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Ffs it’s like mumsnet on here, accidents happen life goes on, why does it all have to be about getting betterment ie reject the car etc, do we know if it’s just a battered bumper or is it major stuffed, that is something for the insurance companies to decide not a mate down the pub getting a privates version of events, cars get stuffed everyday and if everyone wanted a new car every time someone hit them can you imagine price of insurance, tell your mate to leave it to the professionals, if the insurance assessor thinks it’s beyond economical repair then he will get paid out, in the mean time he has a loan car.

is your mate the oldest paperboy in Heysham?

where have you been all week???? ;-))))

would you have a swap for a low mileage Suzuki?? but i would have to take advise first.... do you think i could make lots of money on it, where should i advertise it, and i dont want it in stock for more than 3 days so could you give me a buy back guarantee......

Million dollar question, but what works for some doesn’t work for others, I am of the opinion that people look at multiple classified internet sites after first doing a google search... the sites that are top of a google search in one area don’t always appear in another area, I had an 80 year old chap drive 5 hours from South Wales to Lancs last month for a Peugeot partner that he had seen on “Honest John “ wtf is Honest John and do they not have Peugeot Partners down there??? Advertising is a gamble no right or wrong ones some cheap ones can give better results than others and if not a lot of competition can allow you to have bigger margins.. “Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others

Bollox to that posing at lights lark..... do these middle aged bald blokes (and i count myself as one of those) really think they look cool in a convertible penis extension? I have the face and hairstyle for one thing..... a crash helmet

Showing my age but I remember fitting chrome wheel arch covers on 123 series mercs, and there was only 1 reason we fit them n it wasn’t to brighten the car up.... good car but arches rotten for fun.

So £500 mark up,, (not profit cus it hasn’t sold for full money yet) less MOT, less suspension work, less valet, less advertising, I wouldn’t be bothered about customer screaming bout noises from bearing I would be worried if I could afford to eat.... and that’s before the VAT man wants 20% of your £500 that he sees as clear profit...then the tax man will want a bit, not forgetting costs to get it from where you bought it,,, CAR DEALERS MAKE SHIT LOADS OF MONEY I WATCHED THAT WHEELER DEALERS ON TELLY :-))))))

Retain online then when he gets V5 for his new car in his name he can put plate on it online, he certainly won’t be doing it all in same day.... unless anyone knows differently

DVLA have improved a lot lately, I took a private plate off a car on line last Tuesday and the customer had the V5 back by Friday.

so folks I have read the stats been on this forum and heard everyone say dont buy odd colours dont buy Fiat 500 etc etc then a trader pulls up in a mint green 500, split brand new 64 plate 19k and i gulped,,, felt my bollox drop n said fcuk it... bought it this morning,,, as trader drives away laughing a young blonde bird stops n falls in love with it,,, sold before i had even transferred money for it,,,, wot do we know? n wot do stats mean??? just use your gut n you win some n u lose some....

I said the very same last year after another haldex unit and rear diff bill cost over £2000...... but greedy bstard that I am thought a mint FSH low miles evoque had good profit in it so had to be bought..... last week I had a £2000 bill for transfer box on same evoque.... never again am I buying a Landrover..... or will I ....

I cancelled after 4 months and not even a phone call, I really wanted it to work but I cant afford to fund find and fund anymore, imo it was rolled out to fast and should have been a gradual build up at no expense to dealer.

He has been a busy Billy today, I got exactly same e-mail this morning,,,, someone will fall for it and then all their stock on e bay will be hijacked and replaced with silly cheap ones and the punters will be eager to ring the new number with debit card details desperate to get that elusive bargain...……...

Sold a civic and customer is back 3 week later with powerfold mirror that's stopped folding, in the past I have known complete mirror have to be replaced for about £400,,,, did a google search and I found topic about it and they had replaced part inside mirror housing, so I pays my £1.99 for bit off flea bay and bobs your uncle,,,, saved a fortune ;-)) ..... then I googled my sore throat and stiff neck,,,,,, I am dead in 6 weeks.......

Click dealer, piece of piss to use and even the customer can read it, unlike my old hand written scribblings..

May be an old topic but what are peoples views on retailing ex rentals? I used to sell ERAC cars years ago and although didn't make fortunes they were a good addition and a ready source, I had the ERAC rep round yesterday and think there is a market for them.

The bigger the company the harder to deal with ;((

If I ran a business like some of the blue chip companies and govt bodies I would be locked up, 25th May a £750 standing order left my personal TSB account as it normally does but it didn’t arrive at destination, I rang TSB was in a queue for over an hour and when I spoke to someone they agree something gone wrong say they look into it and ring back,, 3 days later no one rings back so I ring again and takes 45 minutes to get through only to be told same thing, once again they didn’t ring back so I drive 15 mile to branch for cashier to tell me manager busy n he will ring back.... he didn’t .... since then I wasted another 4 hours ringing them then this morning when I rang them woman says it will take 8 week to sort!!!! WTF I want my 750 quid back... if I have a punter with a blown bulb and I don’t sort it that minute they are threatening CRA etc...SO BLOODY FRUSTRATING...... . RANT OVER .... HAPPY FRIDAY

Must admit Kia and Hyundai dealers are very good about warranty claims, took a few in for bits of jobs under warranty n no qualms or trying to get out of it cus we trade...

Cheers

Screenman I am in sunny Lancashire and always welcome a recommendation of a quality tradesman. if you know any one this way sure we can give them some work.

And I would bin them all for a jap..

Espace ain’t as bad as some frog shit, everything seems to work and dash isn’t lit up with warning lights but I am prepared for the worse

Thanks for all the advise, after looking around at the cost of conversions etc I have decided to retail it, at the end of the day if they don’t need the wheelchair it is still a mint low mileage top spec 7 seater, and anyone with an electric scooter could even use it with the hoist, sure there is good mark up for not big lay out.. thanks again for all comments ;-))