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    7 hours ago, BHM said:

    To be fair it clearly states it’s a service designed for motorists who have lost or damaged their log book. It’s hardly rocket science to work out they won’t be sending them out willy nilly to any Tom, Dick or Harry who claims to of just bought it from the block.

    I was only seeking clarification in case there was another way.

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    9 hours ago, Rory RSC said:

    Hadn’t actually ever thought of that. Most of us are having it away but lots of other sectors have shut down.

    just got home from barber shop and noticed everywhere was closed at ten didn’t see pubs, takeaways etc the usual stuff. He said it’s quiet for him, people working from home don’t go in for their usually weekly or 2 weekly cut as not seeing anyone, regular Friday night / Saturday night trim for a night out not coming as not going out it does affect a lot of places. 
     

    A very good friend of mine runs a cleaning business or did it’s now in total shreds, commercial offices closed, student let’s empty as no students have come into the Uk, even his private customers have cancelled due to most of them working from home and doing it themselves, even the window cleaning section of his business has been hit very hard with most of his clients saying its pointless having clean windows as all transactions are now carried out on line and there looking to reduce there overheads. 
     

    The council was a big contract who have advised him there is no budget for his services at present. 
     

    gone from 8 staff down to him and his wife in a matter of months. 

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    58 minutes ago, Wheelerdealer said:

    Hi All, My first post so please bear with me. Regarding the furlough scheme which has been a great lifeline for many including myself in this and numerous other industries. what is the general opinion on companies recruiting whilst they still have staff away from work on the scheme and secondly along similiar lines, is it fair and appropriate to announce redundancies whilst actively recruiting? Both aspects are very close to me personally and I'm very dissapointed if I'm honest. I personally think that the programme, to give it it's official title Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is all about that, retaining jobs and any company who takes advantage of it for 6 months then announces almost 200 hundred redundancies should repay that money as they haven't retained those roles?

    The company would be on sticky grounds if there advertising for the same post as there about to make redundant, as regards fair and appropriate i think there are a lot more factors to be taken into account none of this is fair on anyone. 

    I also disagree with your last statement i know a lot of business have kept staff on hoping praying the country returns to normal, restrictions have been lifted in a very odd and unforeseeable manor making some business more able to bounce back than others so the businesses that are still heavily restricted or have there demand seriously affected there are left with no option but to lay staff off, making them pay back any funding would finish them off all together. 

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    Same rules still apply i think, clean bca report and mot to have it driven and below 100k, you have to buy three or more from the same branch to get them transported then they can be any grade spec you like. 

    We tried movex have no idea what was going on took three days to get insane quotes so didnt try again. 

    I did ring one driver who used to collect from us and he said he wont even go to blackbush as there is often a two hour wait just to get the car, how much truth is in that i have no idea maybe thats why i wasnt getting any quotes from movex maybe. 

    unless its been updated thats my understanding on the whole saga and it is a saga. 

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    i dont miss it one little bit, I know a few mates who never logged in on line once who have had a huge wake up call into the modern way of doing business, I did giggle when overheard someone down the mot station last week say they spent an hour on there computer looking for cookies to delete as they couldnt get on line to work...gesh old school at its best.

     

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    I started off thinking they would miss the revenue from the cafe's the private buyers who get run up and pay eye watering fees, however on there flip side the trade seem to be paying way into and more often than not over cap clean so i guess with half your staff off its a very close numbers game and there clear lack of urgency to reopen it just could be the final nail in the coffin. 

     

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    This was always going to be a losing battle, one i come across almost every day new drivers are learning to drive in brand spanking new cars often with electronic accelerator peddles then they jump in a ford ka or c1 and straight away it doesnt feel as good. 

    Sometimes you have to be blunt and just point that out sometimes they go fair play makes sense or look at you like you have three heads and leave. 

    I agree with everyone above refund and move on. 

      

  12. Posted

    Depends on who you sell the car to if it is a key worker the dvla will fast track the log book application and it comes through as normal....the odd bit is they do not ask for any proof the person buying the car is a key worker. 

    make of that what you wish, typical dvla madness.

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    2 minutes ago, JimmyGlen said:

    Wow! Feel the hate for FB!

    We do pretty well from it, both from a customer retention and from a lead generation standpoint. 

    Surprised to read all the negative comments, but I suppose a lot of it is down to what you sell, how you sell and manage the leads. It's a far cry away from simply loading stock onto a website and putting the kettle on. 

     

    Stevie

    Totally agree, its here to stay thats for sure.

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    21 hours ago, Huggins said:

    OK thanks Justin , I'll probably just suck it up as more hassle than it's worth,. potentially.

    I still think it’s worth a trail audit or the very least ask your accountant at year end to check for such errors. 
     

    i know a construction company for almost over a decade they didn’t claim back vat on labour invoices as they treated them in there system as all cis code when it was spotted he claimed back over £20k with hmrc blessing. 

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    53 minutes ago, metcars said:

    Just as an aside, I’d get used to it. It’s going to be the shape of things at auctions. The big auction houses are enjoying the extra ‘control’ over bidding. I don’t think we’ll see a return to physical auctions any time soon? Why would they, this current situation is manner from heaven. They’ve eliminated the bottom feeders, cash buyers, the ‘no shows’ at the payment office. It’s an all round win for auctions isn’t it?

    I am now of the same thinking as well i used to think they would lose out due the cash buyers not paying over the odds but its ok the dealers are doing the same job for them, no staff drivers, booked collections so again hardly any staff required, far less chance of traders seeing defects in the hall and bidding accordingly. 

    All in all a big win.

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    3 hours ago, Huggins said:

    Thanks for claiifying David - need to sharpen the pencil from here on in!

    Maybe ask your accountant to do a trial vat quarter exercise, where he compiled your records and compairs the vat schedule if you have been over paying you are allowed to make adjustments on your next return to compensate. 
     

    be warned this may well trigger a vat return if your books are in good order this shouldn’t cause a problem we all make mistakes 

     

    awaits tv to suggest that is the worst Epps doble advise ever. 

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    29 minutes ago, DCS01 said:

    That is pretty unanimous then. Thanks for the feedback. I find it pretty poisonous anyway so I won’t dip my toe back in and save my time for more productive methods.

    You could try for yourself nothing better than selling a car costing only £20 for a local boost, with the app on your phone it takes nano seconds to ignore or engage with a customer. 

     

  24. Posted

    its a very marmite subject, as in most advertising it needs a lot of trial and error tweaking to see any rewards, opening an account sticking a car on and hoping for the best will get you no where.

    Have a look close to you see who is popping up daily check there comments pictures ect see how other people are doing it. 

     

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    As i read it your claim would be against BCA as its them who sold you a car there defense would be they didnt know it had a fault by your own admission "Through a variety of means we discovered that the vehicle had been bought by a trader through BCA and sold to a customer in March. The trader then put the car back into auction without declaring that there was a significant engine fault."

    Also if you where to bring a case would your "through a variety of means" stand up in court with all the GDPR rules being swung around the place. 

    Morally you clearly have the high ground sadly i cant see it going anywhere.