justina3

Advanced Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Content Count

    2808

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    51

Posts posted by justina3

  5. Posted

    2 minutes ago, NOACROSS said:

    Doh! 
    I did manage to get a load of extra featured listings for the (crap) gumtree side of the platform. Every little helps. 

    we had them as well, i did try and bend there arm on the motors package but they wouldnt budge.

  10. Posted

    I wash and shine every engine it’s been years since we had a problem either we are getting better at avoiding the hot spots or engines are better at hiding modules. 

    ref customers : customer says why has it been cleaned are you hiding anything I simply reply not at all this is why we clean then so you clearly see if there is a problem being hidden by years of gunk and as you can see there clearly isn’t. 
    now bore off 

  12. Posted

    2 hours ago, Mark101 said:

    I should be. I really rate the products to be fair. I can't be arsed with getting Windowlene (one for the older boys there) from place a, tyre shine from place b, wash n wax from c etc just because one is slightly better/cheaper/whatever. They come to me once a fortnight and replenish stocks.

    Next time the van is around you might want to try Kril for engine dressing it works better with the heat finish tends to water down to much. 

    • Like 1

  13. Posted

    1 hour ago, BHM said:

    :lol::lol: I very much doubt it & I can’t see the youth of tomorrow lusting after a five year old Corsa of the new vintage. 

    A lot of it isn’t lust the 1ltr eco flex is a group 3 insurance which is semi affordable to first time drivers. 

  15. Posted

    No reason to any of it, I had an out of the box 107 envy in white piano black trim 24k grade 1 all the way sit for 3 months, then a similar model on a 10 plate 61k £500 cheaper on a 10 plate sell within 3 days.

    But sorry have no idea about your kind of stock at all only sold one BMW 320td in a while and very quickly reminded me it wasnt a market for me for a reason.

  17. Posted

    There are some cracking old wives tales floating around about stocking loans, yes there are idiots who will be burnt but it if it wasnt stocking loans then it would be credit cards or loans the option to borrow money and be reckless with it isnt new.

    For me the car supermarkets are more to blame than stocking plan holders, these supermarkets work on pure volume and are happy to sell the car at cost and pressure the sales staff to build in add on "breakdown cover extended warranty lifeshine ect" into the deal to make there profit so cap means nothing to them anymore, its all about economy of scale, buyers fees are for nothing delivery is a deal as your buying lorry loads at a time, valeting companies all want your business, whilst there dropping off all the new cars there taking away your part exchanges for no doubt another next to nothing deal. 

    I see it happen locally to me day in day out, this then takes all the grade 1-2 cars out of reach for most of us leaving a huge shortfall and pushes 3-4 grade cars over cap as well you cant sell empty spaces so have to buy something.

    • Like 1

  18. Posted

    14 minutes ago, Mojo121 said:

    I get told what is was like often. 10-15 sold a week from a decent sized pitch, all with chunky profits, buyers grateful to be able to have a car-not too fussy, cash on the hip, part exs for nothing, loyal returning buyers for good traders, or go away and fix it yourself and if you needed to restock at auction go and take your pick pulled out needing very little recon. Sounds like a dream world.

    They where fun times indeed for the first few years i didnt even need to go to auction we had main dealers to source stock from and traders who would bring stock around daily stock was so easy to get they where happy to make £100 a car on you.

  19. Posted

    15 hours ago, David Horgan said:

    They are always £500 behind the price , they know what they are doing , remember fighting for ages to get it to £1,500 now a cheap px  is £2,495 so at 2k they are just £500 behind again . 

    just shows where prices are going though . 

    2,000  went 2295 then  moved to 2495 , now they are 2795 , soon be 3k for a starter car . 

    Totally spot on, and as those prices increase so does your investment need to just to make the same money.

  22. Posted

    OP I feel your anger from a legal standpoint i think you would have to prove a crystalised loss i fail to see any claim options open to you for there markers being incorrect there a matter of view similar to glass / parkers / cap. 

    A massive uphill claim would require you to have lost a sale directly from the markers being incorrect and then having a customer say they purchased a car elsewhere as yours was to expensive as advised by AT this would then require you to provide evidence that your car was not over priced ? where do you start there, back to cap glasses and parkers  maybe and then trace similar vehicles spec condition mileage owners ect the expense of expert witnesses alone would make this a non starter.

    Plus remember you would only ever get the lost profit within that one given sale and then the markers would still remain. 

    Not trying to be negative nancy here just think a lawyer somewhere would promise the world and deliver very little apart from take everyones money. 

    Option B, is to vote with your feet as i did and left as in all things advertising, somethings work some dont markers for me dont so i left no song and dance just emailed them told them to shove it, did they care ? i didnt even get a phone call just a final bill so i guess they didnt but thats ok neither to do i.

     

     

  25. Posted

    1 hour ago, Trader86 said:

    I genuinely can’t see this 1 mistake being a yes or no factor. It took a while but I got over it. 

    Those are the cars I managed to sell last week:

    I already pay: trade insurance, trade plates, rent, valeting, card machine charges. 

    F Focus Auto - 1350/2000

    T Yaris Auto 900/1800

    T Yaris Auto 1600/2000

    P 508 Auto 2600/3200

    N Micra Auto: 1250/1600

    normally sell about 1 a week, but that week just went really well. I had 7 or 8 cars listed. So I presumed selling similar amount while having 20 cars on my premises going forward.. 

    even if you sell one a week you seem to average a retail price of £2000ish that in itself would take you over the vat limit