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    Has to be removed, hope they didnt cut the bumper to fit it, we had an A3 in not so long ago and who ever fitted it made a right hash of the mounting plate so instead of moving it they just notched the bumper. 

     

     

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    2 hours ago, M.J said:

    I had Worldpay come in and set me up initially, the charge was a percentage of each transaction which seemed pretty low but like Rory said when i did the calculations over a year's worth of turnover it equated to a lot of charges.

    So before i signed up properly with Worldpay i contacted Barclays, they got me setup in around a week and they charge a set amount per transaction, i think around 30p, i'll have to double check when i'm in the office later. But it was a significant saving over worldpay.

    And it just makes the whole transaction smoother when i don't have to mention adding on a fee after somebody has just bought a car.

    I've got a mobile device from them with built in wifi so i can use it anywhere which helps if delivering a vehicle, great service so far.

    Check out Barclays guys, THIS is the one i've got. 

    I found world pay the cheapest around when i reviewed it last month and i bank with Barclays, i cant see how Barclays would make money charging you 0.30pence to put say a 5k transaction through

    From the link provided

    Barclaycard terminals can make it very cost-effective to start taking card payments. Our charges are based on your turnover, as well as the average value of your transactions and the ratio of credit to debit card payments. We like our customers to know exactly what they’re paying fo

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    I always do open and honest cant be messing around with all the rubbish, they either want to deal with you or dont if they dont then i just walk away, 

    Your clearly not alone with your business not doing as well as you would like, i got the feeling its only going to get worse. 

    I also over prep cars but then my come back rate is very very low I would rather that than have people coming back every five mins with niggles 

    I have had some mega bargins over the years from local people but no where near enough to keep the yard full of stock I just scrap it out at the auctions 

     

     

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    I was going to say the same thing as Max, i would never pay out for someone else to do the work, my terms and condition state very clearly all repairs have to be undertaken by ourselves or at least reviewed by us first. 

    We have had times where the car has gone a great distance away and then a fault popped up but luckily thats not very often

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    seems to be a few more people around at the moment, but still very hard to close the deals, 

     

    agreed buying seems to be good as well lots to pick from and auctions reporting there not making the money, main dealers appear to be doing well looking at the fresh stock though our local auctions each week

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    we had similar problems, we then used a wickes two part epoxy system which came with a sealer and then top coat and its still down three years later its not cheap but does the trick. 

    Key was the make sure the old paint had been totally removed so hands and knees and scrapped the lot off jet washed it down then let it dry applied the sealer and then the top coat we went for a grey with red boarder. 

     

     

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    I am not a fan of white back drops makes the cars look you see on an auction house site very clinical, again thats just my point of view,  I was also advised to clean up my pictures which i have great little tips you pick up on this site. 

     

     

  25. Posted

    funny old business the car game is, what works for one clearly doesnt work for another, I sell bucket loads of KA's 07/08 years nothing older or newer and people avoid them at all costs in the auctions its the one car i sell month on month and make good money at.

    One thing that i here often at auctions is the old wives tales this dealer is doing that that dealer is doing this, I often get asked have you seen what so and so is doing my reply is always the same, sorry i havent seen what anyone else is doing i am to busy making sure what i do is the best i can. 

     

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