Frankieola

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  1. Posted

    29 minutes ago, MSP Motors said:

    i have 4 cheap laptops and i have ista,diagbox,vagcom, Renault clip, Vauxhall, ids, star and my favourite.....autocom which i use most. In my experience I find it a lot easier to have the right tools for the job. I even had to lend my £100 laptop to my garage the other day as they could not program injectors on a transit connect with the snap on tool they have.

    Sorry if I'm just being thick, how did you get all these? 

  2. Posted

    I've made an enquiry about advertising on Gumtree / Ebay, Asked about 10 car package and have been quoted this as a "special deal"

    10 car "PLUS" package but I'll get 13,

    £398 +vat a month, Sign up for 12 months and its £350+vat, Sign up for 18 months and its £320+vat.

    Judging from some of the comments on here this deal isn't that special?

  4. Posted

    1 hour ago, Pip said:

    Some time ago I was selling a p/x I had in to a young lad. His first car. He turns up with mum and some skinny pot faced 17 year old machanic who he tells me knows everything there is to know about Corsas. He then gets a trolley Jack out of mums car as he's too young to of passed  himself so mum has to ferry him around and wants to Jack the car up. This was after asking for a glass of water. No not to drink but to pour over the windscreen and sunroof to see if they leaked. After reving the bo⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️ Out of the car I'd had enough. They can keep their £1295

    I told him nicely the car wasn't for sale to him and ask him to leave. One week later he was back as he hadn't found anything to suit him. The Corsa had been sold two hours after his first visit. They are the best ones. 

    How did you ask him to leave? Just as you mentioned in the post or did you phrase it differently? I'm only asking as I wish I had the b0770cks to do this, I'm too laid back, comply with everything the customer wants and end up moaning about it after they have gone!

  8. Posted · Edited by Frankieola

    Do you mean Trade Sales in Slough rather than the  Great Trade Centre in white city (which is now car giant)?

    And as for consecutive number plates at places, Well I know Motorpoint buy directly from the used car department at the manufacturer I represent.... and they must buy in bulk because the can retail them for cheaper than I can buy them for!!!

  10. Posted

    Recently taken one of these in as a part exchange and considering keeping it as a smoker, Its got the dreaded error message from the SBC unit though.

    Anyone had any experience of getting the error message removed, reset, or a place to locate a replacement unit? Forums suggest that it can be reset, my local Merc specialist chap suggested going to main dealer and seeing if there is any goodwill available. Not sure about this though as it hasn't got any history.

    Any suggestions would be appreciated, even if you think the best thing to do would be to get rid and throw it n the ring!

  11. Posted

    On 27/09/2017 at 11:43 PM, Jimbo said:

    So i've never bought or sold at auctions so this area is quite new. 

    I know main main dealers just all p ex cars to auction

    question is do many smaller traders do this with cheaper stuff that is probably more grief than its worth selling? 

    If so how do you go about selling to an auction house please? Do you drive the car to them or they collect? Do you just tell them what u want for the car like an ebay reserve and whatever it makes as long as it hits that reserve is what u get? What about their fees?

     

    thanks in advance. Just being offered a few crappers that i sometimes "have" to buy along the way which id rather not sit on and retail too much

     

    Where are you based Jimbo?

  14. Posted

    1 hour ago, Arfur Dealy said:

    Classified is the only way you can advertise on ebmp, you pay for a package of cars monthly. Don't waste your time auctioning unless its for disposal purposes only. Classified advert all the way, :) make sure you write a comprehensive honest description with 20 photos and you won't look back :) 

    What's the best time period for a classified advert please? Things might have changed on ebay but I used to do 28 days thinking you might as well get the longest time for your money but just seemed to get everyone watching and doing very little until the advert was about to expire. Any help would be appreciated.

  17. Posted

    Am a franchised dealer and we have our own bodyshop, I have to use them for any prep work and they have just started doing alloy wheel repairs too as another way of having my pants down.

    I realise that I'll pay somewhat over the odds bit I just feel they are killing me, how do these sound cost wise to you guys.....

    2014 VW Polo, Nimbus Grey, was sure it would be a smart repair but they have painted the entire rear bumper, £225 plus vat.

    2010 VW Golf, about 5 or 6 hairline cracks under the front headlamp, I think just fill them, sand it down and smart repair, According to them its a poor repair previously and only solution is a new front bumper, £350 plus vat

    Am I expecting too much for nothing or am I being royally had over?

  18. Posted

    2 hours ago, Arfur Dealy said:

    Sold 27 cars in feb which was my best month ever, July only 6 but still took a wage. This month has started good with 4 so far :)

    If you don't mind me asking Arfur, what do you sell? I've seen previously that you work on appointments and was just wondering.

  20. Posted

    Against my better judgement I sold a 2012 Peugeot 3008 that came in px a couple of months ago, from the moment I took the deposit I was regretting it as it turned out the customer was a right fusspot and demanding this and that.

    I've bent over backwards for this guy, reconditioned the car to a really high standard, given him a comprehensive warranty for a year, got the wheels done, painted the tailgate after de badging it at his request took the paint off (as I told him it would), done his private plate transfer and refunded him the months tax on his px that the dvla had 'taken from him'. Also delivered it to him over 70 miles away to save him the hassle of collecting it.

    Oh, and I gave him blood for his part ex too, a Focus CC that has now developed a fault with the roof.

    Anyway, as you can imagine I didn't make much on the sale but just took the view to get it gone and moved on.

    He's had it since the end of June and calls me today, says that part of the rear window heater is not working. In his words its because the previous dealer had their sticker on it and me removing it has broken the element. Rest of the window clears fine and he's only just noticed as its been warm weather up until now, what am I going to do about it?

    I know the regulations and CRA 2015 etc but a large part of me just wants to tell him f#ck off, its a near 6 year old car, the heated rear window is working, get over it!

    What would you do?

  21. Posted

    And if they turned up on the Saturday and the car had a short MOT they would have moaned about it or tried to have your pants down on account of it!!

    They will probably buy a car somewhere else and if they get bad service, ripped off or the car goes wrong, They'll be on the phone to you moaning and wanting your help! That's what I hate about customers!!

  22. Posted

    Was just wondering those of you on here who have an in house valeter, how long does it take to valet a car?

    Reason I'm asking is that I think my chap is really slow! On average I'd say it takes him a day and a half to do a car, we don't buy really awful stock that should have some sort of health warning, just average cars that need a normal valet.

    In other places I have worked the guys we had would knock these out in about 4 hours tops, I think its probably because they were agency and paid by the car rather than on a wage like my guy is.

    I've tried everything with him but can't get more out of him, admittedly the quality is better than before but I still think he should be quicker.

    Maybe I'm being unfair to him, I've got a 45 car site and do around 25 a month, do I need more than just him?

    Any advice appreciated.

  23. Posted

    Aston Barclay have just had a management buyout including a couple of chaps who worked at other auction groups, lets hope they keep things nice and try to build the business up rather than just doing what BCA and Manheim do and trying to wring every penny out of us.

  25. Posted

    1 hour ago, Mat C said:

    As an ex PLC bod for 18 years selling and managing in prestige dealerships, brokers were the bain of my life. 

    I was glad to get away from it all, please don't bring it back!

    too may cooks and all that

     

    Well Mat, if we both worked a bit harder and dealt with more brokers, we could have pushed our PLC careers to the limit instead of just taking a pay cheque!!!

    Who knew??!!