How to get rid of the cheapies you dont really want??

[Jimbo 11]

Whats the best practice?

when you buy from dealerships you usually have to take some “less desirable” cars along with the gems. The cars you really dont want but have to keep good relations. 

What do you do with these? A full frank ebay ad works sometimes but just opens you up to arseholes expecting the world and generally just wasting your time for a car you’re barely breaking even on. 

I guess its good to find local traders that you can just flip them on to but again most traders dont want to take the junky stuff. 

 

[AutoJacob 34]

Jimbo - I know it's not something one should advertise but I specialise in that "junky" stuff and it does really well.

I buy a lot of our stock from other traders like yourself who either aren't interested due to the small margins / potential problems or it would look completely out of place on their pitch.

We're based in St Helens.. so if you're somewhat close by drop me a message with what you have at the moment.

[Arfur Dealy 823]

There’s money in those bangers, it’s very rare I actually scrap a car (only 1 last year). I just do a brutally honest video appraisal with an intro stating no idiots / Trade disposal. As long as you are not greedy they usually sell within a week. I also get payment upfront to ensure no messing. 

The last one I did was last week, a battered 2005 d4d Verso 150k which owed me £300, sold to a for £1200. Easy money 

[Jimbo 11]

7 hours ago, AutoJacob said:

Jimbo - I know it's not something one should advertise but I specialise in that "junky" stuff and it does really well.

I buy a lot of our stock from other traders like yourself who either aren't interested due to the small margins / potential problems or it would look completely out of place on their pitch.

We're based in St Helens.. so if you're somewhat close by drop me a message with what you have at the moment.

Exactly the kind of trader i could do with mate. But unfortunately we’re down south gatwick/brighton area im afraid. 

[BHM 994]

10 hours ago, Jimbo said:

Whats the best practice?

when you buy from dealerships you usually have to take some “less desirable” cars along with the gems. The cars you really dont want but have to keep good relations. 

What do you do with these? A full frank ebay ad works sometimes but just opens you up to arseholes expecting the world and generally just wasting your time for a car you’re barely breaking even on. 

I guess its good to find local traders that you can just flip them on to but again most traders dont want to take the junky stuff. 

 

I’d guess you’re adverts aren’t frank enough - they have to be brutal. Mind you, being close to London you have a lot of Eastern Europeans & Nigerians so you’ll always have a lot of ‘optimistic’ punters.

[Lakeside 94]

Depending on the car a fair few of our bangers have been bought for export by the Eastern Europeans and Nigerians.

[sparky 274]

If it's diesel just whack it in copart. They collect and usually smash the reserve.

[It's me 609]

15 minutes ago, sparky said:

If it's diesel just whack it in copart. They collect and usually smash the reserve.

and take an headlight out so it looks lightly damaged but unrecorded

sell headlight later on ebeasy

win win

no matter how you describe as sold as seen etc on ebay classified you will still get idiots,thankfully ive not needed to go this route for a while as i prefer to scrap get a cod and job done no hassle

[pmpants 14]

16 hours ago, Jimbo said:

Exactly the kind of trader i could do with mate. But unfortunately we’re down south gatwick/brighton area im afraid. 

We're always looking for older Japanese, and even the odd Ford and Vauxhall Jimbo, we're in East Sussex, we prefer lower mileage, with history, not too many owners etc, but are happy to consider outside of those parameters, to be fair I quite enjoy pulling the older cars together and still get satisfaction out of it!!

[Jimbo 11]

17 minutes ago, pmpants said:

We're always looking for older Japanese, and even the odd Ford and Vauxhall Jimbo, we're in East Sussex, we prefer lower mileage, with history, not too many owners etc, but are happy to consider outside of those parameters, to be fair I quite enjoy pulling the older cars together and still get satisfaction out of it!!

Thanks mate may well send you a pm if anything comes in. 

I think ideally im looking for someone to trade cars to that will pretty much take anything sub £1,000-£1,250. Even if they are old or tatty etc with no s/history and high mileage just so i dont need to worry about how to retail them out again. 

 

Edited January 4, 2018 by Jimbo

[Max Wheeler 0]

On 1/3/2018 at 11:52 PM, AutoJacob said:

Jimbo - I know it's not something one should advertise but I specialise in that "junky" stuff and it does really well.

I buy a lot of our stock from other traders like yourself who either aren't interested due to the small margins / potential problems or it would look completely out of place on their pitch.

We're based in St Helens.. so if you're somewhat close by drop me a message with what you have at the moment.

pm me your no i'm only local to you in Ashton. 

[pmpants 14]

19 hours ago, Jimbo said:

Thanks mate may well send you a pm if anything comes in. 

I think ideally im looking for someone to trade cars to that will pretty much take anything sub £1,000-£1,250. Even if they are old or tatty etc with no s/history and high mileage just so i dont need to worry about how to retail them out again. 

 

There's a coupe or guys I know well Jimbo who are close to us that buy the real cheap stuff, if you're happy to send me details and brief description I'll always forward them on to them. I couldn't say they'd buy everything you offer, but hopefully they could help.  Remember we'll always try to give a good bid for nicer older (so anything from the beginning of time to say 2011) Japanese, Ford and Vauxhall if it doesn't fit your stocking policy.

[Jimbo 11]

13 hours ago, pmpants said:

There's a coupe or guys I know well Jimbo who are close to us that buy the real cheap stuff, if you're happy to send me details and brief description I'll always forward them on to them. I couldn't say they'd buy everything you offer, but hopefully they could help.  Remember we'll always try to give a good bid for nicer older (so anything from the beginning of time to say 2011) Japanese, Ford and Vauxhall if it doesn't fit your stocking policy.

Thanks pm sent

[Wheelerdealer1 91]

Replied to your other thread Jimbo 

[D7neo 5]

On 03/01/2018 at 11:52 PM, AutoJacob said:

Jimbo - I know it's not something one should advertise but I specialise in that "junky" stuff and it does really well.

I buy a lot of our stock from other traders like yourself who either aren't interested due to the small margins / potential problems or it would look completely out of place on their pitch.

We're based in St Helens.. so if you're somewhat close by drop me a message with what you have at the moment.

 

On 05/01/2018 at 2:24 PM, Max Wheeler said:

pm me your no i'm only local to you in Ashton. 

Based in St. Helens myself gents if you would to PM your numbers.

[metcars 394]

On 04/01/2018 at 10:15 AM, sparky said:

If it's diesel just whack it in copart. They collect and usually smash the reserve.

Those Copart charges can rack up quickly. And as with all auctions, if it 'doesn't' sell the nightmare begins?

[AutoJacob 34]

8 hours ago, D7neo said:

 

Based in St. Helens myself gents if you would to PM your numbers.

Struggling to message either of you, it is 0-7-5-3-8-6-5-2-1-0-3