It's me

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  7. Posted

     I agree wholeheartedly,ive always talked up top gear to anyone who knocked it complaining it was boys hour, but last sundays episode left me cold,i will tune in on sunday  this week but if it doesn't improve it looks like i too will let the wife have use of the tv at that time for her bridesdead rubbish  :(

  8. Posted

    Up to about 15 years ago you could always pull the rear seat squab up back at base and find lots of lovely lolly (money) those days have long gone because if the transporter driver isnt pulling these up in the lay bye as he shovels his panini in his gob then (apparently its the new sausage sandwich) its the drivers at the auction doing it

    My pet hate in cars? toenails and or used nappies in an old carrier bag

    YUK

  9. Posted

    i only give the green slip when the sale is completed and paid for in full - why else would you give them the slip? 

    for them to take it home and tax it at their leisure of course

    its a bit small for other uses

  10. Posted

    On my invoice i now have a section for the green slip unique (ha ha)  document reference number and i carefully print this number for the customer.

    why?

    Well i've always found that until the car is collected and paid in full then its not a sale and you might not get this green slip back

    Im sure we've all heard all the usual reasons for not proceeding with a sale, but sometimes i've taken the deposit never to hear  from these people again

  11. Posted

    I have never and will never do the in trade postage bit on behalf of customers for this very reason 

    Its the same when selling cars,i explain to customers that they must make a note in their diaries that they receive the log book in 6 weeks or phone me or dvla and i stress to them never post off the new keeper slip,you tell em but most dont listen and log books do get lost in the post .

  12. Posted

    well

    after phoning this morning and trying to be fobbed off as not the owner data protection bla bla bla i finally got them to listen to sense

    they still blame the post office even though i told them the post office only saw the new keeper slip

    they have assured me the car is now taxed and backdated to the date in december and we are to send the cheque in,ive given customer that job and told him to send it recorded delivery and to see if his car reappears as taxed on the dvla website in the days to come

    we shall see

     

    i was told to keep my cheque so will cash it in if and when everything seems sorted,a nice bottle of malt sounds good

     

    forgot to add i too have decided from now on not to tax cars for customers unless absolutely necessary, as 

    jamslug

    says too

  13. Posted

    please read this carefully

    i registered a car in my name in november 

    log book came december

    car sorned via post sorn confirmation came

    sold car to customer in december new keeper supplement used to tax it

    got a tax refund yesterday

    checked online car showing as not taxed

    rang dvla this morning they say i taxed it at local PO in my name

    not so

    rang customer up to advice him not to use car till sorted

    he got a tax refund yesterday too

    he still has new keeper slip correctly filled in and stamped by PO

    he has also received the v5c in his name

    dvla say we made a mistake and customer has to ring them monday,they wouldnt even give me an address to complain to

    BE WARNED

    will update if they will talk to me again monday on behalf of customer as car now not registered to me

    hes obviously livid too

  18. Posted

    Thanks for the heads up,i too am waiting for a receipt,you would think we could type our plates in and under model put trade plates on the dvla site until confirmation comes through wouldnt you?

    Just to remind anyone who may not be aware as ive met a few traders who havent,make sure you log your plates on to the MID

  19. Posted

    I run my place from an industrial estate so although its private property owned by my landlord the public have access to the large car park as there's also a cafe so its classed as public access,

    I had a car clamped by dvla outsource before christmas as it was parked "in their words" on public access land and obviously being an in trade car was neither taxed or sorned,

    I argued that it was in a designated area agreed with my landlord for car sales as its next to the main road but on land where public drive to access the cafe (hope you are all still with me) anyway by proving my lease to the clamping team i had my car unclamped and assured it wouldn't be clamped in future,

    Just a heads up to any full time motor trader as we are the only group of people allowed to park on public access car parking if we have our territory marked out on a lease or map or deeds and not need the car to be taxed/sorned so there are some gains for us

     

     

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  20. Posted

    If you think about it and the choices we now have its pretty straight forward

    Car in trade cant be taxed realisatically so you run it on trade plates so as to trade within the law

    Car you run as a daily user is in your name and an agreed value with insurer which can be more than the standard trade payout only  (i use this specifically for my car transporter)

    Trade plates are on the mid so cover you in anything you are driving but in my case it doesnt cover left hand drive super cars or kit cars to get a better rate

    I found out many years ago i cant drive the wives car on a motor trade policy as its insured in her name so cant go on my trade policy too as then it would be insured twice so im a named driver on her personel policy,

    The only time this  could change was is if i  wasnr a named driver on her policy but wanted take it off her to do trade work like repair  or say taking it for an mot

    Cars in trade and smoked around was always a grey area and used and abused by many, so although it was a nice perk to take something home with lots of petrol or a bit different i must now be getting to an age where it honestly doesn't bother me that its not feasable any more

     

    comments observations most welcome   sb

  22. Posted

    Been really quiet in november and december but its always been like that,you should bag some sales in january but certainly customers are more picky these days than ever before,my secret is to get your cars mint, mint and keep them mint, mint,this way the folded arms syndrome of the wife of a potential buyer cant find a fault so the car gets bought rather than a new settee, or the husband cant fault it to his wife also, oh and ignore derogatory remarks no matter how hard they are remember you want the sale even though you wouldnt want the customer as a friend,the good days have gone where there was another bum for every seat

    goodas luckas,

    sb

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  23. Posted

    Be careful stepping into  trade road risk only as many wont even insure your own vehicle so you can end up with 2 policies and very poor cover,read the small print on everything before committing,be extra careful of signing up over the phone as these companies are the worse.

    As said you need trade insurance or a simple accident could cause you big,gone are the days of ducking and diving your way through with even something as simple as daily insurance,sorry

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  24. Posted

    Never been stopped for trade plate contravention but have to say this  thread has me worried,ive tried plates on  number plates plates off plates in the blank space and plates in the windows in my time but finally arrived at front plate in the windscreen and rear plate always dangled with the rubber holder off the rear wiper,im now concerned this isnt acceptable so im going to start screwing plates on plates again against my better wishes,my plates by the way should be in a museum as i have an original set of ali ones that look like they did a stint in vietnam

  25. Posted

    hi,long time lurker thought i would join as one of my  new year resolutions,

    To address your query my trade insurance went up 50% in may last year,i went through various large and small organisations to get a better quote but came to the conclusion they run a cartel,ive never made a claim ,been in the motor trade 30 years and have a clean licence,everyone ive spoken to in the trade since my increase also confirm premiums have increased without exception to beyond what was considered reasonable,i put it down to the fact some large insurers withdrew from this market like aviva this last year?