Martin F

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  7. Posted

    14 hours ago, BHM said:

    Is it just me but why is a deposited purchase from the premises a distance sale? 
    If the buyer has been allowed an unencumbered test drive & inspection prior to sale & only completes the deal after finding the vehicle is to their satisfaction how/why is that a distance sale?

    I agree with this, even after Law Jaw’s update.

    Distance selling protection laws were brought into protect people who were buying goods online and subsequently found descriptions were not so accurate or some other technicality was not clear, all the sorts of things that a consumer could check/receive advice on when buying physically.

    If the customer has now had chance to test drive the car, and hence inspect it how can this be classed as a distance sale under the intentions of the original law? 

  10. Posted

    Nice stock and sounds like you are doing well. 
     

    I’m not really in a position to critique as a relative newbie, but the only thing I notice is no landline number which may put some people off. Maybe worth investing in a virtual landline number which diverts to your mobile like some (including myself) have done. 

  12. Posted

    21 hours ago, A & S said:

    He went to wbac who gave him more than we offered so he sold his px to them. He said they let him in the office to do paperwork etc. I mean surely he should not of been invited in the office, there business is no different to car sales. The big boys a breaking the law and getting away with it. Makes my p!ss boil. 

    I wonder if 1x £10k fine is just built into their budgeting, i.e. they are accepting the risk if that’s the worst that can happen. 

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    1 hour ago, metcars said:

    There was a time when people like this were put in hospital, now that’s uneconomic and are left to self medicate in half way houses/care homes. 

    I’m not sure those who attack the emergency services personnel are only the ones a few slice short. I think unfortunately it is yet another consequence of the lack of respect for others (and their property) that some people have today.

     

  14. Posted

    33 minutes ago, metcars said:

    Sounds like  ‘care in the community’ isn’t working? 

    Even the victorians, who had ‘brutal’ levels of judicial punishment (sending starving kids to Australia for stealing apples?) still had streets that you couldn’t walk at night without a sword? Look at the US, look at how highly populated death row is, the threat of capital punishment is not a deterrent?

    But how much worse would those streets be if there was no capital punishment? 
     

    As for those who attack the emergency services they are the scum of society and should be subjected to a similar level of mindless violence to themselves. Some twenty or thirty year old ambulance driver who is going to work to save lives should not even have to think about whether they may get stabbed on their shift. :angry:

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    7 hours ago, Holmfirth Cars said:

    ok so if the customer views a car on our premises & collects the car from our front gate, is this sale exempt from the DSR ?? 

    Guys, I think you need to think about this slightly differently.

    Distance selling rules were originally brought in to give consumers confidence that if they ordered a product online that they had never seen and it turned up and was not quite what they expected they could return it within 14days no questions asked.

    So in your case Holmfirth if the customer has previously seen the car physically, been given ample time to inspect and raise any questions etc, and then goes ahead and completes the sale remotely this would not be a distance sale in context of the legislation. Tiers have really got nothing to do with your scenario, just that they would no longer be able to come back for a second viewing or further inspection. 
     

    Hope that helps.

  21. Posted

    7 hours ago, Frank Cannon said:

    CRV, Sorrento, Santa Fe, forget the German tat unless you like bills;)

    Exactly this ! 
     

    My wife has a 19 plate Cx5 after three previous Mazda’s and not a spot of bother. But as the daily hack we have a 2006 diesel X-Trail, don’t care about it getting car park dings, the kids can put their feet all over the leather and it never lets you down. As a bonus you can fit a 65” TV in the back if you get a little exuberant at Curry’s, and you can tow easily enough with it :D

  22. Posted

    Thanks, but seems not quite. 

    I just spoke to a gentleman there who advised me that it costs between £10 to £95 in fees (based on value) to buy a car and £50 to sell. Then scuppered my plans by advising that you have to be FCA approved to be able to sell on there. God knows who that tenuous connection is made. 

     

     

     

  23. Posted · Edited by Martin F

    Gents, I have just obtained access to DA and it’s not clear to me whether there are any additional fee’s on top of the purchase prices for cars won or cars sold. Can you please advise.

    Or is this supposed to be covered by the monthly/annual fee that you pay.