justina3

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    I would echo the advise above, i wouldnt consider a second site unless you have a family member to run it for you or someone you trust 1000% 

    I used to run three shops and spent my time firefighting issues daily on one sight then onto the next, the day we closed two shops down my hours went down by 50% my stress down by 100% and my bottom line up by 30% !! wish i done it years ago. 

     

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    been watching this thread, still one niggle in my mind is the post about the finance company ringing up with a complaint from a customer months after the car warranty has run out, just wondering what's the deal regarding those circumstances. 

     

     

  9. Posted

    Does he expect you to carry the warranty as well say the engine or gear box goes pop two months down the line who foots the entire bill for that ? 

    As you sold it the buck will stop with you. 

    I hate these kind of deals never done me any good in the past.

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    14 hours ago, Ocsltd said:

    I love estate cars, always done well with them, and try and have as many in stock as I can. Think there will always be a strong demand for estate cars. Although interestingly, I've currently got two BMW 3 series tourers in, which haven't sold as quickly as I would have expected....

    but they look good in estate form so i wouldnt class them in the same bracket as say an Astra estate i dont see the same demand for old school estates these days, I put it down to a combo of better looking MPV's and vans becoming more than just a van to drive allowing people to multitask on a vehicle say a T5/6 

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    I was saying the same thing only yesterday, the old tick list of customer questions has seemed to died off over the last few years. 

    We used to get the standard tick list questions like is the car hpi clear how owners, have you had it long blah blah 

    Adverts have come so far these days and a lot of info is already given Hpi clear how many owners ins group mpg ect almost standard on every advert these days

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    I use it under the boost post section there you can select your market place and who your aiming to target ie a sporty little number we select the age group different to that of a Fiat Panda system works well for us, and allows us to tailor the spend to a specific car instead of just driving random people to our page

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    I feel your pain, I think it's all about setting out your stall early it's almost impossible to change staff when they settle into a routine I have tried and made a rod for my back cutting the, to much slack, my partner works in a coffee house run like a milatary operation if there five mins late he docks them shifts the week after.

    but to answer your question yes there stealing next question is how to resolve the situation when you work out that answer please let me know 

     

     

  14. Posted · Edited by justina3

    Cracking question.

     

    1a do not look at the sales topics on this forum it is depressing if your having a quiet month.

    1. You can never prep a car for sale to much

    2. sometimes in auctions you have to say enough it enough tomorrow is another day

    3 you cant please everyone no matter how hard you try

    4 the garage will still be here tomorrow if i take half a day

    5 why for the love of god dont costa express offer skinny option coffee in there machines full fat coffee takes vile

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    On 12/5/2016 at 10:43 AM, Ocsltd said:

     

    Slightly off topic, there is someone local to me selling their Ford Fiesta 1.4 TDCi on an 08 plate. 5 Door in red, but it's done 92k miles which puts me off. Looks really clean and tidy, think it might be a Zetec or Ghia trim, what would you guys expect to retail it at? I also find red a funny colour, lot's of people don't like it for some reason....

    Your thoughts?

     

    I always find red to be one of the fastest selling Fords we have in, people seem to go mad for red fiestas 

     

     

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    There's a bum for every seat as someone once said to me, there very popular we do really well with them a lot of people prefer the lower mileage ones but as long as it's priced right it won't last long before it's snapped up.

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    We seem to get a lot of these enqs, via gumtree, and as already mentioned if you dont follow them up dont see the point in even opening the email in the first place, I choose to ring the person if the number is supplied and often get told many thanks for making the effort to get back to me not many dealers do. 

    So for us it is a must to follow every single lead no matter where it comes from never done us any harm.