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“It could be the right time for an industry code of conduct”
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t’s always difficult to admit weakness from a position within an industry, but I’m sure it would be no great revelation if I state that classic car auctions as a whole haven’t and don’t always get a great press. Stories abound of poor descriptions, slow payments, manipulated bidding and other general Del Boy-isms. Some may be apocryphal but there’s no doubt substance to some of them.
Then there’s the usual suspects, up and running one day and disappearing into the middle distance with vendors’ cars, money, etc, the next. Then, lo and behold, back within the week complete with an altered company name, but not held culpable for any of the above.