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  1. Posted

    Fuel cards befuel / rightfuels do the BP bunker sites DIESEL only as they hammer you for unleaded. 

    They also do a BP list card diesel 92.16p+vat a litre currently we have 3 NV400's running daily so a little saving over pump price in our area  1.19p locally 

    WARNING: don't take your eye of the invoices and pricing as you will fall into the TRAP and pay more than general public using them. none bunker sites charge what they want if you use it on there site.  Credit cards don't work for us as we have 9 people filling up cars daily so massive job tracking it. 

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    12 hours ago, XDR said:

    Good Evening All,

    I need some advice as on this rare occasion I feel BCA are trying to pull the wool over my eyes.

    Bought a vehicle from Walsall (Audi Q7) not assured. However went to collect the vehicle today and noticed the following 

    1) All tyres are flat / blatantly moved around with no air, so the metal rim has cut them all through - site managers response “they weren’t holding air, so we just moved it as is”.

    2) The battery was completely dead, and no matter which jump / booster used it wouldn’t tick over - I told the site manager I’m no way taking it unless it fires up - as for all I know it’s a non runner? (On the pics it shows the car running)
     

    His response back was “well there isn’t an assured report, so it’s sold as seen” however I’ve said to him I won’t take it unless I can hear it, or they should have sold it as a non runner? 
     

    Surely when buying online, we deserve some assurance regardless (it’s not like I bidded on it live in the hall?). I’m going on their description / disclosure. 

     

    Don’t get me wrong, I’ve bought cars (some assured) in the past and not bothered them with petty repairs. But this one surely is taking the p*ss? 

    Your opinions on what would be the right point of action is welcomed 

    Thanks in advance 

     

    My view is the car needs to be running before I except it on site. are policy is to buy assured not worth much but at least this is covered if a total none runner on arrival. 

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    6 hours ago, trade vet said:

    174 That is more than Nick. ! Hope you are going to repay any furlough or BBL money you have had.

    we haven't been on furlough :-)  home deliveries from day one of the covid crisis.  

    we still won't put the prices up as we are hitting targets galore sadly re buying stock is hard graft. 

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    This won't be new but it's funny, slight chip to front side, due to massive workload I collected it a day late and got charged £5+vat and I was fuming. guys check this bloody car over as it best be perfect to assured report and BINGO absolute fail. not a penny for my drivers to waste there 5hr round trip for nothing. 

    First failure since using BCA in the last 6 months, protocol for getting your money back is any clue's? will they process it without me chasing them? 

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    On 10/6/2020 at 9:47 AM, JDM1983 said:

    I’m small, 5 cars and selling from home. I’m selling at least 5 a month, strong margins, buying is definitely harder than selling

    agree with that I'm a buyer for the company and prices are high, limited options on protocol for buying. 

    We sold 174 cars last month and same the month before, then my argument is we are selling cars for £600 more than I can buy them at current prices. pray for PX's :-) 

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    On 10/5/2020 at 4:59 PM, ModernBagsofRubbish said:

    Eco Boost 1.0, Puretech, Powershifts, could carry on but three is enough for now, lol

    Most of the stuff in the scrap yard is the above so I agree 100% with that.  BMW's 2nd gear lately has been high on the list. 

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    HI all paid for all my current purchases hoping to organise the collections yet it seems not one has made the new online booking system as yet. 

    I'm guessing it's a manual system and pretty much Mon-Fri only? shame as I do like calling them to get my storage fee's returned, when they are fully booked till my storage cost date. 

    Got 22 cars to collect :-(  new online system seems to be working over the dam phone call system, which was the most horrific experience ever. 

     

    Have a great bank holiday Monday all 

    OCO 

     

  12. Posted

    On 5/28/2020 at 7:13 PM, New year revolutions...... said:

    vat decrease (temporarily say 6 months)

    it's the only way to add stimulus across all boards of business

    we are free to set the rate once december comes

    I like the idea of VAT free on EV's mainly as I want a one but not at 27k @ 20k they offer better value. 6k scrappage can't see it working who has 30k for an EV with a 1-2k car? oh me but that's mainly as MY VW UP is my golf car :-)  

    Ev's are way over priced UP ev 20k you must be stupid buying one. onwards futures bright :-) 

  13. Posted

    I've washed my hands with the whole system,  getting BCA to reply to an simple email is hard work. I'm amazed how good there prices are but I guess they have so much stock and debt they need to shift it fast. 

    Collections have been easier than getting a V5 :-) 

     

    Case closed bored with BCA already 

  14. Posted

    Don't ask me why but we are selling, I'm not personally buying from BCA my boss is but i get to safely organise collections and then take the grief for missing V5's or to follow / to be confirmed. 

    New to BCA just had the idea maybe docusafe would be available without trawling through emails and phone calls to no avail. as for sun tan also coming on very nicely along with bike and running legs strength. 

    Might just stick to the easy life #CovidLife 

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    HI all bought a few BCA cars from various locations last few weeks, one of the few that are still selling cars and allowing collections. 

    My question is description says V5 present but we have found many missing not ticked on envelope only to be TOLD docusafe have been shut and they hold them all for the whole group.  BCA are pretty unhelpful once the car has left the building it seems. BCA users is there a way of accessing docusafe saved files?  I did get sent one scanned V5 for a jag we bought but the rest I guess NO CHANCE?

    any light would be great :D, being an online seller we have had a few cars sell fast to NHS workers and armed forces. but no V5 is causing issues. 

    Cheers all & stay safe 

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    On 1/30/2020 at 11:48 AM, justina3 said:

    If comes in over cap clean it goes out over retail my margin remains the same.

    Problem is we are a car super market and have 220 cars mainly online sales, so we aim at low pricing structure and move them on. So cap clean ++ isn't in the game plan for us. 

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    21 hours ago, Rich Michaels said:

    The D/A site wasn't policed that well previously with regard to the sellers being only main dealers, under the present D/A regime, please do your homework gents and be selective on who you are actually buying from, you'll find that some main dealers selling on D/A are nothing of the kind, it's no good being wise after the event, as we had learnt to our expense...

     

    Agree with site isn't policed very well, trying to get anything sorted that goes wrong is a nightmare every time. you really have zero rights and paying for cars in advance then turns into even more hassle like Friday when a slight engine noise turns out to be a howler when the collection agent turns up the words un drivable used but description said nothing about nackered engine . rejected it but have I heard from the dealer after a email over a refund. NO NO NO 

    On 1/30/2020 at 9:31 AM, Highlinev8 said:

    Have you actually had a £100 a month charge ?

    I have spoke to them on the phone and have email confirmation. Its £199 plus Vat yearly charge, minus any rebate I have from my current subscription. 

    Its worth that to me but not £1200. I used to buy 5-6 a month off them, new site is hard to navigate and theres no bargains so far but I will persevere.  

    Honestly not really looked my BOSS loves the site, it where we buy from and sytner. I personally need another avenue with reliable sellers. We have our locals that work but DA bargains are very very limited with a lot of sellers moving away from them. I guess with poor new car sales it's relative to see higher prices other than scrappers. 

  20. Posted

    WE use DA a lot and probably one off the biggest buyers with them, but we still got hit with the new £100 a month after they shut use down for a day and half. 

    dealers wanted highest prices than cap clean yet AT is pushing to use portal for pricing based on there data doesn't seem to be working well. even the DA guys laugh when they read out some reserves. 

    AS for gettting through to DA these days it's slightly better yet they can't alter important info you need like old emails being used :-(  

  24. Posted

    This week we got locked out, the original £100 a year on old DA was honoured and then not after 2 months. SO rather that tell us we had to pay £100 a month they stopped the account. yet neither autotrader or DA could tell me why I was at a register page for a day and half :blink:  

    Limited stock, looks like the dealers have moved away from the site. zero response or quick response on cars won (bank info or please collect the car) back to the auctions for stock. 

    Still miffed how selling a car with a ticking time bomb engine isn't a waste or time and effort #RetailReady <_<  

  25. Posted

    4 hours ago, Len said:

    No its still crap if you want to waste yoyr time money and effort dont bother signing back up to be fair its not all Dealer auctions fault its the main dealers that take the piss and waste our time 

    Agree do on that, new system is great for filtering but actually winning cars is another drama. portal tool is good but no dealer is selling at those prices. And as for descriptions they must have eye sight issues when viewing then writing it.