have a word with the wife 299 Posted May 26, 2018 (edited) Defienetly not a oscar wilde quote "imitation is the best form of laziness" but when i do my ads the local traders follow my words and more importantly my pics, i do pics of the speedo, they do it a week later, i dont put pics of speedo, they dont, i genuinely did do it first ! i once put all four tyres in seperate pics, boom, week later copied, one even had a nail in it i am going to next week put pics of the pedals/carpet condition ! lets see what happens there ! same with words, "new timing belt fitted last week, not due, but done for your peace of mind" now all his cars have ! but 3 of them have chains Edited May 26, 2018 by have a word with the wife 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trade vet 703 Posted May 27, 2018 11 hours ago, have a word with the wife said: Defienetly not a oscar wilde quote "imitation is the best form of laziness" but when i do my ads the local traders follow my words and more importantly my pics, i do pics of the speedo, they do it a week later, i dont put pics of speedo, they dont, i genuinely did do it first ! i once put all four tyres in seperate pics, boom, week later copied, one even had a nail in it i am going to next week put pics of the pedals/carpet condition ! lets see what happens there ! same with words, "new timing belt fitted last week, not due, but done for your peace of mind" now all his cars have ! but 3 of them have chains Nice one....We do 7 day money back guarantees....nobody copies us ! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rory RSC 596 Posted May 27, 2018 As frustrating as it is who cares. Some lad opened up down the road from us. Word for word copies my social media posts, adverts even videos saying the same thing. Only problem is he is incredibly thick and in trying to copy comes across unnaturally and forced. Won't be prepared to put the hours in we do therefore no real credible threat, although it did annoy me when it looked like I had opened a second branch Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nick M.K. 574 Posted May 27, 2018 Might be easy to buy him out in a couple of years Rory. One of those £1 take-overs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
It's me 615 Posted May 27, 2018 seen them all come all go you give good service, stick to your way of working principles rather than being led and the bacon always comes always remember a trader taking on a new pitch but had no cars for it so he was down the auction this night just buying anything and everything to fill his spaces now back then most things sold but even i struggled with talbot solaros with the sweety jar under the bonnet for the radiator overflow but he bought 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trade vet 703 Posted May 27, 2018 2 hours ago, chief runnin bee said: seen them all come all go you give good service, stick to your way of working principles rather than being led and the bacon always comes always remember a trader taking on a new pitch but had no cars for it so he was down the auction this night just buying anything and everything to fill his spaces now back then most things sold but even i struggled with talbot solaros with the sweety jar under the bonnet for the radiator overflow but he bought 4 They were always cheap as chips.Good for doing min.p/x chucky deals.Proper punters never bought them as far as I can remember. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
have a word with the wife 299 Posted May 27, 2018 10 hours ago, trade vet said: Nice one....We do 7 day money back guarantees....nobody copies us ! brilliant, youve obviously got the small print sorted too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
