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Re: Sneaky little punt
« Reply #15 on: 02 December 2021, 09:12:35 »

You could go into partnership with Nick W.

You buy the bargains , he fixes the issues. Then sell on for a profit. Could be a TV series in it. Something like Wheezer Geezer  ;D


Kind of appropriate for the Covid era ;D


It's not as good as Wheeler Dealers that some unqualified self-abuser stole.


There would have to be a strict rule of no French cars. Or Porsches. And BMWs would be extra
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Re: Sneaky little punt
« Reply #16 on: 02 December 2021, 10:11:52 »

You could go into partnership with Nick W.

You buy the bargains , he fixes the issues. Then sell on for a profit. Could be a TV series in it. Something like Wheezer Geezer  ;D
 


Kind of appropriate for the Covid era ;D


It's not as good as Wheeler Dealers that some unqualified self-abuser stole.


There would have to be a strict rule of no French cars. Or Porsches. And BMWs would be extra


That's right keep it nice & easy with bread & butter stuff.
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« Reply #17 on: 02 December 2021, 10:34:19 »

You could go into partnership with Nick W.

You buy the bargains , he fixes the issues. Then sell on for a profit. Could be a TV series in it. Something like Wheezer Geezer  ;D
 


Kind of appropriate for the Covid era ;D


It's not as good as Wheeler Dealers that some unqualified self-abuser stole.


There would have to be a strict rule of no French cars. Or Porsches. And BMWs would be extra


That's right keep it nice & easy with bread & butter stuff.


The idea was to make a profit. Used French cars don't have enough value to allow for fixing them. German cars have so many fiddly, niggly and expensive faults that take for ever to repair that even the inflated values won't cover the costs. That's why Omegas were so cheap for so long; they had the German engineering characteristics, but not the image to go with them
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Re: Sneaky little punt
« Reply #18 on: 04 December 2021, 19:03:36 »

BCA is still online trade only, think they're making too much money cornering the used car market with WBAC and it's partnership with Cazoo  >:(
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« Reply #19 on: 05 December 2021, 12:26:28 »

I used to go to Bourne car auctions (Lincolnshire) many years ago bought several cars from there but all you paid was the hammer price , the seller only paid an agreed amount, bought a lovely Sierra estate from there once only to have it written off by a young lad driving a tractor did ok from the insurance but would really have liked to have kept the car longer, went back a few weeks later & bought a one owner Montego countryman estate 7 seater kept it for 4 years wasn't a bad car at all considering the BL reputation.
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« Reply #20 on: 11 December 2021, 15:56:48 »

Any news?
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« Reply #21 on: 11 December 2021, 16:08:54 »

Auction is on the 12th of January, my bid is in .
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« Reply #22 on: 11 December 2021, 16:36:28 »

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« Reply #23 on: 14 December 2021, 14:43:19 »

Out of interest put the VW details to WBAC they were prepared to offer £5675 for it, I don't intend to pay more than £4750 for it that's including the comission charges be interesting to see what it actually makes.
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« Reply #24 on: 12 January 2022, 17:43:51 »

The VW UP went for £6,100 so by the time you put comission etc on would be over £7,000, my max bid was £4,000 to ensure a reasonable profit to be made .
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Re: Sneaky little punt
« Reply #25 on: 12 January 2022, 20:20:03 »

At the time, I thought you were kinda dreaming thinking you would get it at a 'snip' and make a decent profit, especially in the current climate of the used car market...
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« Reply #26 on: 12 January 2022, 20:30:44 »

At the time, I thought you were kinda dreaming thinking you would get it at a 'snip' and make a decent profit, especially in the current climate of the used car market...


You just have to try your luck , nothing ventured as the saying goes.
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Re: Sneaky little punt
« Reply #27 on: 13 January 2022, 07:54:35 »

£7000, I wouldn't pay that for an Up new!
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« Reply #28 on: 13 January 2022, 08:28:22 »

£7000, I wouldn't pay that for an Up new!
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Absolutely crazy , okay it had only covered 2,500 miles needed an MOT but it's 7 years old but on the plus side the items that I entered made £521 so not bad from clearing the loft out 👍
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Re: Sneaky little punt
« Reply #29 on: 13 January 2022, 10:14:52 »

At the time, I thought you were kinda dreaming thinking you would get it at a 'snip' and make a decent profit, especially in the current climate of the used car market...


You just have to try your luck , nothing ventured as the saying goes.

Very true. Thats how I bought a Porsche Boxster for £1900.  :)
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