Blenheim Car Sales

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  1. a Video would jump you up further too
  2. no the default is now "relevance" you can still set it to "Low-High"................. and i guess most would do that
  3. have used ECU testing for body control modules and quick and efficient, If they to dash repairs then i would be confident using them
  4. yes happened to me a few times and arrived late in the post, it is nice given the thousands of cars they sell in a week they still have the thought of sending on these items if they arrive, Car was obviously sold with no docks so they were within there wrights to just dispose of the items you received Nice one BCA
  5. he will be paid £1000 through my offshore tax haven in Panama of course
  6. cynical old git now thought i am
  7. Because I do it as a private seller at the moment I am trying to buy under 5k maybe a bit more for certain cars and sell for 500, maybe 1k profit. (just found a desperate seller that wanted a Skoda Kodiaq that sold me his 12plate Merc c220 82k miles for 3500 and luckily I sold it in 5 days for 4750£) So you dont declare your trader earnings for tax or NI, you dont have trade plates and you i imagine use these cars on test drives, You dont put a warranty on them either i imagine, Why dont you pay tax on these earning what makes you so special
  8. you aim for 10% profit???? well done best to aim high
  9. you will be great dealing with all the nice customers you are gona get
  10. Good points and yes of course i had realised that just because i have 2.5 times the stock will not equate to 2.5 times the income, Its far from it, And good point regarding the Self employed person you are right of course the unit will help in many ways, Over the 5-6 months autumn and winter i will no longer be weather dependant for car cleaning, Likewise i will have clean dry and warm place for customers to view, I have a few personal older classic cars i will be not paying storage on and it add a small element of credibility to a business when you have premises,
  11. Thank you guys for your input, I think reading your replies there is no one size fits all solution, I think you have to tailor it and make it work for your own set of personal circumstances and that is going to be different for everyone I will do the maths and see what i think works for me, I really need to concentrate on what makes profit, Buying selling pics and adds, on all the various platforms, Everything unskilled i would love to have done by someone else
  12. yes i know my strengths are the buying and the selling i can do that....................... all the other stuff is menial time consuming unskilled labour, Thanks for your valued opinions, You are right of course what quality person am i getting for £1000 a month its has to change if i get this unit but how is still up for debate
  13. I currently have 8-10 cars any one time ( if its running right) and do everything my self, all buying selling collecting, valets and all the running around, The 10 cars is just about manageable as i usually sell 7-8 and of course the process continues I have the chance of a 3000 sq ft unit and that will hold 25 cars easy, I can not see me being able to do my business in the same way ( but maybe i am wrong) I am unsure if i should take a person on, Who does all collections and valet`s and all the running around for all the pre sale prep to all the trades that i use, This person would be self employed and basically a gofer / slave who i imagine would cost £1000 a month, This theoretically will mean i am just a buyer and seller of cars and someone else is now flat out doing all the other stuff, Or should i just get everything delivered from my BCA and Manheim purchases and get an outside valet person to do individually the cars i am now getting........................ my predicament is that i see that adding up to over £1000 a month ??? am missing something
  14. turnover is vanity and profit is sanity someone once said I think i am failing when i make £300 out of a banger trade in, Its taking up a space for a week GGGRRRRRRR
  15. No definitely not able to tax electronically or at a post office with no MOT
  16. Whats the inside leg measurement more importantly
  17. depreciation in 10 days time remember when we have a plate change and everyones car looks a little older, I recommend taking the offer from david................ you have 1 min to decide
  18. being frank Frank you are bolloxed, i bet it was one of them with the pink roof and door mirrors too,
  19. the silence speaks volumes............................................next wanabe dealer step forward please
  20. another one that's illegally trading enhancing the black economy, Not paying VAT on the proceeds of there sales you paid to much my friend, Amatures think they are safe going to these guide prices thinking i am safe at cap clean, Not on every car you are not, Post a link and let us rip your advert to shreds see if there is something obvious
  21. I know you like a constant corporate theme for your pics and that of course makes sense but the light is to low to make the pictures "pop" I think you start over, New pics, New wording, Get excited about it again, Sell the car in the add, Minimum of 50 pics for this one i say and then price it to the market, If its within £500 of a newer shape one then it needs to be prived even more severe, Doom blue is not for everyone
  22. i thought from the title this was a Customer you were going to tell us about disappointed now, I like a good moaner story
  23. i think while we would like to be 100% of the time car buyers sellers i also think you have to have ( where you can) some knowledge of some of the basics of some of the things we outsource, I personally and no car detailer and i have never been trained, But i can mop and polish various cosmetic issues out of a panel or car and i think that in turn helps me sell the car, I think my (limited) skills with a DA Polisher have saved me over £500 this year, Things that previously would have gone to my paint man, My machine, Pads and compounds cost less than £100 4 years ago, As we know Black is going to show everything and silver may hide everything, I think a few hours with a machine polisher going over the worst areas and can sell it with confidence
  24. i have become a fan of G10 recently its like 3000 grade wet and dry in a paste, really nice for final polishing after you done some serious scratches work,
  25. such are the pitfalls of you earning some undeclared money and your mechanic doing some undeclared work also, good luck