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Problems Getting decent stock

kildarelad · 2009-08-16 13:43:55

Just wondering is anybody else having trouble getting cars in to sell on.I only ever sell 1 litres mainly polos 206s yaris micras etc etc.But lately i cant buy them their alot harder to get now and the ones that are coming up for sale are overpriced.I only carry 2 to 3 cars at any time and i have everything sold and cant…

16-08-2009 1:43pm

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kildarelad

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Just wondering is anybody else having trouble getting cars in to sell on.I only ever sell 1 litres mainly polos 206s yaris micras etc etc.But lately i cant buy them their alot harder to get now and the ones that are coming up for sale are overpriced.I only carry 2 to 3 cars at any time and i have everything sold and cant replace them.Been at Merlins a few times and the prices small cars are making is too close to retail.Anybody else ahving these problems?

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#2 16-08-2009 2:50pm

bazz26

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It's recession time, cars with low running costs like superminis are in demand now more than ever.

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#3 16-08-2009 2:54pm

Voodoomelon

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Yup, there was a discussion on this a while back, decent second hand cars are drying up big time.

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#4 16-08-2009 3:02pm

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So few new ones sold in the past 18 months, that is bound to start feeding through. People with 05/06/07 of these models are holding onto them instead of trading as they normal would have done. Cars age so quickly as well.

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