Originally Posted by
fordsportjay
if i got offered a job for 25k a year i would start tomorrow.
im sick of never being able to switch off,worrying every waking hour about money,seeing this country fall apart bit by bit and no-one seems to give a shit.
my dad is a builder and has never been without work,he is very good at his job and has always had at least 6 months of work in adavnce.he isnt greedy and is very clean and hasnt had to advertise for 10 years-all his work is from reccomendations and word of mouth.
he has had one job in the last 6 months-luckily he is comfortable and house paid etc so he is ok,but even he is panicking.
i know im fucked and it only seems a matter of time before i have to throw the towel in.i have a big mortgage(over 800 quid),the usual loan/credit
card,along with all the other business expenses like rent/rates.every month is getting harder and harder and ive lost a fortune over the last 12 months,just trying to keep my head above water
nightmare isn't it?not telling you what to do as I know nothing really about you other than your a hard working guy who's very fair with your car prices,but would it not be sensible to take up a part time job and carry on selling motors on the side?it shouldn't be too hard to drop out of the system as you've already set up your contacts etc in the trade,insurances etc.
The public are being total cunts at the moment as well,fueled up by prickish programs like the one with that cunt dominic littlewood in it telling you to barter for everything,generally with us traders we like to move things on fast so when we say a price,that's the price,remember,were married to the car for 6months!!!
The amount of timewasters you must deal with right now is probably incredible,there's plenty on here,if I sell this,I'll buy yours etc total bollocks,lots of dreamers.
Personally I'm going back to doing what I did before,and did well out of it,buying shitters,getting them up to scratch,using them for a bit and selling them on at a nice profit.keep it going and eventually your getting free motoring with cash in the bank and now I know my stuff with bodywork I can buy damaged bits and do the work meeself,I've made some nice contacts in the game so I'm in the perfect place to nip under the radar and keep it low.if I can get an extra £5-600 per month out of it then that's my mortgage sorted.
Good luck with what you do mate,I'm sure you'll be successful in it all,you've never tried to take the piss on a car that I've seen so that makes you a genuine guy in my book.