SK1John

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  1. Out of interest what is everyone paying for Autotrader? 
     

    We’re paying £1250 p/month for 8 cars, think they said it’s 6 + 2 for free :lol: f*** all’s for free at that price, could have 2 mortgages. Instead got a few pics and still drowned out by Cazoo and Cinch. 
     

    I’m considering cancelling and just moving to Facebook & Instagram. Managed a few sales there from £20-30 ads. 


  2. Is nobody else getting sick of this??

    I have a half a dozen cars on watch at BCA that are supposedly selling twice a week with lots of bids over CAP, but then appear back on my watchlist (sometimes on a high buy it now), only to be relotted, rinse & repeat.

    How can they manipulate the market so much? 

    Who regulates these clowns? How do they get away with it.

    I’m going to start screen recording evidence, hopefully one day there will be somebody to forward it to. 


  3. 1 hour ago, Webuycars said:

    Do you know that if you buy a car that is knocked down to you 'provisional' that you are at liberty to remove your bid at any time ? 

    Might be teaching some of you to suck eggs but that info could be useful to newbys in the game .  

    Provisional tends to be for underpriced cars, not 1k over what they fetch on the trader :lol::lol:


  4.  

    Just now, BHM said:

    How much!?!! Are you taking your cars to the main dealer for paint?
    They must be good, nearly new cars to warrant such largesse :lol:

    We mostly go for ex lease stuff so has to be bang on, we do ours in house but those are just figures from when I’ve asked around… how much are you paying? 


  5. Depends on the repair, if it’s damaged e.g. bogging it depends on the job. I’m in Manchester and there’s plenty of options, but plenty of waits too!

    I think mid range trade pricing is £150 /panel for scratches etc. Can pay up to £250 for established top notch. You can probably find cheaper but I’d question the materials and finish.

    all depends on the car too, I bet if you take a banger in they’ll assume you’re not a perfectionist :D 

    Then there’s always (not-so) smart repairs, try and get somebody experienced who can use the fade out thinners, or it’ll only be good for your wallet & not the car!  


  6. Has anybody noticed recently more than ever, the auctioneers are running bids up on cars that are so called ‘fetching over CAP’ so easily, but then are often re lotted on another sale or buy it now by that evening? I have cars for sale that are often apparently fetching more at auction, why are dealers not buying from me and receiving a warranty? (Haha)

    How many times can this be a genuine mistake? If it’s cancelled by the buyer same day why can’t we do that? If it was rejected due to mechanical issues then surely that would reflect in the new assured report? And yes, they are re lotted by the same vendor… So obviously they didn’t get a bid. 

    Whoever regulates BCA surely knows about this, it’s been happening for years but now it’s so obvious and frequent now. 

    No wonder they’ve never allowed videoing in the hall. How long till people gather evidence online.

    Suppose this is the power of the big entities, who are we to moan :lol: