This chap tried every trick in the book!

[@jonathanfrankel6787]

The second I put my broken Volvo XC70 on EBay ,I was getting all sorts of generous people offering me a whole £50 to take it away. One guy gave me a whole begging story about going past my area with a trailer etc etc. Did they really think I was stupid enough not to check that the scrap value ? Ended up scrapping it for £420.

[@memeGT150]

You are way too kind and polite! Have a lovely Xmas !

[@ChopsGarage]

Thank you! You too!

[@aceace5457]

merry xmas once again and have a happy new year and dont forget always look forward in life and never backwards i am disabled through a brain heammorrage etc 30 years ago when i was 25 it shows you how i managed with life . regards.

[@dannyboyspain1]

One thing I love when I sell a car is having someone test the car and try and haggle the price down to rock bottom then I say no, so they walk away. Then a few days later they call you back and say they'll take the car at the agreed price but you tell them its already sold. That felling is better than sex.

[@ChopsGarage]

Lol! I know what you mean

[@EceAlpuğan-c8h]

🤣🤣 i agree lol

[@jamesharris9163]

Merry Christmas James ,being a retired mechanic enjoyed the story’s and videos throughout the year all the best for 2025

[@mrright8794]

Hi, Also a retired mechanic, started in 68 working at a Jaguar & Rover dealers in Derby. Chops video's are great and remind of both the good & bad times of dealing with the public, although must say that now days the public think they know how to do everybody's job because they watched it on KZbin.

[@alundavies5171]

James ur a top fella! enjoyed your videos throughout the year! would like to Wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas!

[@charliemansonUK]

All hail the Bill's of the world! Good man for standing his ground. I had so much hassle selling a car around 2004 I actually just gave it away to a work colleagues son who had saved enough to cover his insurance but not yet buy a car. He drove it for 12 years as a daily driver and still has it in his garage.. it was a Skoda felicia I'd owned from new.

[@colinprice9855]

It is a nightmare selling privately. Just sold mine and had the usual offers at half the advertised price told them where they could take their money. Eventually sold to a great buyer who really appreciated that he was getting a great car for a good price.

[@Nicknofish]

Have a great Christmas chops. Cheers.

[@brianbickle7395]

Happy Christmas Mr Chops and family and all choppers

[@ChopsGarage]

Happy Christmas mate

[@d4nzo]

People which question the price prior to viewing allways seem to want to go cheaper when they view it so i try aviod them, amount of hassle ive had selling cars sub 1K with a full mot and generally good condition fully valleted and everthing as described listing little faults is crazy people seem to expect the earth

[@CF21LDB]

Merry Christmas James, well done for all you’ve done for charity this past year.

[@ChopsGarage]

Cheers buddy have great Chrimbo

[@watchanything-c7r]

sorry but if someone tried messing about saying i got insurance and tax to pay i be blocking the person also tell them to get lost

[@fatwalletboy2]

Yep metoo.no niceties or flannel blocked instantly.

[@tomoreilly9932]

Great little cars the i10s,I had one for three years,bought for £5,150 and sold it three years later for £4,450,such a popular little car

[@brianjames3849]

Great to see all your cars are ready to go james ,thanks for your vlogs ,may your success continue to grow

[@henrykravitz468]

I am sure the Antara will sell ❤Fair play to Bill, for sticking to his guns. Merry Christmas James.

[@Retropassionuk]

Great story and good for Bill!! Have a good one!

[@johncallaghan4616]

Buffalo “Bill” - stick to your Guns ! Merry Christmas James - thank you for absolutely everything you’ve shared with us through the year - take a well-earned break, and (cheekily speaking on everyone’s behalf), hope you and Yours have a super Happy, Safe and Peaceful Christmas, and keep ‘em comin’! Best, JCHK

[@trevorphillips3055]

32k on the clock and it's had a new clutch! That tells me all I new to know. Driven by a elderly driver who revs the tits off it and slips the clutch all of the time. 😂

[@bobatwell7505]

Hm , not all elderly drivers a like you say , l am in my seventies , I.A.M Advanced rider and I.A.M advanced driver with a first . Toured all over Europe 2 up on my motorcycle , also driven all over Europe in my car . Merry Christmas..

[@ChopsGarage]

Yep, or misdiagnosis, as these have an adjustment on cable to take up wear

[@alansimpson835]

Some people have a real brass neck. Well done to Bill for sticking to his guns. I remember offering a couple £500 off the price of a brand new Skoda Octavia and they told me that was a "bit of an insult really". Some folk! Thanks so much for all the content and the laughs. Looking forward to seeing what you and Pete get up to next

[@Retirement_Life]

Have a great Christmas, James. See you in the new year…🍾🎁

[@alanelder3259]

Merry Christmas James .Thanks for all the videos.

[@thegeriatric55]

A Merry Christmas, and a happy New Year to you and your Family.

[@normanheath956]

Have a great Xmas James and a prosperous new year.

[@marekkonarzewski4543]

Merry Christmas to you and the family. Thanks for all the videos - love seeing them!

[@ChopsGarage]

Thanks buddy you too

[@johnchincotta1qwdb15]

Hi James, you are a wheeler dealer,somtimes you have to stick to your guns,at the end of the day,you run a business and it's your bread and butter. Merry Christmas, and prosperous new year 2025,to you and your entire family.

[@ChopsGarage]

Thanks mate! Have a great one to you and yours!

[@shabba890]

Said it before and i'll say it again. Only once sold a cheap car privately (about a grand) and i came very close to driving it to the scrappy and paying to watch it be crushed, such were the volume of timewasters. All the best Chops, enjoy the content.

[@ChopsGarage]

Sad isn't it eh. Thanks mate have good one!

[@harrygiles1098]

Happy Christmas James and family x

[@jonsayce7756]

Compliments of the season James. Looking forward to next year!

[@ChopsGarage]

Cheers mate you too

[@alundavies5171]

Bill sounds a top guy lol! fair play to him!

[@ChopsGarage]

Yes

[@jollygreengiant7072]

Happy Christmas Chopsy. God only knows how you put up with some of the 'serious buyers' and still can smile about it. God Bless you and yours and i look forward to all the new content coming up in what i hope for you is a happy and healthy new year.

[@ChopsGarage]

Thank you buddy, you too!

[@fredflintstone1]

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 🙂

[@ringstinga]

Have a good Christmas James and Family and keep up the good work.

[@sfog2425]

Have a great Christmas!

[@johnmcmahon4364]

Good on you Bill, great story

[@ChopsGarage]

Cheers

[@JuliaGatewood-s7v]

Your videos are always filled with warmth and kindness. Thank you for your generosity and openness!🍏⬛️🍑

[@edwardedwards5402]

Happy Christmas 🎄 and a Happy New Year. 😊

[@marksenior9220]

Happy Christmas James. We had a 13 plate I 10 that jumped its timing chain by 3 cogs. Full history and 42,000 on the clock. Worth £400 when it went.

[@mikes747]

Merry Christmas to you and yours James!

[@ChopsGarage]

You too mate cheers

[@skyhi750]

Happy Christmas ,and new year to you and yours from me and mine ,James.

[@rabbiebhoy]

Merry Christmas to the Harding family.

[@ChopsGarage]

Cheers you too

[@ingopaul67]

People who make an offer on a car without even seeing it are just angling for a deal or timewasters imo.

[@ChopsGarage]

I'd agree

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

Thing about this guy is you can believe everything he says, that's his business model, no BS.

[@ChopsGarage]

Much appreciated!

[@KipKippax]

Happy Xmas and New Year to you and your family James . Thanks for your videos this year....

[@mondomoto953]

merry christmas and a happy new year . great channel and vids

[@grahambarrat2540]

Thank you for your channel. Merry Xmas

[@ChopsGarage]

Thanks for watching. Have a great one!

[@mycorrhizae111]

Have a great Christmas 🎅

[@muffindell]

I have to agree with you that i10's are brilliantly reliable, my mother in law has had a auto i10 for over 5 years now and never misses a beat, when she wants to get rid of it I'll give you first shout 😎

[@richfixescars]

Merry Christmas James, thanks for the content this year.

[@ChopsGarage]

Thanks mate you too!

[@stefanmorris7489]

Happy Xmas chops keep up the good work.

[@paulb1034]

Merry Christmas Chops, enjoy your content.

[@andrewwilson3623]

Happy Christmas. Great vids throughout the year

[@ChopsGarage]

Thank you mate have great holidays

[@broomad]

Merry Christmas James 😁

[@waynewiddecombe3502]

Happy Christmas James 🤗

[@sarahfrith1984]

Hope you and the family have a great Christmas James 🎄🎁🎅🏻

[@ChopsGarage]

You too Sarah , have a great one,!

[@colinjones2505]

I caved in about 15 years ago, to a yokel from Dartmoor, who drove all the way up to Cheshire with his mates to buy a Jimny off me. Price agreed beforehand, but when he arrived, he was....so he told me...liar.....£500 shy, and pleaded with me. I really couldn't be arsed arguing the toss and he got what he wanted, and probably sniggered all the way home. NEVER forgiven myself for that, even after all these years. Well and truly completely stuffed, hook line and sinker. Aggghhhh! 🤬

[@fatwalletboy2]

Wow thats a long time to still feel sore

[@adzy166]

Watch Frozen with the kids if you get chance this Christmas. It’ll help.

[@colinjones2505]

@@fatwalletboy2 Not constantly, but when I mention it it does. Such a bloody dope. 🥶

[@mickgalla]

merry christmas and a happy new year James.

[@ChopsGarage]

You too Mick. Cheers!

[@whitemoor66]

Merry Christmas and a happy New year to you and your family James.

[@ChopsGarage]

Thank you, you too mate

[@wilfredzielinski5685]

merry christmas james and hope you have a better new year in car sales thanks for the video

[@ChopsGarage]

Thanks, you too!

[@paulanderton9424]

As a frequent seller of cars, I know exactly the type of person Bill is talking about. I've had them myself plenty of times......I usually just block those who mention price before seeing the car. I can see timewasters a mile off now.

[@kevincross9206]

Happy Christmas to you and your family James

[@ChopsGarage]

Same to you!

[@keithposter5543]

Beard looks good James - keep it!

[@ChopsGarage]

Cheers , everyone seems to like it

[@steveng5503]

Merry Christmas! 🎄 😃

[@mervyncrocker3468]

Merry Christmas to you James looking forward to following your videos in 2025

[@seanmurray3633]

Happy Christmas to you and family James

[@eugeneocallaghan4758]

Merry Christmas James and family 🎄🎅

[@ChopsGarage]

Thanks. You too buddy!

[@NorfolkandGood66]

Great video again James. Merry Christmas. Is that a tax disc in the windscreen of the i10? Thought tax discs finished years ago!

[@charliemansonUK]

It will probably be a parking permit.

[@coloneldolomite]

Happy Christmas James and thanks for the really enjoyable content this year. Keep the beard!

[@johnsmith-jy7px]

Merry Christmas James, to you and your family, enjoy. 🎉😊🎉😊🎉

[@ramsay892]

Merry Christmas chops n a happy new year 👌

[@RichardPlaice]

Happy Christmas 🎄

[@philtasker2265]

Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year James to you and yours

[@colinallen39]

Merry Christmas to you & your family James

[@MrTrev2507]

That captiva is an Antara🤣

[@fatblokes_ferguson]

Happy Christmas to you James and misses Chop hope you have a great day and happy new year.

[@ChopsGarage]

Thanks mate. To you and yours too!

[@SaraNorwood-c4d]

Your videos always lift my mood and make me forget about problems. Thank you for your ability to make us happy!🐠🚜😗

[@MrSarkiemarkie]

Great video chops. Will definitely look you up for next car as Barnstaple based 👍

[@ChopsGarage]

Please do!

[@neilpike4358]

Merry Christmas James and a prosperous New Year 🍺

[@ChopsGarage]

Thanks mate too!

[@AndrewsAutosource]

Re the guy who messed your subscriber about. I had a chap coming from Wales who asked to be picked up from the station 7 miles away. Exactly like your friend he did everything to try and get a further discount, after about 3/4 of an hour of me telling him what the deal was, he was rude and said something along the lines of 'all you dealers are robbers and make too much money'. I'm afraid that was too much, so instead of giving him a lift, I made him get a taxi back to the station. You're better off without some customers!

[@ChopsGarage]

Good on you mate! They have no idea what we really make

[@peterdownes8275]

Happy christmas James🎄

[@ij1078]

Merry christmas🎄

[@trevorjarvis3021]

Have a great Christmas James and best wishes for 2025!

[@peteneal8344]

Merry Christmas James u r a good egg 🎉

[@christyoboyle9875]

Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄

[@ChopsGarage]

You too!

[@shanebrown6667]

I had a transit once it was mega clean it had done light work and low miles throughout its life. When I went to sell it people in the market for a van that age it kept trying to knock me down with no reasons to do so. A carpet fitter told a mate he was in the market but my van he thought was a bit old when he seen it he paid full asking price and ran it until he retired 7 years later

[@ChopsGarage]

Ideal!

[@Madcity2213]

Merry Christmas to you and your family been great watching ur videos new phone tomorrow ur channel will be one of the first channels to add

[@ChopsGarage]

Lol! Cheers mate have a great one!

[@infidelcastro5129]

Out of interest, does the i10 have the same engine as the Mk1 C1/107/Aygo?

[@GhostLead65]

No it doesn,t.

[@infidelcastro5129]

@ Thanks lol

[@ChopsGarage]

No that's 3 cylinder

[@AudreyGregg-m9x]

Happy Christmas, i10 duly noted 🙂

[@chrisgray305]

merry christmas james

[@ChopsGarage]

Merry Christmas buddy

[@J1mbo888]

Happy Xmas Young James to You and Your Family. Keep up the good work 🙂

[@welshman64]

Have a great Christmas buddy

[@ChopsGarage]

You too mate!

[@derekfleming3095]

The beard is more like bum fluff chops 😂😂

[@garymorris801]

Great video but great story love that you have a great Xmas 😊

[@stevemehew2888]

The Hyundai i10 is really popular in India, you see them everywhere, even driving in Ladakh in the Himalayas.

[@ChopsGarage]

Really? That's cool

[@billdornan4379]

Merry Christmas and kindest regards. Bill 😂 Sunshine Coast,BC 🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@ChopsGarage]

Cheers Bull, have a great one mate

[@terencesoutham4262]

Great story ❤❤

[@nickmoore2301]

Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 Thanks for all the great content this year, hope you and your family have a great Christmas break ❤

[@Karl_Burton]

Good story, glad it didn't piss me off

[@ChopsGarage]

Lol

[@Whackypads]

Merry Christmas james. 🎄🎅 some off these ppl are completely takimg the michael 😂😂

[@stevecoinitin7521]

In 2005, viewed a Rover 218Sld that had 52k on the clock. The guy said it had 2 alarms, one Rover, one recent add on for £350. He couldn't find the 2nd car key which could disable the add on alarm, so we fumbled around in the engine bay, trying everything to shut the thing up, so I could test drive the car. We managed it somehow. I was quite impressed on the test drive, doing the usual checks. He had it up for £650 ovno. I complained about the problem of the alarm, so he took another 25 minutes searching his house (poor sod) and came out empty handed! I offered him a very cheeky £350 and taken aback, he retorted, 'I ain't taking less than £400 for it'! Quietly thinking to myself, that'll do nicely, I took 8 seconds and grudgingly replied, oh alright then, £400 it is! Deal done. The funniest part, was when I drove the car away, I had a sudden thought, so I stopped 50 yards around the corner. I undid my seat belt, reached over to fumble in the passenger door well and there was the 2nd key and worked it nicely! Boy was I grinning all the way home!