier this year. There’s a market for £500 bangers and £500k super cars and everything in between.

The only problem I see here is you are potentially selling a car to someone that may need things doing. Unless of course you’ve done a pdi. As for being suspicious, believe it or not there are people out there who just want to buy a car and not fuck around. Especially if he was close to buying one before but lost it, he’s probably eager to make sure he gets this one. I think we get so many “just looking” types it seems alien when you find someone who just wants to actually buy a fucking car.

Sounds like bloody expensive cheap advertising to me! Nothing ventured etc...

Not at risk from whom? Who do you think is going to batter your door down at 6am on a Monday morning? You’re buying and selling. Fundamentally it’s no different from buying and selling tea towels or gravel. You buy, you sell, you keep records you abide by the law. There’s a whole load of crap to deal with in between the word buy and records by the way.

CAP, I reckon

Yeah, that’s what I said.

There’s definitely some products out there that will do the job. Basically the same stuff that a windscreen repair firm will use. Resin pressured into the chip, goes off, scraped/cut off excess when hard.

I had a dream of a punter today, confessed to knowing SFA about cars, offered me a very low mileage full MDSH Qashqui in chop, michelin's all round and took a below book offer on it and paid full price on the car he wanted. Didn't want to talk cars with me, offer his worldly knowledge etc, just wanted to buy my car and trade in his. They are a rare beast but they are out there!

Exactly this. They have clearly stated they don’t want a refund, seems to me that a tank of fuel is £50 worth of customer PR well spent. OP, think about it. Someone had bought a car from a complete stranger and they haven’t received it. The internet is awash with stories about people being ripped off. IMO you should have made a gesture offer of something in the first place. This isn’t your fault but it certainly isn’t the customers fault. Life, shit happens but get them on side early. Photos of the car on a recovery truck, copy of correspondence to garage etc.

I have a bloke who does it for £135. He won’t travel as far as you but it’s evidence that you can get keys cut and programmed for sensible money.

Possibly. I sold one with 72,000 miles on it within a week about 5 weeks ago. I wouldn’t touch anything with starship miles on anyway

People who buy these cars don’t give a toss about tax discs and mpg mate. The bloke who bought it has a 911 as his toy and wanted a daily driver. Another enquiry was from someone who already has one but wanted to chop it for mine which has half the mileage. They are cars for petrol heads.

15 days was pessimistic, just took a deposit on it. Collected on Monday, sold by Thursday morning.

I reckon some supermarkets run on £200 mark ups and upsell finance and warranties and diamonbrite coatings to make the £7-800.

No, you just lean out of your front room window, shout out the VRM really loudly and the DVLA know the car belongs to you.