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  4. Posted

    5 hours ago, HuwD said:

    Amazing. Thank you both so much. Accountant seems to be struggling with the volume I'm looking at trading with etc so the correct advice is invaluable.

    In that case change accountants earlier rather than later save yourself a load of headache and possible surcharges 

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    47 minutes ago, Blenheim Car Sales said:

    I think you have to measure your self against what you did last year............................what XYZ motors up the road is doing is not helping you pay your overheads, The only competition you have  is 2019..................... i should  meet or just touch ahead of last year so cant complain

    Normally i would 100% agree i am a die hard growth fan, units profit margin advertising everything gets a microscope over it, however i cant see how you can possibly draw a parallel with 2019, we where closed open closed half open didnt know if we where open or closed half the time plus a lot of businesses benefited from grants and the option to borrow large amounts of money that might not have been available before ect just way to many factors to try and say we did ok or didnt.

    For me if your still trading healthy and have the option to continue trading your doing well. 

     

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    We have a list of cars to watch for the coming week updated with late entries daily, it often happens that we have a car on our list so we have printed off all the advert and any report for safe keeping made all our notes ect, as auction houses lie through there teeth after the event. 
     

    and quite often when the car comes up for suction the car in question has no pictures must be a computer glitch I rub my hands with glee as they always go a lot cheaper than they should have. 
     

    sadly there is no pattern to this it’s just pure luck.

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    This virus is a first for everyone no one has ever seen anything like it, for me i try to look at what went on last time in the auctions, for example first lock down BCA closed there doors and everything went on line and the prices went into outer orbit. 

    This time is a little unclear as to if your can open or not Wales we where told to close and that was that thankfully for only two weeks i have plenty of viewings booked for the 9th onwards already. 

    If prices do take a dip which i cant see i will be there waving my virtual hand in the air 

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    What does the garages estimate say ? Any mention of surface corrosion on previous mot’s 

    it’s how you deal with these people makes all the difference instead of saying get lost just say I am very sorry and somewhat confused the car in my expert opinion was spot on but I am happy to look at the garages detailed report and we can go from there, I might need a second opinion in a garage I use but we will cross that bridge later. 
     

    nine times out of ten there in the wind. 

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  18. Posted · Edited by justina3

    If you can bid live then bid live you can sometimes gauge the activity and hold back for the bids to drop to £100,s or £50,s risky but thats the game we play. 

    I am not a fan of proxy bidding, love the ups and down of dam i paid to much for that or the sinking feeling that no one bid have i missed something and bought a lemon, the joys there arnt any.

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    In my opinion nothing is automatic apart from there invoicing out system. 
     

    That’s a nasty repair I held out for my last claim as the roof was dented in four places they said hang on with your claim I will see if the vendor will offer anything for you to keep it which they did in all fairness £50!! I didn’t even put up a fight clearly a waste of breath just ended the call with come and get it .. 

  25. Posted

    2 hours ago, Frank Cannon said:. Customers are becoming more fickle

    Defo this plus a lot of smaller dealers have opted to offer free delivery nationwide so we are now competing even more with dealers up and down the country. 

    Digital foot print is more important now than ever.