John,
In the earliest days of the forum (well my time on it anyway) FIF and I had an "agree to disagree" on a specific case of what I termed "Profiling".
I think it does apply here though. If you want to sell a £30,000 Mercedes you need a special outlet. Same for a Hummvee. A Chieften Tank might need an ad in the Military mags....and so on.
But if you want to buy and sell Volvo 340/360s just the customer you're after is looking at the cards in Sainsbury's on a Thursday morning.
If you're looking for a car to buy under £1500 there are some ace ones to be found, in particular if the writing is a bit wobbly, a full address is carefully filled in and no mobile phone number.
David
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Newspapers and all sorts of giveaway weeklys have a problem in sorting the genuine private seller from the trader acting in disguise .It gives the paper all sorts of problems regarding the payment of VAT and tax evasion and they have unilately increased charges to cover claims and expenses derived from Vat inspections . It is an offence to accept an advert from a trader who says he is a private person ,the problem is how can you tell,hence the three car or advert rule .The Custom and Excise in the UK have to be the best gestapo in the world
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David W wrote:
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> John,
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> In the earliest days of the forum (well my time on it anyway)
> FIF and I had an "agree to disagree" on a specific case of
> what I termed "Profiling".
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David,
I heard a rumour that was going to be nominated in the category, Most Amicable Agree to Disgree.
In this case I agree, you are right regarding this relatively benign form of profiling.
I'm waiting to see where the local bod will advertise the Stalwart ripe for restoration that is sitting in his field. I keep looking on the board in the local Co-op but don't want to seem too keen by making a direct approach. What do you advise? I fear he's advertising hoping to attract a rush of buyers from the North East, if they can manage the bus fare that is.
regards,
Stuart
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