Did he get ripped off?

[tbc]

Watching Wheeler Dealers last night which was possibly the most entertaining for a while

Ford Escort MK1

Bought for £4500

Total spend £8500

Sold for a whooping £12k

just can't get my head around it

there are better ones around for £8-9k

[Fast Bug]

It's not real, it's tv make believe...

[Bear Phils]

Cars are worth what someone is willing to pay.

[CraigyMc]

Bear Phils said:

Cars are worth what someone is willing to pay.

Also, cars in fictional TV programs are worth what fictional characters are willing to pay in fictional money.

[Bear Phils]

CraigyMc said:

Bear Phils said:

Cars are worth what someone is willing to pay.

Also, cars in fictional TV programs are worth what fictional characters are willing to pay in fictional money.

The people are real you know, at least one of the purchasers is on here if I remember right.

They can do whatever they went with the rest though.

[Snowboy]

Never trust an entertainment tv show.

I wouldn't be suprised if the buyer pays 12k, but then had a 3-4k 'appearance fee' deducted off the price.
TV show looks good, buyer gets car, TV show can expense stuff for tax reasobs.
Everyone is happy.

Thats's assuming it's even a real buyer.

[D1bram]

I quite like Wheeler Dealers, didn't see last nights but I assumed the buyers were real as in one episode (one with a landrover) Mike voiced over to say the deal fell through and he ended up having to sell for £250 less.

That particular car went very cheap I thought too.

[JohnRS4]

How total spend never includes any labour costs always amuses me. Every car they have built has sold at a huge loss if these were included.

[Devil2575]

JohnRS4 said:

How total spend never includes any labour costs always amuses me. Every car they have built has sold at a huge loss if these were included.

When people DIY maintain their own cars do they calculate labour costs when working out how much it is costing them to run?

The whole point of the show is to give an idea of how you can buy a car, work on it yourself and turn a profit. Any work carried out by people other than Ed, such a resprays etc does include labour charges.

[mikeveal]

JohnRS4 said:

How total spend never includes any labour costs always amuses me. Every car they have built has sold at a huge loss if these were included.

Neither do they include the wages of the film crew, or the huge profits from the adverts shown in the breaks. Every car they sell makes a small fortune.

[Mr Happy]

JohnRS4 said:

How total spend never includes any labour costs always amuses me. Every car they have built has sold at a huge loss if these were included.

It's done from the position of an enthusiastic amateur. I dare say the spray job costs factor in paint and labour.

None of the jobs featured are really outside the realm of someone with a bit of time to burn and a desire to do it.

Would you pay yourself to work on your own car, for example?

[Strawman]

Bear Phils said:

CraigyMc said:

Bear Phils said:

Cars are worth what someone is willing to pay.

Also, cars in fictional TV programs are worth what fictional characters are willing to pay in fictional money.

The people are real you know, at least one of the purchasers is on here if I remember right.

They can do whatever they went with the rest though.

Rarely the actual purchaser is on the show though, that role is usually played by one of the film crew, or friends. In the follow up series they did where they went to see the cars that had been refurbished in previous series, not one of the cars was with the "original buyer" as shown in the programme. Sometimes the cars are sold on Ebay.

[Fast Bug]

I know someone that 'sold' them a car. We won't talk about the fact that Ed owned the car anyway...

[tbc]

I'm not dissing Wheeler Dealers i just thought the guy got taken on paying £12k when Mike was clearly chancing his arm at that price

of course he could advertise it for 50k with a 38k wheeler dealer admin fee

another point that made me feel a bit strange was that during the advert break Edd was plugging Terraclean

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDTneWlPsTY

the guy knows his stuff but he's selling himself for some cheap marketing

[s_zigmond]

The cars often appear on ebay and carsandclassics under attaboy productions account

[Meoricin]

Mr Happy said:

It's done from the position of an enthusiastic amateur. I dare say the spray job costs factor in paint and labour.

None of the jobs featured are really outside the realm of someone with a bit of time to burn and a desire to do it.

Would you pay yourself to work on your own car, for example?

Sure, why not? That guy doesn't get enough of a break.

[GaryGlitter]

At least they made a profit on the DB7, £38 wasn't it?

[CraigyMc]

GaryGlitter said:

At least they made a profit on the DB7, £38 wasn't it?

fictional profit?