Your ideas to make another £50-100 a week.
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Beko, do Dyson sell individual parts?
My turbine head has stopped working, the plastic turbine bit has split and stopped spinning the axle, which means the belt won't drive the turbine head. (DC20 Animal).
It's probably a few quid for the part, but I can only find whole turbine heads online.
My turbine head has stopped working, the plastic turbine bit has split and stopped spinning the axle, which means the belt won't drive the turbine head. (DC20 Animal).
It's probably a few quid for the part, but I can only find whole turbine heads online.
Nope, Dyspon dpont sell individual anything, if you put that through a warranty job they would jsut swap the whole head. I cant see any individual parts available either on my sources.
Give ManchesterVacs a shout, they might have one they could break and sell you the individual bit you need. Otherwise, bend over for a whole new floor head I'm afraid!
Is it beyond epoxy?
Give ManchesterVacs a shout, they might have one they could break and sell you the individual bit you need. Otherwise, bend over for a whole new floor head I'm afraid!
Is it beyond epoxy?
http://www.savethestudent.org/make-money/what-is-m...
I've made just under a grand since the beginning if December from doing this during my lunch break and an hour on the weekend.
I've made just under a grand since the beginning if December from doing this during my lunch break and an hour on the weekend.
Your real problem is that the classical route of the second job has been destroyed by the zero hour contract b
ks.
But, the second job is still just about the beat route for extra income. But now you just need to go back to the original route of approaching busines owners direct, explaining what you want and that youd be the best, most reliable dogs body they will ever have. You will find a nice lottle business where the owner is fed up of the usual cheap, inreliable labour and be over the moon to hire someone who is clearly a winner and not usually found in that work pool.
ks. But, the second job is still just about the beat route for extra income. But now you just need to go back to the original route of approaching busines owners direct, explaining what you want and that youd be the best, most reliable dogs body they will ever have. You will find a nice lottle business where the owner is fed up of the usual cheap, inreliable labour and be over the moon to hire someone who is clearly a winner and not usually found in that work pool.
shakotan said:
Never been asked to use camera equipment, never been asked to present a p/x car. Told strictly to refuse a test drive if asked to as not to waste dealer resources. It's all VW contracts through the website I listed above. No restriction on day. You're asked to visit a VW dealer and then between 2-7 rival dealers, given the specific models to 'shop' and then try to get the best price possible from the dealer. As I understand its to help VW figure out whether they are losing sales due to other dealerships offers large discount, or conversely offer too large a discount on their own cars and losing margin.
If I've been rumbled, it makes no sense that I regularly get follow up calls from the Sales Departments after my visit seeing if there is anything they can do to close the deal. That would be madness.
Very interesting. Thanks for the information, it always good to be updated. The VAG group (who I haven't worked for in over a decade.) really won't be happy until they rule the world!If I've been rumbled, it makes no sense that I regularly get follow up calls from the Sales Departments after my visit seeing if there is anything they can do to close the deal. That would be madness.
However a couple of quick things
i) One of the rules of car sales is never give your best price until your customer is ready to buy a car. The majority of the time that only occurs when the customer has had a test drive and p/x appraisal. Therefore any salesman who knows his onions won't give you his "best price" until you've done that, he might give a price but it won't be his best one. In fact most sales staff are told that if someone comes in to suggest that, he is told in no uncertain terms that by the sales manager that until there is a commitment to buy the "best price" is the one in the price list. So without any further interest in the car the information that you are sending back to VAG Group is either what they already know or is just highlighting which salesmen are taking shortcuts.
Also if you give a customer your "best price" without having details on your database its pretty much a disciplinary event in a lot of dealerships so it clearly functions as a tool to monitor that too. But how anyone who would be able to back up "he said, they said," without any details on the system when you're not recording anything as mystery shop would led to a another interesting conversation.
ii) Any salesman who is doing is job properly will ring every number in his database until it either becomes clearly pointless, is told it is a mystery shop by his managers or is told foxtrot off by the customer. So even if he knows its a mystery shop he will keep ringing as he will be marked down if he doesn't. Plus I've known some idiot sales managers who will make salesmen they don't like ring every number in their database repeatedly just as a power trip.
shakotan said:
If I've been rumbled, it makes no sense that I regularly get follow up calls from the Sales Departments after my visit seeing if there is anything they can do to close the deal. That would be madness.
Welcome to the motor trade 2015!!! 
The Hypno-Toad said:
shakotan said:
Never been asked to use camera equipment, never been asked to present a p/x car. Told strictly to refuse a test drive if asked to as not to waste dealer resources. It's all VW contracts through the website I listed above. No restriction on day. You're asked to visit a VW dealer and then between 2-7 rival dealers, given the specific models to 'shop' and then try to get the best price possible from the dealer. As I understand its to help VW figure out whether they are losing sales due to other dealerships offers large discount, or conversely offer too large a discount on their own cars and losing margin.
If I've been rumbled, it makes no sense that I regularly get follow up calls from the Sales Departments after my visit seeing if there is anything they can do to close the deal. That would be madness.
Very interesting. Thanks for the information, it always good to be updated. The VAG group (who I haven't worked for in over a decade.) really won't be happy until they rule the world!If I've been rumbled, it makes no sense that I regularly get follow up calls from the Sales Departments after my visit seeing if there is anything they can do to close the deal. That would be madness.
However a couple of quick things
i) One of the rules of car sales is never give your best price until your customer is ready to buy a car. The majority of the time that only occurs when the customer has had a test drive and p/x appraisal. Therefore any salesman who knows his onions won't give you his "best price" until you've done that, he might give a price but it won't be his best one. In fact most sales staff are told that if someone comes in to suggest that, he is told in no uncertain terms that by the sales manager that until there is a commitment to buy the "best price" is the one in the price list. So without any further interest in the car the information that you are sending back to VAG Group is either what they already know or is just highlighting which salesmen are taking shortcuts.
Also if you give a customer your "best price" without having details on your database its pretty much a disciplinary event in a lot of dealerships so it clearly functions as a tool to monitor that too. But how anyone who would be able to back up "he said, they said," without any details on the system when you're not recording anything as mystery shop would led to a another interesting conversation.
shakotan said:
I only do my mystery shopping in dealerships at the weekend, never been a problem.
I've had Sales Managers pushing hard to sell me a car, so unless they are bored or running out their resignation period, they don't spot me as a MS.
I did effectively get thrown out of Mercedes-Benz Chelsea once though. When I asked what they could do with the final price on a C-Class, the Sales guy sneered down his nose and said "You do realise where you are, Sir? Our customers don't ask for discount, this is the premiere Mercedes dealership in the world." (I tried hard not laughing at this one). When I pressed a bit harder for their 'best price', he got up from the desk and left. I presumed he's gone to talk to the Sales Manager, but after about 5 minutes I spotted him drinking coffee with a colleague, so I left!
I'm sorry but I really don't believe that happened for a second. I've had Sales Managers pushing hard to sell me a car, so unless they are bored or running out their resignation period, they don't spot me as a MS.
I did effectively get thrown out of Mercedes-Benz Chelsea once though. When I asked what they could do with the final price on a C-Class, the Sales guy sneered down his nose and said "You do realise where you are, Sir? Our customers don't ask for discount, this is the premiere Mercedes dealership in the world." (I tried hard not laughing at this one). When I pressed a bit harder for their 'best price', he got up from the desk and left. I presumed he's gone to talk to the Sales Manager, but after about 5 minutes I spotted him drinking coffee with a colleague, so I left!
Edited by shakotan on Thursday 22 January 10:06
You're either an utter cock or you embellished that story to within an inch of it's life.
I've spent a bit of time in Mercedes dealerships (as a customer of 8 years) and whilst the salesmen are a little bit arrogant and predominantly jaded (as are most car salesmen) I highly doubt he/she would say what you said.
I'm mean. Really?
dai1983 said:
http://www.savethestudent.org/make-money/what-is-m...
I've made just under a grand since the beginning if December from doing this during my lunch break and an hour on the weekend.
Did a bit of this years ago, made a bit of pocket money at the time which was nice. I wouldn't mind getting back into to it, but found after the first few simple offers it starts to get a bit of a faff for a few quid here and there, or maybe I'm doing it wrong!I've made just under a grand since the beginning if December from doing this during my lunch break and an hour on the weekend.
shakotan said:
We're briefed to say we've already taken a test drive/a colleague has the same model and I've driven it, and we're also briefed to say there is no p/x, I've already sold my car privately. My story is usually its being passed onto a family member therefore I don't want to trade it in. "Ready to buy today" is what we are told to push to get the best discount.
Again, any salesman with any experience who hears that story will not be giving you his 'best price'. And as I already mentioned above any salesman who did would be bked within an inch of his life by his sales manager. If that really is your patter, then I would strongly suggest changing it if you want to achieve any accurate data.Still, I'm guessing that as long as you get paid it doesn't matter if the information that you pass on to VAG is corrupted or not.
GTIR said:
shakotan said:
I only do my mystery shopping in dealerships at the weekend, never been a problem.
I've had Sales Managers pushing hard to sell me a car, so unless they are bored or running out their resignation period, they don't spot me as a MS.
I did effectively get thrown out of Mercedes-Benz Chelsea once though. When I asked what they could do with the final price on a C-Class, the Sales guy sneered down his nose and said "You do realise where you are, Sir? Our customers don't ask for discount, this is the premiere Mercedes dealership in the world." (I tried hard not laughing at this one). When I pressed a bit harder for their 'best price', he got up from the desk and left. I presumed he's gone to talk to the Sales Manager, but after about 5 minutes I spotted him drinking coffee with a colleague, so I left!
I'm sorry but I really don't believe that happened for a second. I've had Sales Managers pushing hard to sell me a car, so unless they are bored or running out their resignation period, they don't spot me as a MS.
I did effectively get thrown out of Mercedes-Benz Chelsea once though. When I asked what they could do with the final price on a C-Class, the Sales guy sneered down his nose and said "You do realise where you are, Sir? Our customers don't ask for discount, this is the premiere Mercedes dealership in the world." (I tried hard not laughing at this one). When I pressed a bit harder for their 'best price', he got up from the desk and left. I presumed he's gone to talk to the Sales Manager, but after about 5 minutes I spotted him drinking coffee with a colleague, so I left!
Edited by shakotan on Thursday 22 January 10:06
You're either an utter cock or you embellished that story to within an inch of it's life.
I've spent a bit of time in Mercedes dealerships (as a customer of 8 years) and whilst the salesmen are a little bit arrogant and predominantly jaded (as are most car salesmen) I highly doubt he/she would say what you said.
I'm mean. Really?
The Hypno-Toad said:
shakotan said:
We're briefed to say we've already taken a test drive/a colleague has the same model and I've driven it, and we're also briefed to say there is no p/x, I've already sold my car privately. My story is usually its being passed onto a family member therefore I don't want to trade it in. "Ready to buy today" is what we are told to push to get the best discount.
Again, any salesman with any experience who hears that story will not be giving you his 'best price'. And as I already mentioned above any salesman who did would be bked within an inch of his life by his sales manager. If that really is your patter, then I would strongly suggest changing it if you want to achieve any accurate data.Still, I'm guessing that as long as you get paid it doesn't matter if the information that you pass on to VAG is corrupted or not.
Purity14 said:
mike80 said:
dai1983 said:
http://www.savethestudent.org/make-money/what-is-m...
I've made just under a grand since the beginning if December from doing this during my lunch break and an hour on the weekend.
Did a bit of this years ago, made a bit of pocket money at the time which was nice. I wouldn't mind getting back into to it, but found after the first few simple offers it starts to get a bit of a faff for a few quid here and there, or maybe I'm doing it wrong!I've made just under a grand since the beginning if December from doing this during my lunch break and an hour on the weekend.
Ill spreadsheet it all up for you guys.
The hyperlink intros to the various bookies show affiliate schemes are in place. The terms of such affiliates are that they will pay the fee once the introduced client has carried out one or more qualifying transactions. It is often more than one and free bets do not usually qualify.
What this means is that enough studentsbof the guide continue to go conventional betting and probably piss away any of the matched bet winnings, plus more. Another reason why bookies are happy for such a simple ruse to exist.
So, the real odds that you are playing under this scheme is that the majority of punters who start doing this end up just gambling conventionally and losing.
Purity14 said:
DonkeyApple said:
Purity14 said:
mike80 said:
dai1983 said:
http://www.savethestudent.org/make-money/what-is-m...
I've made just under a grand since the beginning if December from doing this during my lunch break and an hour on the weekend.
Did a bit of this years ago, made a bit of pocket money at the time which was nice. I wouldn't mind getting back into to it, but found after the first few simple offers it starts to get a bit of a faff for a few quid here and there, or maybe I'm doing it wrong!I've made just under a grand since the beginning if December from doing this during my lunch break and an hour on the weekend.
Ill spreadsheet it all up for you guys.
The hyperlink intros to the various bookies show affiliate schemes are in place. The terms of such affiliates are that they will pay the fee once the introduced client has carried out one or more qualifying transactions. It is often more than one and free bets do not usually qualify.
What this means is that enough studentsbof the guide continue to go conventional betting and probably piss away any of the matched bet winnings, plus more. Another reason why bookies are happy for such a simple ruse to exist.
So, the real odds that you are playing under this scheme is that the majority of punters who start doing this end up just gambling conventionally and losing.
I have gone to a few of the sites and they advertise the offers on their homepage, I have read the terms and conditions and I plan to do one or two first to test the water.
Once I have tested the water, depending on what profit I make - I plan to step it up a gear.
(I don't have an addictive personality, and gambling doesn't interest me
)It's the existence of the links that highlights that the majority of people who start out on the matched bet wheeze move beyond that rather quickly and just piss money away as a normal punter. Hence the warning of needing discipline greater than the majority who accept the free bet offers. After all, nothing is free. Just like the drinks at the casino.
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