Sign in to follow this  
jimreidvehicle

Simple Question- BUSY or QUIET?

Recommended Posts

23 cars sold so far this month.

On the whole, I actually expected to be a bit busier and I would say I expected the auction's to be packed with stock. I was at an SMA auction last night and the same auction on the same day last year you could not move for cars. Yesterday was a heck of a lot quieter. 

Still getting leads coming through and people coming out so nothing out of the ordinary. 

 

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Bit quiet here. But last month was very busy which i wasnt expecting for holiday month. Last year was opposite dead August busy September....It must be nice to be in a business which is consistent. 

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

First week was very good then is flattened off since with a few sales.  Its not busy as i would like, 

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

In terms of other sectors, my last role was as a buyer for a charity with a mail order catalogue, our customers were a mixture of private, b2b and local authority.

our financial year was April to march,

april quiet and Easter always had an impact

may picked up

june similar to may

july not bad but tailed off towards the end because of the holidays

august quiet

september picked up

october busy as we always launched a new catalogue

november busy from the overspill from october

december seemed busy but in reality you were squeezing 4 weeks into 3 and yes people did want next day delivery when ordering on the 24th and were most dissapointed when you told them it was going to be in the new year !

january busy but also because of Christmas returns

feb busy

March busy as it was year end spend for local authorities, although 5 years ago it was stupid, our sales targets literally doubled for januaryFebruary/march.

 

as of yet I've not looked into how car retail matches mail order retail.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Sold three cars last week total - very quiet.

Sold three cars today - excellent day.

Strange industry at times!

  • Like 1

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
Sign in to follow this