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  3. Posted · Edited by justlooking

    2 hours ago, EPV said:

    Is that aimed at me?

    Appears so.

    I too share the view of keep calm and carry on. Probably because I’m riding solo with no debt or real need to sell a load to stand still perhaps?

    those “stay at home cautious” individuals are usually the ones that moan at a creaking door latch and think they can excersize their right to Reject on day 30 because of it so I’m hardly going to miss out on their custom am i

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    6 hours ago, BHM said:

    The first X-Trail was popular, the next X-Trail was forgettable & wtf does the current X-Trail look like? One was once pointed out to me - I honestly thought it was a Qashqui. 

    It’s an obsolete model in the UK & the  Sunderland plant has other cars. 

    Haven’t Nissan lost their way a little? How many of the latest angular (and giant) Micras have you seen? 

     

    Same, thought it was a Qashqai+2, totally pointless 

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    On 1/4/2020 at 5:58 PM, SuperSteve88 said:

    I think a lot of these sites are silly doing the same thing over and over and clearly there's already a king if you just want to do the same thing. 

    You are 100% correct the way people search has changed, peoples demands are higher and they're a lot tighter with their money. 

    So I suppose we should look at this another way, ego and salesmanship aside how much does it cost on average to sell a car? Does it work on a percentage so higher value cars cost more to sell ? 

     

    Depends each month.

    autoraper bill £1000 per month

    sometimes sell 5 per month from it, £200 per sale

    sometimes sell more, sometimes less 

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    19 hours ago, Puds said:

    Seriously do not buy from them! Their staff have several ebay accounts and leave the positive feedback after they win the car they were bidding up. Who needs a reserve if you are pushing the bids up?! 

    They are lying cheating con men, cars are generally patched up crap suitable for scrap, don't know how they live with themselves. 

    I’m not sure who’s worst, the seller or the buyer for buying a ‘patched up’ car in the first place 

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    5 hours ago, Mojo121 said:
     
    “The Price Indicator system is a simple way for your customers to determine whether the car they are looking at is a good deal or not”
     
    Thats lifted directly off their site. You have a point. It’s misleading.
     
    I also think BCA are on dodgy ground with Essential Checks.

    +1

    an essential check for me and many could be 3 things!

    is the engine noisy

    is the gearbox noisy

    is the clutch slipping.

    thats worth more than the F-ing £10er or whatever the (non)essential check costs 

  14. Posted

    On 11/20/2018 at 10:18 PM, Dealer said:

    I've had times when the "enquiry from Autotrader" call whisper kicks in on answering the phone only for it to be "Connor O'Reilly" from handler protect on the other end. Frustrating to say the least. 

    This!

    they are incessant. I might see if AT can block their numbers 

    • Haha 1

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    19 hours ago, Billy said:

    LOL

    I do some security work for a well known guy down in Knightsbridge. Mostly sitting around on a night shift watching the house and cars. Knightsbridge is full of old bmws and mercs just sat there rotting away never moved. Mot check tells only a phew thousand miles for 15+ year old classics. 

    Thinking to make some cars for cash WBAC flyers and sticking then on anything interesting.... but not sure how successful it will be as everything is going digital

    oooh who is he? The anticipation is killing me

  17. Posted · Edited by justlooking

    can you call me about it? this is too-impersonal for my liking mate(s) :lol:

    yes it will show the mobile number unfortunately - time to start looking like a chatsworth druggy :ph34r:

    basically whatsapp web is just a carbon copy of whatsapp that you have on your phone.

    to access it, type whatsapp web into google, then open whatsapp on your phone, go to settings, then, whatsapp web/desktop, then scan QR code, point it at the QR code on the whatsapp web website, and the laptop website then just mirrors what you see on your phone, it just makes typing and image video sharing so much quicker and easier than squinting and tapping your phone

  18. Posted · Edited by justlooking

    Hey NOA,

    I use it on my website, and it routes through to my (one and only) mobile. It's great, customers have enquiried via whatsapp as their first contact and left a deposit after I've given bank details, probably happened on more than a few occasions from memory, I think we should cater for however they want to converse, annoying I know, but sign of the times.

    I would get a new work mobile number and use whatsapp for your website that way if you really want that separation.

    and yes, you can use whatsapp on your computer and chat just like an email, it's called whatsapp web and its brilliant.

    Call me if you want to run anything else past me.

     

  21. Posted

    Hi Kieran,

    Great opening post, quite refreshing considering some of the recent one post wonders that have sought advice and disappered in to the night.

    Someone will be along soon to recommend an insurance broker who may be able to help get you an under 25 policy, unsure on the dad-element.

    Responsibilities, yes, you need to read up on/google/learn understand, the Consumer Rights Act 2015 like the back of your hand, but also take note that it differs slightly for the sale of used cars, versus, say, a TV. Probably worth calling a motortrade focused law firm like Lawgistics to have an initial free chat for 15 mins, I'd probably look at signing up to their help for 12 months, and do that, mechanically prepare the cars properly, MOT'ing, rather than say, spend money on warranties.

    All the best!

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    8 hours ago, 15Cars said:

    News to me, have I missed something? :)

    Yes they do pay commission but you need to get your customer to follow a dedicated URL that you get given from Zuto.

    i did two deals, told customer to use Zuto because they were sub prime, forgot both times to give them the dedicated link! School boy.

    that said, both deals were easy as pie