I have been involved in the retail motor industry for approximately 25 years – the majority of which were spent running a large family business of 7 dealerships.

The franchises we represented included:-

HONDA

SKODA

SUBARU

SUZUKI

ISUZU

MAZDA

FORD

HYUNDAI

RENAULT

CITROEN

PEUGEOT

The dealerships were located throughout Lancashire – the largest of which being our flagship site based in Preston, Lancashire where we sold over 2000 new and pre-owned Honda, Skoda, Subaru, Suzuki & Isuzu vehicles per year.

With the ever increasing staff costs and overall daily running costs of such large dealerships and the ever decreasing profit margins, the decision was taken a couple of years ago to sell off our last major site in Preston and we have recently closed our last dealership in Blackpool to redevelop as building land.

The profit margins required to pay the expenses of such large dealerships are beyond belief and are simply unsustainable in today’s marketplace.

So with the ever increasing presence of internet selling most of my cars are now sold vie ebay. The advantages to both myself as a seller and yourself as a buyer are enormous. Firstly by cutting out over 95% of the running costs of the business this enables me to sell you your new car at a hugely discounted price to the recommended retail price. Also I no longer have to rely on sometimes unreliable staff to accurately describe the cars – I personally appraise and test drive each and every car before offering them for sale and any known faults are either professionally repaired or fully declared in the listing. Any vehicles found to be of substandard quality are sent to public auction. Sometimes the cheaper part exchanges are offered through ebay and again are fully appraised, test driven and described to the best of my knowledge.

Prior to collection all cars are put through a Pre-Delivery Inspection and where time allows they are also valeted.

I am happy to collect winning bidders from Preston Railway Station or by prior arrangement at Blackpool, Manchester or Liverpool Airports. Delivery may also be possible but please always ask before bidding & obviously full payment would be required before delivery.

Upon collection if you genuinely feel that I have misdescribed the car I will be more than happy to cancel the sale without further obligation but please only bid in the first place if you do genuinely want to purchase the car as it is becoming increasingly frustrating for people to be the winning bidder then simply make no contact at all.

Buying a car on ebay can be exciting / nerve wracking / daunting / confusing / a great way of saving money or any one of 100 different adjectives – so if you have any questions / queries or perhaps would like to view the car please do not hesitate to contact me.

My Business Contact Details are:-

Ebay UserID chrisr567

Tel No. 07774 651859

Business Address Details:-

Chris Riding

Claughton Garage

Garstang Road

Garstang

Preston

PR3 0GA

01995 643477 – 9am – 5pm

07774 651859 – Mobile

For a more immediate and personal response please use the mobile number during reasonable hours 7 days a week & if I am unavailable I will get back to you asap. Before viewing it is essential to make an appointment in order to avoid disappointment as some cars are stored off site.

THANKS CHRIS