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There appear to be increasing numbers of people deciding that car ownership has just simply become too expensive. What with the rise in VAT, ever increasing fuel charges, retail price hikes and even rises in the cost of insurance and vehicle excise duty has meant that many people have just decided enough is enough. The new car sales figures for … [Read more...]
Being part of a merry band of 'insiders' can be quite fun at times and gives us an opportunity to tell tales and give away some trade secrets, and unlike the magic circle we hopefully won’t get thrown out for revealing the more darker examples. We have thankfully not sworn an oath to never disclose tricks and sales techniques, and at the end of … [Read more...]
What is depreciation? To some people the depreciation in value a car suffers during their ownership is notional at best. Outside of the trade do many people really care all that much about the depreciation their car has suffered and the ultimate resale value? Well if the popularity of car buying sites such as webuyanycar.com and … [Read more...]
Franchised dealer groups are set to up the ante when it comes to acquiring stock. Having traditionally relied upon the part-exchange route to generate retail stock they have realised that, as the new car market has shrunk, there are likely to be less quality cars to re-sell on the market. Having stood by and watched the rise of car buying sites … [Read more...]
Whilst all and sundry are worrying and fretting about cost savings and cuts, we need to start looking at ways of making car buying and maintenance as cost effective as possible. Here are some simple tips and advice when considering where to go. Car dealers are battling hard for your business always make an offer whether it is to buy a car have a … [Read more...]
The car sales process has been developed over many years and evolves with each new generation of sales teams, new products coming to the market and the need to develop new income streams and profit centres. The fundamental process has remained the same, however, and is designed with only one objective: to separate you from your money (and, of … [Read more...]
He emitted a little laugh at first but quite quickly his face turned into a grimace and he was clearly quite angry. “Do you think I am an idiot?” he snarled at the salesman who was facing him from the opposite side of his car. “No, of course not sir” he replied calmly, “I believe that to be a fair price for your car”. “Well … [Read more...]
The Motor Trade Insider Car Buying Crib Sheet webuyanycar review - Buy any car? Well yes but it pays to read the smallprint. webuyanycar review - There is no doubt that used car buying sites such as we buy any car or we will buy your car amongst others, are very easy to navigate and do make the process of selling your car straightforward and … [Read more...]
With the scrappage scheme coming to an end soon, we've scoured the country and asked our fellow traders to find out if there were any part-exchanges that just seemed too good for the jaws of the crusher. The results were surprising to say the least. It's not a bad thing getting an old-ruster of the roads for good but as we found out there were … [Read more...]
During an economic cool off the focus of most buyers’ attention will be on value for money, making cost savings and generally obtaining the best all round package. It is no wonder that, with the inevitably large financial outlay associated with car buying, that these factors now come powerfully into play. Deciding what is a cost saving and what, … [Read more...]
Some dealers, either buoyed by the success they are having, keen to arrest a decline or attempting to wring out a bit more marketing juice and bask in some reflected glory from the success of the government … [Read more...]
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