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Winfield Motors/Crawford Motors cease trading

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    #32
    Hellrazer
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,603 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hellrazer


    Saab Ed wrote: »
    Can anyone confirm that <rumour> are gone? Just got it on the grapevine so unconfirmed as of now.

    Nope definately not gone.Rumours were just that-rumours!!!Dangerous that!!!Think these threads should be kept to Confirmed closures.


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    #33
    peasant
    Registered Users Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    Hellrazer wrote: »
    Nope definately not gone.Rumours were just that-rumours!!!Dangerous that!!!Think these threads should be kept to Confirmed closures.


    + 10000

    please folks, only name names if it is absolutely certain and confirmed (by independent sources) that that business has indeed closed.

    The recession is bad enough as it is, I would hate to see yet more people out of a job just because of rumours.


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    #34
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    peasant wrote: »
    + 10000

    please folks, only name names if it is absolutely certain and confirmed (by independent sources) that that business has indeed closed.

    The recession is bad enough as it is, I would hate to see yet more people out of a job just because of rumours.
    +1 and only with related press links.


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    #35
    245
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    Pity about Westland - any sales staff that I dealt with there were decent and straight.


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    #36
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    Hellrazer wrote: »
    Nope definately not gone.Rumours were just that-rumours!!!Dangerous that!!!Think these threads should be kept to Confirmed closures.

    Who ya talkin' bout here Hellrazer? Westland? If so I am sorry to tell you that they are gone. Their used car department, Online Autos closed a couple of weeks back and Westland itself closed up last night. Heard it from the horses mouth today. Bad news!


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    #37
    Hellrazer
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    MCMLXXV wrote: »
    Who ya talkin' bout here Hellrazer? Westland? If so I am sorry to tell you that they are gone. Their used car department, Online Autos closed a couple of weeks back and Westland itself closed up last night. Heard it from the horses mouth today. Bad news!


    No not westland.


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    #38
    Saab Ed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,374 ✭✭✭Saab Ed


    peasant wrote: »
    + 10000

    please folks, only name names if it is absolutely certain and confirmed (by independent sources) that that business has indeed closed.

    The recession is bad enough as it is, I would hate to see yet more people out of a job just because of rumours.

    Sorry about that post guys. I was really only asking the question ,not trying to start any rumour. Im in the trade myself and know all about the hard times. Wont happen again.


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    #39
    Drummerboy08
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,102 ✭✭✭✭Drummerboy08


    Guys its getting scary out there. Another two big dealers have gone to the wall this week. I've confirmed it myself, but i have no link so i wont be naming names as yet. PM me if you want to know who it is.

    Its getting seriously bad now.


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    #40
    Vexorg
    Registered Users Posts: 4,899 ✭✭✭Vexorg


    Guys

    Please be careful when you say that car dealerships have gone out of business. This is a very difficult period for the motor trade and the last thing anyone in the that business needs to to read that they business is closed when it is not. Please double check before assuming.

    I am just off the phone from Eddie Garry Car Sales - www.eddiegarrycars.com , they answered the phone with "Eddie Garry Car Sales" and I had a pleasant conversation with Eddie Garry himself. Eddie explained that he was lucky enough to be able to reduce his stock early on from 120 to 40-50 cars and felt that someone may have mis read the stock reduction as going out of business instead of a good business strategy, and that they are most definately still in business.

    A free plug for The Service Centre at Eddie Garry Cars (where they service every make and model from €99) for not shouting down the phone and for appreciating the "social" web.

    Thanks


    V.


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    #41
    PaulieC
    Registered Users Posts: 6,190 ✭✭✭PaulieC


    re the original dealers mentioned in the thread, I'm not surprised they've gone. I had occasion twice over the last year to visit the showroom in Sandymount looking to buy a 2nd hand car and both times they were less than friendly. In fact, they were only marginally more friendly than the worst ever dealers I visited, which shall remain nameless (clue - they are in Sandyford Ind Estate and sell German cars!)


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    #42
    reverandkenjami
    Closed Accounts Posts: 316 ✭✭reverandkenjami


    Got word today that a well known opel garage on the long mile road has gone under. Drove past it on the way home and its cleared out. Getting bad out there


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    #43
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    reverandkenjami wrote: »
    Got word today that a well known opel garage on the long mile road has gone under. Drove past it on the way home and its cleared out. Getting bad out there

    Heard about 10 days ago that was coming.


    In fairness, building new premises/moving/changing marque every 6 months was never goign to end well.


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    #44
    McSpud
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    I presume the reason places are closing is they cannot service their loans - loans for premises? I would assume if no significant loans can reduce staff numbers to match the current sales levels...?


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    #45
    Brienoian
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    I drove past the old Winfield Motors site on Maxwell Road. It looks open again. There was a few cars parked outside and seemed to be business going on.
    Does anybody know if they have reopened?


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