http://www.motor-trade-insider.com/index.php/2009/12/dealers-will-need-to-be-inventive-when-the-scrappage-scheme-finally-ends/ Car Buying Guide Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:09:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.motor-trade-insider.com/index.php/2009/12/dealers-will-need-to-be-inventive-when-the-scrappage-scheme-finally-ends/comment-page-1/#comment-1205 Mark Robbins Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:06:33 +0000 http://www.motor-trade-insider.com/?p=5974#comment-1205 It cant end soon enough for the Used Independent sector, thousands upon thousands of good used stock taken out of the market place, late used stock at a standstill on forecourts, how many times this year have my staff heard the words " I might as well buy new, they are going to give me £2,000 (and in some cases £2,500) up the road for my old V plate Fiesta" when in reality its only worth about £700!! No, the sooner it ends in its current form the better. When will someone wake up and realise the proffessional second hand market is huge in this country and second only to the U.S.A. no other european country has such a network of used motor dealers, who cares about us? It cant end soon enough for the Used Independent sector, thousands upon thousands of good used stock taken out of the market place, late used stock at a standstill on forecourts, how many times this year have my staff heard the words ” I might as well buy new, they are going to give me £2,000 (and in some cases £2,500) up the road for my old V plate Fiesta” when in reality its only worth about £700!! No, the sooner it ends in its current form the better. When will someone wake up and realise the proffessional second hand market is huge in this country and second only to the U.S.A. no other european country has such a network of used motor dealers, who cares about us?

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