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How To Protect Your Purchase If A Car Dealer Fails
Image via Wikipedia Dealerships and garages are still failing which means that whether you are buying new or used from a dealer you need to use the credit card technique that I recently explained in...
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Online Used Car Reseller Autoquake Goes Into Administration
Image by Getty Images via @daylife Online used car resale giant Autoquake has gone into administration losing its investors £19 million in the process as it’s unlikely that anyone would pay more than...
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Lease Advertisers Are Not Usually Leasing Companies
I seem to cover this subject frequently but in case you have only recently started to see my newsletter/blog let me explain the relationship between the person advertising lease deals on the Internet,...
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Delayed New Car Deliveries Cause Part Exchange Problems
Now here’s an interesting scenario. As I’ve widely reported over the last 18 months or so deliveries of new cars have become a nightmare. All too often the dealer has called and said that delivery has...
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Handling A Complaint With A Dealer
The motor industry gets a bad press when it comes to the way it treats customers but I feel certain that the vast majority of car dealers act honourably and fairly. However, treating customers fairly...
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What Not To Do If You Have A Problem With A Dealer
I recently had a note from someone who was having major problems with a dealership over a fault that developed in his new car. The problem was taking far too long to resolve and the client was getting...
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Should You Use A Dealer Or Broker For Car Finance?
A few days ago I had a very interesting chat with a referred client. He had always obtained his cars from dealerships in the belief that this was the best way to do it. He had moved from HP to PCP as...
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Isn’t It About Time That Blogs Were Regulated?
New moan started, a few years ago a journalist with about as much knowledge about all things financial as a garden fork started a blog. In fact it was started about the same time as I started mine. The...
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Which Are The Most Dangerous Occupations?
GoCompare.com have analysed 6 million quotes to find out which occupations were most likely to make insurance claims only to find that at a shuddering 44% of healthcare workers were by far the most...
View ArticleThe Difference Between A Car Mechanic & Fitter Explained
When you take your car in for servicing or repair is it dealt with by a fitter or a mechanic. Personally, until recently, I didn’t know the difference and frankly it isn’t something that keeps me awake...
View ArticleLawyers Argue Over Interpretation of the Consumer Rights Act
No sooner has the new Consumer Rights Act become law than we are already seeing lawyers disagreeing with each other. Let’s take the example of the used car dealer who sells a car that turns out to be...
View ArticleAlternative Dispute Resolution
There are a great number of misunderstandings when it comes to resolving problems with garages and dealerships. You can avoid the costs of a court case by turning to an Alternative Dispute Resolution...
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