Originally Posted by fordsportjay

i have no idea what is going wrong at the mo.... although last year was pretty poor too-prob had a poor 18 months if im honest.im struggled on and on but to no avail

there is no flow at all-one week 3 cars sold easy,next week nothing.i had 5 cars in local autotrader last week and have had 2 calls in total all weekend.thought my phone was broken.to try and get sales im lowering prices which eats away at profits on already low margins
it seems round here that everyone is trying to buy/sell cars to make a few quid on top which is just killing me with overheads i have to cover.at my local auctions i would say 50% people are immigrants/car wash owners who are buying all sorts,30%are the usual asian fraternity,10%local trade and 10% privates who are either buying for themselves or to put outside their house for sale

i dont have a huge wad of cash to fall back on and my mrs was made redundant a few months ago which added extra strain.

ive got a nice selection of cars-62k mile fiesta zetec,74k mile rover 25,and 92 k mile ka-all one owner cars with pas......not a sniff.
53 plate 30k mile astra with a/c and fsh-
subaru impreza,mr2,audi a6 twin turbo,corsa gsi

all very sensibly priced.nicely presented and i dont sell shit and will always have a deal to secure a sale-and no interest at all-not just me though,seems a few are having same problem.

cant push repairs as im on an estate full of motor trade where there are already a lot of car repairers and people who do things for next to nothing just to keep busy.

things are just difficult,hence me thinking about letting the unit go-or find another use for it!!