trade vet 702 Posted February 18, 2020 13 minutes ago, beckly car sales said: hi im in the north west in cheshire in a rural but wealthy area with some large towns around. Yes i am now trading under a different name postcode CH644DF Your area appears to be saturated with Minis and 500’s ,so if you are not a well established dealer,your pricing will be important.I would reduce 2 or 3 to cost price and see what happens.Then try and pick and choose punters with good swappers and try and nick them.That often works in my experience with slow moving stock.....Everyone to their own ! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
New year revolutions...... 197 Posted February 18, 2020 Theres so much really good advice on here people would pay for it Becky you do realise markets change? Ive probably changed my market 13 times in the last 30 years Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beckly car sales 1 Posted February 19, 2020 13 hours ago, New year revolutions...... said: Theres so much really good advice on here people would pay for it Becky you do realise markets change? Ive probably changed my market 13 times in the last 30 years hi what do you buy these days Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BHM 994 Posted February 19, 2020 On 2/18/2020 at 2:34 PM, beckly car sales said: Hi thanks for the input but how do you sell on price when mini hatch one and fiat 500 are making 500 to 1000 over cap clean...HELP As others have said move into another market! Unless you specialise in such cars, from what I see at the block, it’s impossible to even try to make a proper wage on such items. After saying that I’m sure plenty make their money on newer small cars with finance etc. but the sub £3K small car market nowadays is dominated by the Gumtree/FB lads working for £2-400 a bonnet, sold ‘as-is’ off the back of a succession of £20 PAYG phones. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beckly car sales 1 Posted February 19, 2020 5 hours ago, BHM said: As others have said move into another market! Unless you specialise in such cars, from what I see at the block, it’s impossible to even try to make a proper wage on such items. After saying that I’m sure plenty make their money on newer small cars with finance etc. but the sub £3K small car market nowadays is dominated by the Gumtree/FB lads working for £2-400 a bonnet, sold ‘as-is’ off the back of a succession of £20 PAYG phones. hi these are 4 to 9 k retail i sell Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RH Trading 80 Posted February 24, 2020 I tend to stay well away from 500's, stupid new deals from franchised dealers always meant the odd one I stocked hung around too long for my liking. I dont tend to aim for any particular profile of stock just try to stay away from what the local franchise dealers are stocking, find that anything too new (under 3 years for me) and punters seem to want to buy them from a main dealer - just my experience, I know it works for many others but not me. Small and mid range stuff, Golfs, A3, Yaris, Focus, Fiesta, Corsa, Quashqai, midsize SUV's etc nothing too flash or heavy around £5k-£15k max, every dealer around me wants to stock big German diesels so I leave it to them, would prefer to be busy getting £600-£800 per bonnet and selling every 20 days than sitting on something for 50 days and make a grand. I do have the luxury o four service/mot and bodyshop and try and tie all local sales into service plans so get more revenue out of every sale hence maybe lower margin on the actual bonnet 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
