Tesco to Sell Used Cars
Discussion
Deva Link said:
AndrewW-G said:
Could be on a 5 year lease / PCP,
It's only approx 4.5yrs old though. Could perhaps have been a 90K limit on the lease, although that was never enforced on our lease cars - we kept them for 3yrs regardless. Some did immense mileages.Personally I welcome the move. I am disappointed it is not a completely new tesco planned venture.
They may not turn out to be that good in the end.
However if they do manage to get stock in cheap via negotiation with their suppliers it will push down dealer prices, if the service turns out to be good.
The other potential upside is that if the service is deemed not to be great, then the dealers out there will compete on the service front. Less aggressive with the sales patter more customer friendly. Test drive would be a selling factor for the dealers. They would not seem so affronted by the request for a test drive.
I could not believe I went for an arranged appointment to look at a car and the dealer obviously had no intention of offereing me a test drive until the deal was completely done. We talked money etc were close on price. However the car was at the back of a very large showroom that was very heavily packed. It would hae taken someone about 30 mins to clear a way out for the car to be test driven.
They may not turn out to be that good in the end.
However if they do manage to get stock in cheap via negotiation with their suppliers it will push down dealer prices, if the service turns out to be good.
The other potential upside is that if the service is deemed not to be great, then the dealers out there will compete on the service front. Less aggressive with the sales patter more customer friendly. Test drive would be a selling factor for the dealers. They would not seem so affronted by the request for a test drive.
I could not believe I went for an arranged appointment to look at a car and the dealer obviously had no intention of offereing me a test drive until the deal was completely done. We talked money etc were close on price. However the car was at the back of a very large showroom that was very heavily packed. It would hae taken someone about 30 mins to clear a way out for the car to be test driven.
No sorry they are cocks. Look up Stockport Tesco planning permission on how they managed to get a bigger store than was given permission for, blame the builders then threaten pulling the jobs. Then another Planned Tesco that now is doubled in size even though the original was turned down as too large.
Sorry I'd work in Ann Summers if I really had to. Much like people have to work in Tescos. Awful company.
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Similar experiance in Chesterfield. Tesco paid Chesterfield Borough Council to not let ASDA have a supermarket in Chesterfield , so now we have 5 Tesco's within 7 miles of each other with one of them being the 2nd biggest Tesco in England. It gets a bit silly though because they closed a Tesco to open the Big one on the other side of the same round-about.
They biult the big Tesco in such a hurry as well so now its starting to sink because the foundations can't take the weight and every couple of weeks they have to have a Fire Engine drive under the building (where the parking is)to see if the emergency vehicles can still get under. The wine bottles also wobble on the shelves.
I will find some pics of it.
Sorry I'd work in Ann Summers if I really had to. Much like people have to work in Tescos. Awful company.
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Similar experiance in Chesterfield. Tesco paid Chesterfield Borough Council to not let ASDA have a supermarket in Chesterfield , so now we have 5 Tesco's within 7 miles of each other with one of them being the 2nd biggest Tesco in England. It gets a bit silly though because they closed a Tesco to open the Big one on the other side of the same round-about.
They biult the big Tesco in such a hurry as well so now its starting to sink because the foundations can't take the weight and every couple of weeks they have to have a Fire Engine drive under the building (where the parking is)to see if the emergency vehicles can still get under. The wine bottles also wobble on the shelves.
I will find some pics of it.
Lets Torque said:
Similar experiance in Chesterfield. Tesco paid Chesterfield Borough Council to not let ASDA have a supermarket in Chesterfield , so now we have 5 Tesco's within 7 miles of each other with one of them being the 2nd biggest Tesco in England. It gets a bit silly though because they closed a Tesco to open the Big one on the other side of the same round-about.
They biult the big Tesco in such a hurry as well so now its starting to sink because the foundations can't take the weight and every couple of weeks they have to have a Fire Engine drive under the building (where the parking is)to see if the emergency vehicles can still get under. The wine bottles also wobble on the shelves.
I will find some pics of it.
LMAO. Hope it falls down (without anyone in it).They biult the big Tesco in such a hurry as well so now its starting to sink because the foundations can't take the weight and every couple of weeks they have to have a Fire Engine drive under the building (where the parking is)to see if the emergency vehicles can still get under. The wine bottles also wobble on the shelves.
I will find some pics of it.
However if they do manage to get stock in cheap via negotiation with their suppliers it will push down dealer prices, if the service turns out to be good.
They will not get cars for less than market value, they are going to find this business very different to bullying food suppliers....fact is if Tescos dont/wont pay the going rate the leasing companies will just put the cars back through auctions where they will achieve the proper prices....
Tescos will in no way impact what used cars are sold for at garages.
They will not get cars for less than market value, they are going to find this business very different to bullying food suppliers....fact is if Tescos dont/wont pay the going rate the leasing companies will just put the cars back through auctions where they will achieve the proper prices....
Tescos will in no way impact what used cars are sold for at garages.
hora said:
No sorry they are cocks. Look up Stockport Tesco planning permission on how they managed to get a bigger store than was given permission for, blame the builders then threaten pulling the jobs. Then another Planned Tesco that now is doubled in size even though the original was turned down as too large.
Sorry I'd work in Ann Summers if I really had to. Much like people have to work in Tescos. Awful company.
Conveniently forget that they had to shut half the Stockport store whilst they applied for retrospective planning permission? How many people who build their extensions a couple of feet too wide are then banned from using the room?Sorry I'd work in Ann Summers if I really had to. Much like people have to work in Tescos. Awful company.
Also check out the Trafford Centre which was added to in the construction phase without planning permission, and then applied retrospectively, all big developers do it.
POORCARDEALER said:
However if they do manage to get stock in cheap via negotiation with their suppliers it will push down dealer prices, if the service turns out to be good.
They will not get cars for less than market value, they are going to find this business very different to bullying food suppliers....fact is if Tescos dont/wont pay the going rate the leasing companies will just put the cars back through auctions where they will achieve the proper prices....
Tescos will in no way impact what used cars are sold for at garages.
You'd expect though due to economies of scale and the no show room, no haggling, low costs set up that they would use far reduced margins on the product. The could then pass the product of some of these savings on to the customer.They will not get cars for less than market value, they are going to find this business very different to bullying food suppliers....fact is if Tescos dont/wont pay the going rate the leasing companies will just put the cars back through auctions where they will achieve the proper prices....
Tescos will in no way impact what used cars are sold for at garages.
hora said:
Question- they (tesco) are only going to offer their cars with 1 months warranty.
Can they get away with just that in the event of faulty goods?
Tesco are not selling anything other than a holding fee, insurance and finance.Can they get away with just that in the event of faulty goods?
Warranty and statutory rights are not the same thing. The warranty is for a month, your rights are far longer. People selling cars with 1 month of warranty make use of the fact that most people arent aware of their rights. What you can go back to a trader with after 2 or 3 months however is very complicated and factored in things like the age of the car and whether or not it can be shown the issue was pre-existing etc.
hora said:
Question- they (tesco) are only going to offer their cars with 1 months warranty.
Can they get away with just that in the event of faulty goods?
No.Can they get away with just that in the event of faulty goods?
The 1 month warranty will probably be for absolutely anything that could possibly be wrong, but for more serious faults present at point of sale (if the car is inherently faulty) then your consumer rights override it.
Oh and the Tesco haters - yes, they are out to get you. How can people be so adverse to a British company that has went from strength to strength and provides thousands of British jobs which have been unaffected by the current climate?
Edited by Kiltox on Monday 4th April 15:44
Kiltox said:
hora said:
Question- they (tesco) are only going to offer their cars with 1 months warranty.
Can they get away with just that in the event of faulty goods?
No.Can they get away with just that in the event of faulty goods?
The 1 month warranty will probably be for absolutely anything that could possibly be wrong, but for more serious faults present at point of sale (if the car is inherently faulty) then your consumer rights override it.
Oh and the Tesco haters - yes, they are out to get you. How can people be so adverse to a British company that has went from strength to strength and provides thousands of British jobs which have been unaffected by the current climate?
Edited by Kiltox on Monday 4th April 15:44
1. the jobs they create are mostly taken from all the local small business that get shut down.
2. the vast majority of their produce comes from abroad.
3. they allegedly buy land to stop other companies from opening up competitive stores
4. they have been shown to use (directly or indirectly) pressure and "gifts" to get what they want
5. a massive percentage of the workers in the depots are eastern European - so not providing local jobs at all
Kiltox said:
edo said:
all hear say,
Great thing to base hatred on then?I had the misfortune to work closely with both Tesco retail and distribution for a period of time, and with VERY few exceptions, most people I dealt with were hideous, unpleasant, backstabbing, hateful people, who made it their mission to treat companies they dealt with in the worst possible way, screwing them at every turn.
I was genuinely surprised just how bad they were - not just in the expected way you think a 2,500 store company would treat suppliers and push for the best price, nothing prepares you.
I will never spend another penny with them as long as I live. Seriously.
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