Pricing

What a trade plate vehicle movement actually costs a dealer

Dealers search trade plate vehicle movements cost when a car is already late. Sold at the wrong roof. Sitting in a compound. Promised to a customer on Thursday. The figure you want is not a mileage chart. It is what it costs to get that registration moving, against what it costs to leave it.

OVM Ltd, Companies House SC834621. Digital proof of collection and delivery provided. 0141 459 1302.

OVM Ltd, 48 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 1BP. Telephone 0141 459 1302.

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Registration, both postcodes, date, name, company, phone and email.

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Fuel
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The driven job
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0141 459 1302
  • Our own software

    Every job is booked, tracked and closed in software we built for the motor trade.

  • Always driven

    Moved under trade plates by a driver, never loaded onto a transporter.

  • Fully insured

    Motor trade road risk while the vehicle is driven on our plates.

  • POC and POD on every job

    Digital proof of collection and delivery provided when the vehicle is handed over.

On this page
  1. The cost that is not on the quote
  2. What you are buying when you accept a figure
  3. Why a per-mile guess fails dealers
  4. Fuel, extras and what will not appear later
  5. Scotland to England is still one quote
  6. How to get a figure you can take to the GM
  7. Price it against the car that does not move
  8. Common questions

The cost that is not on the quote

OVM quotes the driven job. One roadworthy car or van, trade plates, two postcodes. Fuel is charged separately. There is no rate card on this page. We will not invent a pound figure.

A movement price is the easy number. The expensive number is the car that does not move.

Auction storage keeps running until the lot leaves. That bill is the auction's, not ours. It does not pause while you wait for a truck to fill. A sold unit still at the satellite is a retail date you already promised. A courtesy car at the wrong branch is a service customer in a taxi. Group stock with no condition record is an argument about a bumper nobody can close.

Price the movement against that clock. Then send the registration. The operational page for the method is vehicle movements. This post is the commercial question: what you are paying for and what makes the figure move.

The route-and-wait breakdown already lives on what actually sets a trade plate delivery price. This is not a second copy of that hub.

The car that sits

Auction storage, a promised retail date, a courtesy car at the wrong branch. That clock is the expensive number.

No rate card

Two jobs over the same miles are not the same invoice. We will not invent a pound figure here.

What you are buying when you accept a figure

A driver to that collection address. A condition record before the engine is used as transport. The drive. A handover that someone signs. Digital proof when the job closes.

You are not buying a slot on a deck. You are not buying a wait until four other units make the run economic. If that is what the job needs, a transporter is the right tool and we will say so. The side-by-side is on trade plate delivery versus a transporter.

Same-day pulls a driver off other work. Planned sits in a day that already exists. That is why two jobs over the same miles are not the same invoice. Timing is on same day versus planned trade plate delivery. Say if the date is flexible. It is the simplest way to stop paying for urgency you do not need.

Why a per-mile guess fails dealers

A neighbouring-town stock swap and a retail handover at a customer's door can share a corridor and take a different amount of a driver's day. Auction gates take time even when the wheels are not turning. A van is not a car on the same miles. An EV needs charge planned into the route.

That is why we will not publish a chart. A chart would be wrong on the job you actually have.

What to send so the figure matches the afternoon:

Auction collection is a different wait profile from a dealer yard with a duty manager standing there. Put the collection type on the booking or the quote is a guess you will argue with later.

  • The registration, so we are not quoting a Fiesta as a high-roof van.
  • Both real postcodes, not the group HQ.
  • The date you need and whether it can slip.
  • Auction site name if it is a compound and whether release is confirmed.
  • Site transfer or customer handover. Time at the door is different.

Fuel, extras and what will not appear later

Fuel is charged separately. The movement price is the driven job. The figure you accept is the figure on the invoice, unless the vehicle on site is not the job we quoted.

If the driver arrives and it is not as described, they stop. We do not pad a surprise on completion. We also do not absorb a second registration you hid in the notes.

If a date carries a premium, it is in the quote you see before you commit.

Fuel is separate

It follows the vehicle and the route, not a rounded movement figure.

The figure you accept

That is the figure on the invoice, unless the vehicle on site is not the job we quoted.

Scotland to England is still one quote

The office is in Glasgow. Coverage is Nationwide. A central belt dealer sending a car to the South East is one driven job, not a second product. How that runs is on how OVM covers the UK from Glasgow.

Northern Ireland is outside the service. Do not force that postcode through the widget and hope.

How to get a figure you can take to the GM

Use the instant quote on this page. Most come back within the hour during working hours. Call 0141 459 1302 if the job is messy: mixed roadworthy and not, a list, an auction clock already running.

We quote units that are legal to drive. We will not quote a non-runner as a driven movement to win the search.

Call. Email [email protected].

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A dealer car waiting to be moved on OVM trade plates

In practice

Price it against the car that does not move

Auction storage, a promised retail date and a courtesy car at the wrong branch cost more than the driven job. The quote is the two postcodes, not a mileage chart.

Questions

Common questions

Prefer to speak to someone? Call the team.

Why will you not put a from-price on this post?

Because two jobs over the same distance are not the same job. A from-price is how dealers get a shock when the collection is an auction gate or the delivery is a customer who was promised a walkaround. Send the registration.

Is a driven movement always cheaper than a truck?

For one roadworthy car, usually, because you are not buying a deck slot. For several units the same way on a flexible date, a transporter often wins per vehicle. We will say which the job actually suits. We will not book the truck.

Does auction storage change what I should pay you?

Storage is the compound's bill. It still changes the decision. A cheaper truck next week is not cheaper if the lot sits while charges run. Release first, then compare the movement to the clock. The buy-then-collect sequence is on auction collection after you buy.

Why is fuel separate?

Because fuel follows the vehicle and the route, not a rounded movement figure. It is stated as a separate charge so the driven job and the fuel are not mixed into a number you cannot read.

Can I get one price for a list of stock?

You can send a list. Each registration is still priced as its own driven job. We will not average a van, a car and a customer handover into one made-up line.

Want a figure you can take to the GM?

Instant quote on this page. Most come back within the hour during working hours. Call 0141 459 1302 if the job is messy.