M.J

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    8 hours ago, mancars said:

    By being organised getting up at 5.30am - doing one part of my day by 8am - kids ready and school run. Back for 9.30am - 30m to check auction if auction day. Try to fit cars which will go through within 1 hour and 30 minutes. Never pay for cars on the day! Normally go the day after when I can jump straight to the desk and sort the paperwork within 15 minutes. The rest of the day - I deal with various activities from answering emails, doing another part of my business and so on. Try to have 3 hour break in the evening. If not too tried after everyone has gone to sleep I will try and either read something constructive which will help me improve my skills.. Not easy, but as I want to build a business which will give me freedom than I am willing to miss out on TV.. 

    I admire your optimism and genuinely wish you the best of luck, but your calculations are based on everything going swimmingly, what happens when you get 3 cars come back on the same week all for warranty claims, what happens when two of the cars you purchased are duds, what happens when you get a week full of time wasters? That's not factoring in valeting/collections/mot's/garage work/etc. In the sub £2k market pretty much every car will have a problem or will develop a problem within 6 months of you selling it.

    I speak from experience as my intention when i entered the car game years back was to operate part time ''whats the big deal, i'll sell a couple of cars a week part time and have plenty of time to focus on my other business'' haha, how wrong i was! The problem is to earn enough to make it worthwhile its a more than full time commitment. Anything less than full time and you'll find what you're earning out of it is simply not worth the hassle, there are easier ways to earn £10k a year. Just my to cents.

    Good luck and keep us posted!

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    2 hours ago, grant8064 said:

     

    Got an extended test drive booked on a Fusion auto for Saturday too...hopefully it's a nice day so I can see a bit of the countryside because we ran out of stuff to talk about on a 5 min drive last weekend!

    A 5 minute test drive is an extended test drive for me! Mine is down to the roundabout turn around and back up, 2 mins and can't wait to get out! :P

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    Nissan X-Trail 2.2 diesel that i took in recently, owes me 500 quid, great for the dog and feels bomb proof, even got cooling cubby holes to keep your drinks cold, what more could you want! When i get something really nice in i always say ''right keep this one, you deserve it''  but a few days later its up for sale :lol: Hate having money tied up that could be used for stock.

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    I'm in the same boat as Scooby, i stock 25 and do everything myself. I wouldn't recommend it longterm as it does take its toll and the main problem is the time that you have to be away from your premises, auction days, collecting a vehicle, going to get tyres/mot's etc. Also when you are away from the business for extended periods of time that's another issue, for example i just got back last night from a 4day trip to Spain, i switched on my phone this morning and i had 20 voicemails, 1 car coming back for a warranty claim, people that wanted to view cars over the weekend that i missed, etc, etc. Imagine i had gone away for 10 days :o Now i've got a day or 2 of trying to catch up and get everything back in order, with a member of staff in place most of it would of been taken care of whilst i was away.

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    I think productivity is more important than arriving or leaving 10 mins late or early.

    For example you could have a member of staff that is super punctual and stays after hours but takes an extra 30 mins to carry out each service just because they are not as compitent as the other worker who knocks off bang on 5.15.

    I've got a part time mechanic that is shit hot and i couldn't do without at the moment, not the most punctual but i know that it would be hard to replace him so its a bit of give and take, as long as he's not taking the piss then i'll let things slide. If he was just a bog standard average mechanic then i may require him to be more punctual.

     

     

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    I've got one nut at the moment where the deal fell through due to his unreasonable demands, now he's texting from different numbers pretending to be different interested customers offering less than he originally did. I knew from the start what was going on but i thought i'd entertain him until yesterday when i got bored of it so told one of the phantom enquirers that i now had somebody coming to buy the car tomorrow. Within 30 seconds of sending that text i get a text and missed calls from his original number saying he's ready to do the deal, will pay a deposit today, etc, etc.

    Gotta love December, seems like all the customers have been let out on day release! 

  22. Posted

    2 hours ago, SC Derby said:

    Just bought a mini clubman from a private local customer.

    Black, cooper, heated leather, sunroof. 86k but 9 stamps on a 57.

    Likely to be good news? Never had a clubman before. Nice condition.

    I struggled big time with the one and only clubman I've ever had, took over 3 months to shift! But it was an odd limited edition (Hampton) very firm ride.

     

  23. Posted

    2 yesterday but both with not much in them. Had a promising start to the month but its dropped off, similar to November.

    Just going to start focusing on the new year stock now as the end of this year has been poor. Bring on 2017!