Just you let you all know I am no longer an offical Passion Ford Trader,due to the costs of the adverts set down by the new owners and a few other reasons of my own,
I would like to thank Stu for the hard work he put into this site in the early days as I have been supporting this site from the begining but sometimes things come to and end
obviously I will be carrying on using this site as a gold member and a moderator
also a big thanks to the support from my friends and customers which I have made through this site
Iam not closing the door on this site just stepping back and see how things go
Iam off on holiday now for a well earned rest

 

Sorry for the slight post hijack......

To save me starting a separate post, I'm not a trader any more either.

We are of course still in business, but chose for now to not renew our Trade pack.

Again, echoing the above, this isn't a reflection on the way Stu is running the site, it is better than ever in almost every respect, but sadly we just cannot justify the outlay since we are rammed with almost 5 weeks worth of work right now from the 200sx and Evo market!

Thanks!

 

Such a shame that it's gone this way How many more will leave before they adjust the prices?

 

Who cares, user's know who the traders are, it all works via PM doesn't it!

 

If the traders aren't funding the running costs of this forum who will though? It'll either be us or it'll be forced to close. I can't see IB running it at a loss.

 

look at the google ad below, i guess that goes some way to funding it

 

Prices must be expensive or gone up loads then....

 

Apparently so, but I don't actually think the board has lost anything anyway, apart from a few quid!

 

Everyone know's who the traders are anyway, as you say Dan.........A PM's never too far way!

More fools them as its money lost as far as I can see it..... All due to greed!

Fuck me, my MD shit his pants when I slashed our rates! (But I want ALL of the business out there!).

 

Exactly Jase!

 

Out of interest, is there a way of knowing how many traders have re-newed at the double price and how many have chosen not too.

Would be interesting to see the figures to see if the decision was a good business move or not thats all.

 

It must be over priced if so many of them aren't renewing. You don't often see a skint trader...

Its ok for the old school users knowing who to use on here but not a lot of good for people that either don't come on here often or have recently joined IMO

 

I dont think this site will fail without the traders paying the fees , as said the new owners arnt bothered about us little people there after the big hitters in the adds below .

Having said that , it wont harm having some well known traders on here , and as Tesco says , " every little helps "

Paul

 

Have a well deserved rest Pete

Steve

 

its gone from Ł200 to Ł400 or something like that

 

Yup ,,+ VAT

 

Bleeding traders dropping like flies....


But then its not like the customer base is'nt already there now so why not not pay.

Out of interest how much is it?

 

traders are dropping like flies which is a shame, i would like to know how many havnt renewed since the increase in price though

 

Ł400, is that it??

 

What do you mean by that?

I see my signature so got taken!! LOL.

Why did it all get taken? It was only the image that had the logo in it, not the text.

 

Ł400+VAT (the vat you of course claim back anyway) - is that all ? Don't see what all the fuss is over. I thought you were all moaning about a couple of grand or something..!

 

I never said it was the cost that made me not want to renew , altho a 100% rise didnt help

Plus i dont feel that this website is worth 400+ vat when i dont pay much more for a years adverts in Fast Ford mag .
Its all about if you feel its worth what they want , And i personaly dont ,

I advertise in 3 mags every month so spend a lot on advertising so have to draw the line somwhere

 

Fair enough !!! Was going to say you give the impression you make Ł400 (at least) a day profit hence I was surprised!!!

Got to say I get bored most of the time looking at this site now as the threads are mostly about bollocks and fook creating a thread if your not one of the popular peeps as it won't get read!

 

Mate , If i made 400 a day proffit i would pay the 400 fees on here ,
I wish i did make 400 a day , i dont make that in most weeks

Due to Ebay , etc this game isnt anywhere near what it was , sadly

 

just a thought but have none of the ex-traders thought of advertising with google?

you could run a targetted ad campaign with adwords and appear in the advert below on a pay per click basis.

 

Remember that Ł400 is the BASIC trade package. i.e. NO banner etc.

 

It's Ł400 no VAT, I know because I paid up the other day .... which is less than Ł8 per week, I can't see how you could fail to take profit on that!

 

My input into this thread was not intended as an attack on PF. We have a good 5 weeks worth of work booked, of which not even 5% is Ford. We are paid up Traders on the SXOC and MLR, for which we see a significant return and a good prospect from the point-of-view of good quality work too.

 

no one has said you cant make profit,its not all about that,
why pay when you cabn advertsie for free like most other people,you only have to look in the pasrt section the classic line
"Iam adverterising for a mate with no net access"
seems to crop up more end more and becomes a game to see whar rules they can break and for how long for
I just feel I need a brake for a while and see how the site runs

 

Hmmm - that is a bit shite...

 

Thats right, there is loads of that kind of stuff.

Another classic is posts where people ask what something is worth and try and cover it up by putting 'this is not a for sale post'. LOL.

 

So suddenly I am not allowed to advertise my own stuff for sale?

I paid my fucking Gold Membership today.

 

unfortunatly not,thats the rules Iam afraid,myself North Yorks or any other trader who has used this site cannot advertise there parts cars or anything else to do with there business

 

you have got to be having a laugh!!! ffs there his parts,he only works for me!!!

 

Pete, wind it in. That stuff belongs to ME. Not APT.

So, you're saying that because I was a Trader I now can't advertise ANYTHING for sale as it might be a sneaky ad for APT?

I personally own those injectors, along with 2 Newman Cam Kits, a 30psi Boost Gauge and a whole lot of other bits I am taking off my RST at the moment.

 

i reckon my sig is about to go too 5-4-3-2-1....gone

 

Pete, I'm getting royally fucking sick of you deleting that ad. THEY BELONG TO ME.

Grow up.

 

yeah i know who you mean pete but the advert is true if you would like his number to check thats fine......

i'll be glad when your not a mod to because you are to OTT with it all.......

 

oh you better change my name too...

 

Can someone please tell Mr Moderator Pete that a Gold Member is allowed to advertise parts belonging to him/her?

He seems to be missing the point.