justlooking

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  1. I thought any wear and tear item which a clutch is, is excluded from CRA?
  2. That’s brilliant Mark, I will await their call
  3. Can someone kindly let me know their account manager and package, price paid for eBay/Guntree, going to give them a go
  4. I wouldn't see this as 'absolutely disgraceful customer service', in-fact, they had initially tried to contact you on the phone to no avail, some people don't know how to write polite, coherent emails, as someone has alluded to, maybe they're working a Zero hours contract with little or no training. Good on them for trying to get in touch to ascertain when you're picking up!?
  5. Yep. That’s what I pay for when I pay my indemnity fee at auction. emailed account manager to remove
  6. Sorry NOA, I don’t know. I’ll have a look, May be able to edit on my profile preferences. ive got used to telling customers to check the cog for ultimate HD video.
  7. I’ve just financed a 1999 Porsche for the second time through Close so you may be surprised
  8. +1 for Milwaukee polisher. recommended by the paint man, lightweight (you’ll appreciate this once used a Chinese heavy one!) variable speed, long warranty, long cable and robust. Useful if you intend doing a fair bit of bidding and wanna keep it long term, was c£230 from memory but Ive had great use
  9. Exactly this. ok, thanks, if I stock more 8k+ cars I may give it a go Not sure think AT free trial ended 12 - 18 months ago. Yep, signed up, they agree to pay £150+ VAT commission regardless of payout amount but only ever done 1 deal!?
  10. Hey G. Maybe I've not explained very well, i'm talking about autoraper adverts, rather than website. Basically, if you don't pay extra for the finance advertising, your vehicle's won't appear in search when customers have filtered on monthly price (rather than outright cost of the car). I like your site, easy for MotoNovo and ClickDealer to integrate no doubt. Do either charge to integrate in? or is it seen as a mutual benefit? Cheers
  11. We received quite a few finance enquiries when autotrader included the finance calculator for free on our adverts when it was first introduced. When they started charging for it, we cancelled and were put onto their standard Zuto calculator. Does anyone pay for their own (rather than Zuto) finance calculator? If so, do you get a healthy number of leads through from it.
  12. Yeah Bca is easier to navigate but Manheim more thorough. Manheim really need to make it easier for online buying!
  13. No experience personally, do you have retail check to see how long these beasts have been sitting at dealers for? id think you’d be well placed to offer this sort of thing, an would expect someone to be willing to travel. Good luck, buy it right giving you the choice to trade out of it? Maybe place a speculative due in ad on cartotrade?
  14. Works well, mindful that it could all end in tears I make sure I have a clear view of what to do if all goes tits up... independent inspection if they report an issue, local mechanic in mind, proper pdi images and video shared with customer prior to delivery. he who dares Rodney
  15. Tried Facebook sporadically over the years to little joy. Only had success in boosting iconic, rare cars, mainly due to being able to target the ads to users that like that brand, such as ‘MINI’ or ‘AMG’. No direct sales though. Other option is for us to target 17-21 for first time kinda cars but again, gets the odd like but no hard leads. am I missing a trick?
  16. Horses for courses I spose, if you’ve got limited space on your pitch or warehouse Yet a steady stream of profitable cars ready to buy then yeah, price keenly to sell overnight but if you’re gonna be sat watching every car on your BCA watch list go for £500 over cap then try and get a bit more for your desirable stock rather than slashing profits
  17. Are you not cheating yourself out of profit by making sure every car is “great price” I.E, your rare example with all the extras may be the only one within 60 miles, I’d certainly be trying my hand at £6500 instead of £6144 for a week or two
  18. Generic satin back Rattle can or black carpet dye spray? I bloody hate cheap carpet that has ingrained dirt, recent example was a 10 plate focus. Could’ve been there for hours Hoovering.
  19. No, I finally decided to cancel over Xmas. Nail in the coffin was a little iQ from Ron Brooks that had a clutch in pieces, they had the cheek to leave a 1 mile old VHC and service receipt stating “clutch slipping badly’! Obviously no mention on listing. Shame, as there were a couple local main stealers that were half decent but margins were reducing and most were just cast offs that there favourite traders didn’t want.
  20. If they've already told you in writing that prior to taking it to the garege it starts and runs, but bad rattle from chain, and that they've fucked the dipstick, I'd ask the owner to fix the dipstick, as it was clearly fine at point of purchase, so you can start the damn thing to find out what the actual problem is, for all you know there might be fuck all wrong with it, why wont the garage let you start it or take it away! then in a worst case scenario just bloody have the thing back, minus fair use, 3k miles, 50p a mile, £1500. so you'd be buying it back for £1900, sort new chain and guide, MOT & oil change (dipstick in sump!?) and still make money on it. thats just me, I can't be arsed with hassle any more so just want them out of my life as quickly as possible, but I'd definitely be getting the car back/want it diagnosed first.
  21. Quite pointless indeed, everything has a price, buy behind book and you can’t go wrong, you may even surprise yourself
  22. I’ve got the same car coming in stock, should you ever want to swap him into another, sounds like it’s being sorted though Which is great, let us know if that fixes it
  23. Yep! I also had this one today. also had this one tonight... whilst he was viewing in the dark “hey bruv, look at this it’s been in an accident bruv” Instantly got my back up. But the billy ended up buying. Couldn’t have been that bad’a accident then !
  24. As Nick, monitor response but try at 2995 and move to 2495 as you go. be sure to list for free on carandclassic too
  25. Hi richard nice to meet you whats your current set up? Bit of pocket money? Full time? How many in stock? Where are you advertising? all the best