Tesco Cars

Admin · Apr 6, 2011

Tesco has launched a new affiliate scheme through Trade Doubler:

Brand new Tesco product - Tesco Cars!

What is Tesco Cars ?

TescoCars.com is a new, unique and easy way of buying nearly new and used vehicles. In conjunction with the RAC, Tesco Cars offers the consumer a source of good quality, independently checked cars, sourced from reliable trusted suppliers. The cars are typically one owner, between 1 and 3 years old, thoroughly RAC checked, and most come with a full service history.

The service is all provided and managed online, - so customers can browse in their own time, with absolutely no sales pressure, and reserve online if something takes their fancy !

We?ll provide all the relevant HPI & RAC reports, 21 photos, 360 degrees interior shots and a video test drive of the car ? the customer can then review at their leisure.

Getting the car is easy too - we can deliver the car direct to the customer?s door, or it can be collected from our handover centre 7 days a week.

Why buy from Tesco Cars ?

1) Reliable ex fleet suppliers ? our suppliers are big brand ex fleet companies who currently supply vehicles to dealers & the automotive trade. They are recognised industry names and we only take the best of their cars.

2) Tesco Cars standard ? our quality assurance team will not sell any vehicle that does not meet the Tesco Cars quality standard ? from paintwork to mechanical ? it?s all got to be good.

3) Thousands of cars available ? we have access to thousands of vehicles (either ready to buy now, or for pre-order), and offer the full choice of vehicle makes & models

4) RAC checked ? the RAC do an independent superior inspection of all vehicles and the report will be placed online so that the customer can see before buying.

5) HPI checked ? all cars come with a HPI check

6) Only £99 No Quibble reservation fee ? it only costs £99 to reserve a car online, and then it will be immediately removed from sale. At any point if the customer decides not to continue with the purchase, the £99 will be refunded ? no quibble !

7) No stress and no hassle ? no stressful price negotiation, no pushy sales people ? just a sense that you?re paying a fair price for a good quality car.

8) No middleman ? as we are taking the cars straight from the supplier, we are keeping costs to a minimum and can offer the vehicle direct to the customer for considerably less, allowing a saving of up to 20% versus other car retailers

9) Warranty ? all cars come with a free 1 month RAC Platinum Warranty, and the customer can extend the warranty for up to36 months if they choose to.

10) Clubcard Points ? all cars come with 2000 clubcard points ? just a little thankyou from Tesco Cars !

Tesco Cars will also be promoting Tesco Bank, by reminding customers that they can get various motoring products from the Bank, namely car loans, motor insurance and breakdown cover.

doodlebug · Apr 6, 2011

Looks like a good service from Tescos, Tescocars.com walks all over Asdadating.com

Should be worth signing upto this programme, I seriously have a good domain for selling cars but yet to use it :-|

I am very interested thanks Admin

khalid · Apr 6, 2011

I spoke to my girlfriend about Tesco and said "it was only a matter of time before they begin selling cars"

You can pretty much count on Tesco for anything these days; soon they'll have dentists, vetinary surgeries and doctors I bet.

bensd · Apr 6, 2011

khalid said:
I spoke to my girlfriend about Tesco and said "it was only a matter of time before they begin selling cars"

You can pretty much count on Tesco for anything these days; soon they'll have dentists, vetinary surgeries and doctors I bet.

I think they also have plans to roll out conveyancing over the next couple of years.

fresh79 · Apr 6, 2011

Interesting.
I remember reading something about Lingscars (the crazy Chinese woman as seen on Dragons Den)
She was thinking of a whitelabel solution but explained the pitfalls of selling cars online, Its a different area to most things affiliate, IE its a huge buying decision and deals are closed over days/weeks & Things like 6 months lead time on spec and trim.
I wonder how Tesco handle these things? or if its just a regular cookie or lead?

LAChrisB · Apr 6, 2011

Tesco

The Tesco domination continues I see!

Chris

Retired_member41 · Apr 6, 2011

This will be one Tesco venture which does not dominate or even scratch the service.

I can see it being a failure all day long.

If your going to partner with a company to sell cars then choose at least partner with a successful business.

Terry is leaving so more failures to follow.

philipp · Apr 7, 2011

Leahy is long gone, and good riddance to that scumbag.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2010/jun/10/tesco-terry-leahy-supermarkets

P.

jasman · Apr 7, 2011

I seem to recall they tried to muscle in on the estate agent game a few years back and it was a total failure.

Aegean · Apr 7, 2011

The biggest drawback with Tesco cars is that one wheel goes all over the place just like their trollies!

Brassneck · Apr 7, 2011

Going to give this a go on my motoring news blog - www.roadweb.org.uk.

retired_member32 · Apr 7, 2011

I detest Tesco with a passion nearly as much as some of the so called domainers on this forum...."every little helps"...is Tesco cheap ? sorry how much do they actually clear in profit ?...ahhh at least we get something back via the Clubcard...? yes but have you looked at the ticket price in the first place...answer = nope

Aegean · Apr 7, 2011

deliajen said:
every little helps"...is Tesco cheap ? sorry how much do they actually clear in profit

Well if you don't mind me being devils advocate, when you live in Europe like I do, you realise how cheap food is in the UK, probably the cheapest in Europe and particularly Tesco.

As for the "how much do they clear in profit", well, thats the business they are in. It's a uniquely British thing to dislike companies that do well. Some of my friends back home in Scotland have expressed the same sentiments to me but when asked, their dislike of Tesco boiled down to them being a large successful company.

I'm not president of the Tesco Defence League, I just don't have a problem with big British businesses being successful, especially abroad as Tesco are.

philipp · Apr 7, 2011

Aegean said:
I just don't have a problem with big British businesses being successful, especially abroad as Tesco are.

It's not the fact that they're successful, it's how they achieve their success that causes people like me to despise them.

An example of Tesco's style is they move into an area, undercut the local shops and then raise prices when the local shops go out of business. Their aggressive tactics place huge pressure on farms and producers which also end up going out of business.

They also really don't give a damn about animal welfare, they're just interested in the bottom line. 'Tescopoly' is worth a read if you'd like to learn more about them.

P.

Aegean · Apr 7, 2011

Yes I do know that how a lot of people feel, but being interested in the bottom line is just big business.

However, I do see why people may resent them, I just believe they are ill informed some of the time, although not always. They never mention the huge selection of products Tesco have, the tens of thousands of jobs created by Tesco. And of course, the small shops can't compete, Tesco are a huge chain of superstores. Frankly in the north of Scotland a lot of these small shops were creaming profits from people for 50 years, they had it pretty good until some competition came along.

philipp · Apr 7, 2011

Aegean said:
Yes I do know that how a lot of people feel, but being interested in the bottom line is just big business.

It depends where your values lie. Personally I think animal welfare and choice in the high street are important, so I despise them utterly and will not shop there.

P.

retired_member32 · Apr 7, 2011

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12992055

yes giving local councils backhanders isn't very nice either is it....like our local tesco did....there are ways to make money honestly

jasman · Apr 7, 2011

philipp said:
It's not the fact that they're successful, it's how they achieve their success that causes people like me to despise them.

An example of Tesco's style is they move into an area, undercut the local shops and then raise prices when the local shops go out of business. Their aggressive tactics place huge pressure on farms and producers which also end up going out of business.

They also really don't give a damn about animal welfare, they're just interested in the bottom line. 'Tescopoly' is worth a read if you'd like to learn more about them.

P.

I agree and have read Tescopoly too. I was not aware of some of the tactics the company use e.g. buying up all available plots of land in cities that could be used for a supermarket, so that no plots remain where other supermarkets can build a store. By sitting on the land they block their competitors, might one day get planning permission for a store (even if they dont want a store the land value will skyrocket), or can lease it to someone else on the proviso that it is not used for a supermarket or similar business. Then we have the disregard for planning stipulations specified by local councils etc.

That they create jobs is not a valid argument in my opinion because their economies of scale enable them to employ less people than would be employed if a high street full of local shops were there instead.

Britain used to be a nation of small locally owned shops. Where one supermarket exists now, you might have had 20 locally owned shops each catering for a particular niche (bakers, butchers, grocers etc). Each shop might typically have had an owner earning a high income, a manager with an above average salary and a few shop-floor level workers earning little more than mimumum wage. Big supermarkets pushed out most of the old locally owned shops and just employ an army of people on little more than minimum wage.

So before you might have had 20 owners on high income, 20 managers on above average salary, and 60 low paid staff. With a supermarket it looks more like 0 owners on high income, 5 managers on above average salary, and 50 low paid staff. So previously there would have been a lot more money circulating back into the local community because of the higher earners in the community. But now all the wealth is syphoned off to the board and shareholders far away who never visit the local community and don't give a damn about it.

I started to boycott them a few years back because I thought they were getting too powerful. They are the country's biggest supermarket, a bank, a mobile phone provider, a clothing store, a TV/ electrical store, a local cafe, toys, gardening equipment etc etc the list goes on. Now they're opening hundreds of little Tesco Express stores all over the place putting pressure on village shops. They tried to become estate agents and now want to sell cars. What is there left?

I also think the amount of choice is a myth. We mainly buy organic food and our local Tesco has a vastly inferior choice of organic foods than our local Waitrose even though it's 5 times the size.

I also noticed when I used to shop at Tesco that for many lines there is an illusion of choice - many different looking products on the shelf but nearly all of them are from Tesco or one other company. You generally have the main incumbent brand in a product line, perhaps with a few options (eg Heinz baked beans, Heinz beans & sausage etc, Heinz weight-watchers beans etc) and Tesco's own brand version of the same thing. Or take toilet roll - there would be many different types to choose from on the shelf but half were various Tesco-own brand ones (Tesco Recycled, Tesco Finest, Tesco Luxury etc) and the other half were various Andrex branded ones. Very few others. See for youself what I mean:

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/browse/default.aspx?N=4294964219&Ne=4294965303

doodlebug · Apr 7, 2011

I don't see what is wrong with supermarkets forcing shops to close down it's just commercial evolution.

If supermarkets can't operate because of the effect on little shops then little shops shouldn't operate because of the effect on market traders and market traders shouldn't operate because of the effect on carbooters and carbooters shouldn't operate because of the effect on pedlars and pedlars shouldn't operate because of the effect on door to door sales people and door to door people shouldn't operate because of the effect on party planners and so on.

Back in Jesus days we had nothing but markets and then shops and now it's all about supermarkets.

Who cares who runs 'em as long as they offer a good service.