Who said anything about traders ?
The ones I know about ( and Rob Gaskin has already posted about previously ) are on market and being flipped by so called ' private sellers ' although buying a car with the intention of re-selling at a profit is classified as a trade by the IR and should attract the respective taxes due.
Also said auction car(s) have not sold as far as I am aware. A seller can ask what he wants for a car, doesn't mean it will sell at that price, especially if condition of car is not equitable with it's price.
I was using trader as a catch all term for the any type of seller; be that private, a dealership or a specialist.
My point was, that on an open forum I don't think it's witch hunting or unfair to point out the public history of a vehicle if someone is enquiring about it within said forum. However, if anyone is going to be upset about it, it would be the 'trader/seller/dealership' or whatever status he was giving himself that would likely not wanting that information to be know.
I think it's clear that a lot of the cars on the market at the moment are overpriced, as evidenced by those that haven't shifted. Only the really good examples are making the money (or close to it) requested. The remaining cars (such as the black rhd on eBay) that aren't as strong examples, or don't appear to be as good, just aren't pulling the money being asked. I suspect that this is partly chancers, partly an obscured view of the market, and partly such a small overall community directing prices for good cars. Such as this happens in all niche markets from time to time.
Also, as an aside, the Inland Revenue was abolished in 2005 and replaced with HM Revenue and Customs - a re-brand to remove the negative connotations. But I do agree - such sales should be recorded as 'income' if designed for a profit at short notice, and not just an appreciable value over significant time.
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