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    15 minutes ago, Dealer said:

    What's your average monthly sales please? 

    Average 25, As has been mentioned B4 what works for some won’t work for others, I think AT didn’t work for me because as anyone who knows us will tell you we are never going to be the cheapest, I buy the best spec/condition/pedigree and prepare them to death etc and that costs, therefore I could never be on page one, I don’t cater for bargain hunters but I will sell a good car and wipe customers arse after they have bought it. 

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    7 hours ago, Dealer said:

    I'd be interested to see who does and who doesnt use AT on here and stock levels and average sales for both. 

    I don’t use AT and haven’t done for 2 years, stocking up to 60 cars average price £10k. I have a click dealer website and use e bay, motors.co.uk, AA cars, exchange and mart, car gurus, and have a page in local rag, biggest spend is £1000 a month for SEO and PPC, one thing I have learnt since cancelling AT is that customers look everywhere, they live on the internet trawling all sites.... with that in mind I am not frightened of cancelling a site if it gets expensive or doesn’t work, find and fund was cancelled after 4 months and CarGurus sent me a letter last week with a 27% increase so I sent my cancellation back.. Without car dealers these sites cannot operate, but we can operate without these sites. 

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    But dont these big clever highly paid people listen to the minnows who actually do the job,,,ok they listen but then do what they want,,,, I remember posting on here before it was launched that they cant just jump in and knock AT off their perch they need support off dealers and only real way to get support is gradually build the product not dive in and charge the same as number 2 in the market. I still think the concept is great and i would pay for it when it is established and giving proven results but i tried it and sold nothing for 3 months so unfortunately had to cancel it. 

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    Kia/Hyundai cracking reliable car, good seller and a dealer network that cant do enough for you, unlike the arrogant gin palace dwellers with the 3 pointed stars who treat you like sh1t, pity most kia/hyundais have ERAC on the V5, but that again speaks volumes about the brand.

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    Have to disagree with comments saying bad colour combo, I’ve sold a few silver with red SLKs, and sold them well, but I wouldn’t be getting excited about the engine,, usually sell to women who are more bothered about running costs, so 200K are the more favourable from a retail point. If it was a nice car with good spec and history it’s £4500 to retail at £6-£6500  but remember it’s you that they are coming back to see when it goes wrong not your mate that you sell it for.

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    15 hours ago, sellect2 said:

    I bought a Fiat X1/9 1985 B reg, done 9900 miles from new, one owner . Been in a heated garage for years. I had one as a youth! 

    £3500 four years ago. Drove it home, got bored and sold it for money back!! 

    What an idiot!! 

    You drove it !!!!! That’s not the idea with this old stuff u are just meant to look at it... we have an old 944 in stock, was the dogs bollox to drive in the 80,s,,, jump out of any modern car and drive it now to realise how cars have changed in a relatively short time....it is fecking awful but still looks good...

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    19 minutes ago, trade vet said:

    64 Convertible,I was 14 then,you had to pay over book for them ( Glass’s ),very trendy,good sellers.What is it now,£10k 

    dunno bout £10k but looking at daft prices old stuff brings you never know,,,, i gave a grand for it in late 80s so owes me not a lot really.

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    4 hours ago, trade vet said:

    Herald,could it be Powder Blue or a sort of mid green ? used to sell them when I was 16,they never came back which was the norm with most stuff,60% profit margins,no vat......2 grand readies always in your back pocket,just in case you were offered some cheap cars.....I am not kidding......sorry guys !

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    20 hours ago, Dan W said:

    Not being a car buff or not knowing a huge amount of stuff, can anyone tell me why this is priced like this ? what am I missing its a bloody Vauxhall ?


    https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201808069186089?postcode=la96lu&advertising-location=at_cars&radius=1&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=New&year-to=2018&sort=sponsored&page=11

    We will never understand what people get excited about, and I can’t talk cus I have had a Triumph Herald in a lock up for 30 year but good luck to them with the sale, rest of there stock looks well presented and priced sensibly, nice set up but what is it with the classic cars on their website?? Fountains sell classic cars??? 

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    9 hours ago, Mark101 said:

    Ebay/Gumtree contacted me today (voicemail).

    I am with AT on a 5+2 package, tempted but what am i likely to pay for EMP/GT for say 12?

    I am on e bay with good results but refused  bum tree when they tried to push it on me, I got to the point were I said I would cancel e bay if they made me pay more for bumtree,,, I pay just over £200 a month for it and really it’s a no brainier, not just for selling crap either I sold a £30k Maserati from e bay last month... just had to put up with lots of knobs

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    11 hours ago, P118 said:

    www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201807228696287

    I thought it was a joke everyone on here mentioning the shitter in the background so I had a look......I bet your ad views have tripled since you posted on here which goes to show that not all viewers are buyers they are just car dealers looking to see how not to photograph a car. 

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    I mainly cover my own warranties and end up in pocket, but in all fairness to the warranty company what else can they do but go off autodata times, If you have done a dash out on a car the next one wont take as long but why should they pay for a garage learning a job? I built 3 sets of Ikea wardrobes.... 1st one took me 4 hours, 2nd one 2 hours and last was a piece of piss.... hence why some garages specialise in certain makes, you may pay more per hour but get job done in fraction of time.

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    32 minutes ago, EPV said:

    Ok well it's just that under your profile it says that your company name is WF Recovery Group. The locking wheel nut removal firm are part of the WF Recovery Group. Probably just a coincidence then.

    ya cant pull the wool over your eyes ;-))))))

  24. Posted

    Having looked at your site I would be willing to let you advertise my stock for a 12 month trial as long as my website provider was willing to feed your site, if after the 12 month trial I had any positive response then I would consider paying for any further advertising, obviously until then I wouldn’t pay anything but I am sure if all others on this site agreed similar terms you could have a reasonable start, it may take you many years to get noticed and cost tens of millions so unless you have serious backers tread with care.... but good luck

  25. Posted

    20 hours ago, jayrussell17 said:

    WE have in stock one of only 2 on Autotrader, a 2008 Mitsubishi i very rare and wonderful little thing like a smart car but 4 seats

    I had one of those, like a smart on steroids, think they were made in same factory. .... Some of the jap import stuff was unknkown but good cars with good profit in them, had a Toyota BB with a flat bedpickup type thing bit different and caused many looks,,,, and i wish i could still get Surfs at the money we got them for before SVA and exchange rates fecked the job..