It's me

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  1. ive been advised not to comment so im not going to suffice to say ...........mm
  2. i would expect the speedo head has an eprom chip on it that stores the mileage and it compares to the main body computer every time you turn the key if the £110 fee can cure the problem and it keeps you in profit then my advice is swallow it
  3. get him some head and shoulders then
  4. i used to think like that i prefer to use my own money so i can decide what to stock etc too its why i started working for myself i would love the job more if i didn't have to deal with customers of course ,because buying is so much more fun than selling is these days unfortunately
  5. these same people did away with mot's on old bangers so you can now pull a barn find out give it a hose off and then insure it and drive away or these same people have watered mot standards down so much these past 8 years to the point its a farce with regards caravans it should be mandatory that chassis numbers are checked on a yearly basis before being accepted on insurance premiums as a way of stopping wholesale theft and moving them about the country dpf it was supposed to be that it was read via obd but this was objected to on the grounds that some vehicle or equipment could be damaged if the canbus had been messed with a classic example is an aftermarket stereo fitted wrongly to a vw group car
  6. quick fix? italian tune on a low mileage car get it warm then go for a 10 mile fast drive in intermediary gears cheapest fix ever for low mileage ex vicar used on sundays motors only or low mileage walking stick damaged sills motorbility end of term cars
  7. just in case lawegistics havent mentioned it write everything down on hard paper with dates and times its a long way to court time and easy to forget things or lose things oh and dont let the b*stds grind you down because this is what these people play on and hope you dont turn up on the day if the lba turns to a court claim
  8. its called death blue up here because you knew you were trying to flog a dead horse pushing this colour so they always did poor money in the block, i used to get them bottom end silver resprayed if on something like a ford fiasco the only people who bought it were people whom colours meant nothing to they just wanted a reliable car in this weather and of course a good heater
  9. dear Mr +++ Thank you for your short and direct response to my concerns,ive discused this further with my cage fighting boys and we are arranging to come to see you tonight we hope you are in,it gets dark around 4 i think these days best regards toodle pips its funny how moaners are ex police ex cage fighters ex bouncers ex i used to do this job etc
  10. i would confirm in writing with a registered letter that you have offered to investigate his issue if he returns the car because 80 miles is not that far in real terms and obviously he was aware you were this distance from him when he purchased it its a clutch so obviously a wear and tear item that obviously went out perfect and customer i assume has not noted on your sales invoice or you on your appraisal sheet any concerns its quite possibly an issue with the dual mass flywheel rather than the clutch and i would not be looking at getting involved in the middle if its an issue of faulty parts/and or abuse does this car have a dual mass and does he know how to drive the car if it has one? probably a bit of a sticky wicket using a 2 year clutch invoice as a selling point i prefer to leave them in the book of lies for customers to find letter that you have offered to investigate the car if he returns it its a clutch so obviously a wear and tear item that obviously went out perfect and customer i assume has not noted on your sales invoice or you on your appraisal sheet any concerns its quite possibly an issue with the dual mass flywheel rather than the clutch and i would not be looking at getting involved in the middle if its an issue of faulty parts/and or abuse does this car have a dual mass and does he know how to drive the car if it has one? apologies for gap my computator is playing up
  11. its either tripadvisor or the ex paypal guy or are they one of the same cant remember
  12. hi sk sounds good to me but i would have sent it recorded delivery rather than wired
  13. im going to throw a sponge in i never do the online for cars bought in why because i put the onus on the seller with the intrade slip to send it back to dvla for his road tax and now in trade makes them think see why because when everything goes t+ts as it can no matter what the dvla deny you are in the clear because you have your purchase invoice and the wording on it explaining what customer needs to do now with his slip see sometimes going forward isnt always better
  14. make sure on the invoice they sign that it says they have had a test drive as i had a customer the other week return a car because of an uneven tickover speed and he had the cheek to say he wouldnt have bought it if he realised he couldnt get comfortable in it,he had had a 10 mile test drive he would have used it as a wiggle out all this advice comes from lawgistics by the way
  15. my advice think carefully if you go down the see you in court route the fees for £10,000 + claims go stratesferic when the paperwork is submitted by the claimant but it might have changed (.gov is a bit vague) your claimant will claim for loss of use traveling expenses car hire witness costs etc all the court costs and his claim initially will cost 4.5% of the claim so to start at least £450 these can add up to more than the original claim you might think you have a watertight case but you might see the wrong judge on the day who hates the motortrade if you could call in the expert witness of the bmw technician to stand in front of the judge and categorically say no codes you have a fair chance to prove you did everything by the book but you mention he might have missed it ,but it might not be allowed by the court to call him,i was denied my expert witness 3 months into the case or more to the point i never got no reply even though it was handed in at the court office and entered into the original defence the guy has a £10,000 paperweight at the minute and whatever happens he wants someone to pay and he doesnt want it to be him ive said before but will repeat all customers are liers this is the job we are in i would go the route as i said earlier of lobbing his p/x back checking over the bmw for signs of abuse and charging what i also consider is a reasonable sum of £500 wear and tear and all it encompasses remember if it goes to court the car will be laid up somewhere and these customers also try to claim for storage (8 months is normal from start to finish its a lot of money to pay back but if you can afford it get the car back get it fixed and retail it again because trust me here 6-8 months of legal paperwork and the hassles really are not worth it i go to court on principle and ive been advised its wrong to do that and i agree to be honest but im a stubborn old mule
  16. hi have a read here http://www.lawgistics.co.uk/read-news/877 i made a deduction in january for a 7 week car return customer accepted it then he got a call from local citizens advice asking how he got on,he hadnt even told me he had contacted them, he got back in touch by coming to my premises and demanding this deduction back i refused and he told me i was getting an lba,i contacted ca and told them my reduction was in line with usage and i wasnt willing to refund this deduction, they gave me a case number and advised i put in writing to customer my reasons for rejection with a recorded letter advising customer i was willing to go to small claims if necessary, i never heard from him again if it were my car im afraid i would refund /collect /send his clapped out swapper back to him /and make a deduction for fair use thats just me of course,im not a lawyer
  17. some customers think you are up to no good if you cant produce a current mot stiffcat, so its often just easier to put a new mot on the thing
  18. hi did you used to work for snap on?
  19. People always want to kick you when your up and kick you when your down,i learnt a long time ago to tell other traders business is superb even when it isnt because otherwise they just want to rip into you im sure when the time is right he might start again at least he didnt bubble the company owing lots to everyone which seems the norm these days
  20. Once a car has had the full business on the valet including as some have said the plastic trims stick one of these slightly opened under one of the front seats Bay item number: 222307747537 they really are effective
  21. Second bite of the cherry usually goes pear for me, but if you definitely think it will retail again then offer 3.5 as suggested by others,explain it will need a full pdi etc again and of course this time it cant be offered as a p/x so its probably going to be sat around for a while so realistically you don't really want it but YOU will leave the bid with her more importantly make sure owner of car fills in a full disclaimer for time owner had it so no come backs on you with regards forthcoming fines and car logged on police computer as a trouble car i assume shes got log book back from dvla
  22. WOW you must have eaten a full pallet of spam to do that post now what do you do for a living again as i didnt understand your post
  23. is this good enough? im cheeeeeeeeeeeap
  24. tell them youve done a history check and it comes up as an undisclosed write off that should get therm running