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    I havent looked at the app other than the screen shoot shown above no lose hose clamps ? , I do not know what sort of engines your looking at most engines for the last ten years you cant even see the engine with plastic covers shielding everything and even if you could i wouldnt want customers hanging off pipes to ensure there tight.

    Have you ever thought of pitching this to Dragons Den i can just see Peter Jones pulling his socks up to this one.

    But whilst we mock there any many other inventions to aid the stupid.

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    Works fine for me, i work slightly different to other dealers, i see what is priced similar and put an extra £100 on top, i often get the guy up the road is cheaper, i just tell them your money you choice but good luck taking it back in a month with a fault and trying to find the guy you meet in a petrol station to buy your daughter her first car. 

     

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    I think every industry has similar issues, There was a guy in the fish shop done a similar thing this morning for some reason there was only one staff member on lots of people in there, anyway he wanted to know the ins and outs of marine fish keeping from lighting to fish to tanks the works the attendant done his best to answer as quick as he could without sounding rude, the buyer then said thanks and did the shop have any starter kits for £100 the poor sales guy just spent almost an hour going through pumps which where five times that price. 

    Barmy army

     

     

     

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    Yep plus one for banging in the bids also, our local non franchised auction house tends not to run the local traders up,also helps if your known for buying a certain kind of car I would place a large bet when i see a certain car coming through as who is going to buy it (leaving out the private punters who always go up and beyond)and 9 out of ten times i am right.

     

     

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    1 hour ago, whitestone679231 said:

    I have been learning this job for 35 years and one thing I will never do is source a car for a private if I am not prepared to end up owning it myself, something I learnt many years ago when a "customer" wanted a red Porsche 924, at the time they were at a premium, the guy made all the right noises money waiting definite buyer etc etc, obviously no one was going to lend me one so after giving him full details of one I had located I bought it on his say so,,, go to deliver it to him and his wife says........ wrong shade of red,,,,, Guards Red is Guards Red..... Never again.....

     

    Maybe he wanted the faded pink shade of red...what ever floats your boat

     

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    I am still very confused under what conditions would i pay someone to go buy a car for me, ok maybe if i was an A list celeb i wouldnt want to do anything mundane like go car shopping but do they not have agents or pa's that take care of those kind of things.

    But good luck if you think you spotted a gap in the market go for it, its only money

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    If he hands the car back then no doubt they will have some local trader (mate) who will say he paid him 4K for it and the client will owe the balance of loss plus costs. 

    I might be wrong and the loan company could do the decent thing, but judging by there apr i very much doubt i am. 

     

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    24 minutes ago, sparky said:

    Good luck with the new venture, hope it all works our for you. 

    Just out of interest, not being a hipster tree hugging surf dude and having a particular dislike for VW, why are these VW Camper things so popular? In time, could you be open to the idea of other makes of donor vehicle (with the exception of Vauxhall obviously) or does it have to be VW?

    There are a few people out there who think the same and buy transits which are everywhere to buy, however the market share has been and i strongly think will always be with the VW bug lovers, to be fair the VW van up until the T6 which is showing early electrical headaches is a well built bit of kit, (apart from the silly sliding window which leaks like a brown paper bag trying to hold water) so you can see why there popular. 

    I tried a few different makes the transit was the worst sat around for ages and ended up hardly clearing a profit on it, the Vivaro did well that said i did buy it cheap to start with so that might be the reason who knows. 

    And in the other brands there all the same Vauxhall Nissan and Renault same as the Aygo C1 and 107 theme. 

    And i would avoid the Mercs like a wasps nest they rust faster than a 2001 Ford KA

     

     

     

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    Why would a simple "sorry we do not offer finance" put you at risk of a bad review ? i have told loads of people we do not offer finance never had an issue

    maybe if finance companies didnt act silly regarding retarded customers trying to reject cars more small dealers would sign up.

     

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    8 minutes ago, trade vet said:

    Like the others,I wish you well.However,I hope you have the VAT position clarified just incase it is a grey area.Is there a difference between buying,renovating and selling an old camper van/motor home/caravette ( as they were then called) and buying a van,converting it to a camper van and selling it.The last thing you want is a VAT inspector to make some dubious assessment in 3 years time which ruins your business.I recall one young inspector trying unsuccessfully to assess us for VAT on road tax because applying for,paying and collecting road tax on behalf of a customer was a service ! which was nonsense........Good Luck !

    Do you carry your Scythe everywhere 

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  20. Posted

    I took a similar route a few years back offering custom racking to commercial vans, along side supply and fitting ply wood to new commercial vans, we are now number one supplier for four main dealers in our area, I also did the transporter thing one major pitfall i found was building vans for customers spec there a nightmare with there designs in the end i stopped as nothing was good enough for them and there time scales where insane, coupled with the crazy prices the T5 where starting to bring I moved away from this avenue. 

    Plenty of people out there doing well with this business though not to be knocked. 

    My car sales is almost a hobby these days to what it was like.

     

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    Any patch would show up like a rotten pint of milk, I would cut back on anything else and make the roof like new, People who buy convertibles its normally the first thing they look for, or in your add you could highlight the fact it a wee bit more money as it has a brand new roof defo a selling bonus.