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  1. Posted

    Yes you read it right.

    Just had a 3 month trial with Ebay/gumtree, always been with Autotrader.

    All I am bothered about is £ per sale.

    Ebay/gumtree £120 + vat per sale.

    Autotrader £90 + vat per sale.

    Marked increase in enquiries with ebay on board but the quality of leads are a lot worse than autotrader.

    Think I might give cargurus a trial or fbautomotives facebook marketplace for £25.

     

  2. Posted

    4 hours ago, awc1000 said:

    very nice to hear this, i'm going to stick my neck out and guess you don't buy all your stock from auction?? hence here's proof that if you manage your time properly and have a bigger outlook on how to source stock then this job is enjoyable and pays well.

    I dont buy from auctions. I started out buying from local auction but got fed up of going and coming away with nothing. Waste of time I found.

     

     

  3. Posted

    I have been doing it 3 years started with just an interest in cars, no contacts (apart from place I take my personal car for mot)

    Its a bit doom and gloom on here.

    Whats hard, I buy a car, I drive to paint (if needed), I drive it to service/mot, I drive it to valeters, put photos online.

    Viewing by appointment at my home address (most cars kept on some storage land).

    Sell 10 retail a month trade 3 or 4 on. Around 10 advertised at any one time.

    Hardest bit at first was sourcing cars but I find it easy now. (I have more than I have room for, hence trading some on).

    Don't have many problems but only buy cars that are good examples and from reliable brands.

    Get trade plates, get traders policy and put more effort into the buying than everything else put together.

     

  4. Posted

    1 hour ago, LawJaw said:

    We still see a few cases where the words ‘sold for spares and repairs’ have been scribbled across a sales invoice.

     

    We wrote an ‘Unroadworthy Vehicle Sales Invoice’ for vehicles that are genuinely being sold for spares and repairs. Sadly over time this has been misused by people who are uninformed or ill-informed.

     

    Please be aware, if these invoices are misused they can attract the interest of Trading Standards and severely reduce any bargaining power you have with customers when something goes wrong. 

     

    You should NOT use these invoices:

     

    1.    To simply sell low value stock and/or part exchanges.

     

    2.    As a means of telling the customer that the car comes with no warranty.

     

    3.    Unless you clearly advertise the car as being “unroadworthy” and for spares or repairs only and that you clearly state it as such everywhere you do advertise the car including prominently inside the windows of the vehicle.  You should take and retain evidence of that advertising.

     

    4.    You do NOT allow a test drive in the car.

     

    5.     Do NOT put a new MOT on the car.

     

    6.    You make it clear that the car is to be removed by low-loader and is not to be driven away by the customer.  IF the customer insists on driving it away you ought to have him to write a short note to say that he acknowledges the vehicle not to be fit for the road, that you have told him that it ought not to be driven away but that the customer is to do so irrespective of that advice.

     

    Otherwise you open yourself up to claims that the buyer was never told the car was un-roadworthy until after they had paid the money for it and that they only found out when they got home and saw the sales document.

     

    Further, you should ideally state on that advertising what makes the car un-roadworthy even in the most basic of terms - “defective braking system”, “severely corroded”, “steering not working properly” for example.

     

    Thanks for the clarification. Appreciated.

    27 minutes ago, awc1000 said:

     

    when all is said and done, the difference what you net on a banger between selling it to the trade or selling it publicly is simply not worth the hassle to a bona fide trader,

    the solution is - sell better cars, earn more money, sleep better.

    Totally agree with the above. I avoid selling anything for less than £2000. My original point is I was trying to make was that you dont have to give a warranty on everything. You can sell cars for spares or repairs. (although you have to tread carefully).

     

     

     

  5. Posted · Edited by BIGNIT

    He replied regarding who is a consumer, nothing was mentioned regarding selling an unroadworthy car.

    I was always under the impression an unroadworthy car could be sold as long as it was stated to be unroadworthy.

    How can there be come back on a car that is being advertised and sold for spares or repairs.

    It is as described, it is fit for purpose (the purpose being spares or repairs) and of satisfactory quality.

     

  7. Posted

    Only time I dont give warranty if its a

     

    1)  trade sale. 

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    2)   Its a old banger took in px, receipt would state spares or repairs, car is assumed to be unroadworthy, buyer agrees not to drive the car on public road until it has been put in a roadworthy condition, or words to that affect.

    I have very occasionally been slightly naughty in past with number one. I have sold retail cars to people such as mechanics who where buying for theirselves (and only if they are sensible after chatting with them) and written it up as a trade sale and given a small discount.

    As for number 2 its only with cars advertised for 500 or 600 at most. But I try to avoid this as I hate dealing with people who are buying cars for this money. I try to trade them on to the unnoficial facebook trader types.

     

     

  8. Posted

    4 hours ago, Dracon800 said:

    Hi, would you be happy to say if that was for the Basic, Plus, or Premium 'package' please (in terms of features you get)?

    We are looking at adding on eBay Motors to existing AT advertising to try it.

    Also, did you call them and easily get that price (its listed as £298 pm for 10 cars on their website), or was this off the back of them calling you?

    Many thanks.

    Basic package, they called me offered me 10 for 298+vat, I said no, he then offered 10 for 239+vat. 239 is the price for a 12 month contract but said I could have this for a 3 month trial.

    There 10 car package is actually 13 car package they give 3 for free.

    Worth a try for 3 months.

  9. Posted

    Always used autotrader. Expensive but best imo. 800+ vat 9 cars package

    Just signed up with ebay/gumtree. 13 cars 239+vat per month.  (3 month trial)

    Just started tracking sales, 5 sales since started asking 4 autotrader 1 gumtree. Probable meaningless as such small sample size.

    My stock profile is 8 to 13 year old petrol cars less than 90000 miles.

  11. Posted

    Been reading for a while, learnt a lot from you guy, thanks. Thought its about time I got involved.

    Been trading a couple of years, going well. I trade from home and have about 10 to 15 cars in stock at any one time. 

     

  12. Posted

    Do people find it is worth paying extra for the sponsored ads and extra photos on Autotrader?

    At the moment I am pay as you go and it costs anywhere from £30 for 2 weeks to nearly £60 for 3 weeks with extra photos and sponsored ad status (shows higher on mobile/tablet.)

    I have been experimenting with different packages but cant decide. I am not too bothered about extra photos but I am wanting to know if others find it gets a much better response when paying for sponsored status than not.