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  1. Posted

    3 minutes ago, Holmfirth Cars said:

    fantastic piece -i agree 100 % 

    they must think we are stupid !!!!

    ive cut back by 40 % 

    Inline with what i expect to achieve 

    Q- How can you sell any cars if we are in lockdown ? UNLIMITED STOCK IS POINTLESS THEN IN THIS SCENARIO.... 

    Thank you! You and many others have done the same.

    If you get a chance, could you please retweet my tweet?

     

  3. Posted

    On 7/10/2016 at 2:23 PM, audispecialistlondon said:

    We use Dragon2000 as our DMS system but also use sage totally separately. Dragon is supposed to integrate with Sage but we stopped using this function a couple of years ago as it just didn't work.

    This means we enter lots of invoices onto both dragon & then sage but this is still less work that realising after months that the feed between the 2 systems hasn't worked properly and your figures are completely wrong.

    Dragon is great other than it doesn't have functionality to add on non vehicle specific purchase invoices for example an Auto-trader invoice or an electricity bill. If it did we would have no need for Sage...

    Which is exactly why I stopped using Dragon2000 (apart from the price hike) as I had to keep a separate cash book as well.

    MTA incorporates a cash book as well as invoicing/stock book system - so everything goes on to MTA and it will produce VAT Return reports, Profit/Loss etc.

    It is not the most glamorous UI in the world, but for the cost is excellent value!

  6. Posted

    Thank you for all your help everybody.

    We went to see the Transit on Sunday and it actually looked quite good. There was a fair amount of history in the form of a print-out from the previous owner. 

    Unfortunately we couldn't get together on the P/X so the deal didn't happen, otherwise we would have bought it.

    With regard to Jamie's comments on Transporters, this is the other van that he is considering as a lot of farriers seem to use them and there appear to be more around with a tailgate.

  10. Posted

    Thanks guys, you have been enormously helpful as always.

    the link is to a private account not a business account ,that would be a big no for me because it suggests no premises to return the vehicle to for any faults after sale ,have you spoken to any of the fellas on the phone? i

    starter motors clog up with dmf failing fillings so maybe and especially 100,000 is the time for another clutch and flywheel

    He has four vans and a car also listed, that to me makes him a dealer! 

    Oh, and it's plus VAT so must be VAT registered?

  11. Posted

    Thanks for the advice, Phil - sounds like he should buy something else!!

    Seriously, though it's a dealer selling it says he has just serviced but it has done 100k. The only thing that concerned me on his eBay description is that he says he has replaced starter motor - could this be a mis-diagnosed Dual Mass Flywheel problem? eBay item #272013419626 if you get a chance to sneek a peak??!!

    Thanks again

     

  12. Posted

    Hi,

    After some advice; my daughter's boyfriend is interested in a Transit Van that he has seen advertised and asked me to have a look at it with him over the weekend.

    Only problem is, I know nothing about vans! I was wondering whether any of my learned colleagues here could give me any advice re what to look for/common problems etc? It's a FORD TRANSIT 2.2 TDCI 330S TREND SWB.

    Do they suffer with injectors, DMFs etc.? Any advice/thoughts gratefully received.

    Thanks in advance!

  18. Posted

    Not sure if I should blab about this (as I usually prefer to keep my opinions to myself...), but I've been a user of autorola's Autofind Stock Locator for many years. Not only does it have a large no of main dealer cars for sale, there is also a facility to add cars to advertise. Doing this by reg no lookup gives both cap and glass valuations. Tbh, I don't think I pay anything for it, so seems like a proper bargain to me!

    If there is a cost, I'm sorry but don't grass on me. 

    So how do you do it? I have just registered, but when I click on 'Register your car for free' it just says 'Unfortunately you are not authorised to view these vehicles.'

  19. Posted

    Hi,

    I used to use Dragon2000 but had to find an alternative when they put their prices up last year. 

    If you don't have workshops and you want a system for sales only, I now use 'Motor Trade Assistant'

    http://www.motortradersassistant.co.uk/

    The User Interface is not quite as modern and 'bells and whistles' as Dragon2000, BUT it does provide a Cashbook as well as producing P&L reports, VAT returns etc., which Dragon2000 didn't do without exporting to Sage (which I don't use). It's also good value and 'pay monthly'.

    Might be worth a look

     

  24. Posted

    These are the prices posted by Bethany (from the Auto Trader Forum) for a 5 car and 30 car package in April 2015

    Presumably they can generate one of these for other quantities?

    I know Bethany has contributed on this forum before so perhaps she can put up the correct one for whatever bands you want?

     

     

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