@mfillingham Good points and very constructive, What form of competion it would be, I don’t exactly know but something needs to be done to stop the monolopy they have and the advantages others do not. It could differ, after all how many leasing companies are there around, more than one. Or fleet and hire companies and they all negotiate with manufactures / dealers separately as even one could do youself. Or even some form of tendering for a fixed term contract, like how the lottery is run, there maybe other solutions and models than what mbo currently run.m Pretty much it’s being run like that now only difference is there’s no jackpot payouts, except to those running the scheme. What I don’t understand from some is why you cannot have a discusssion on the big issues about the scheme and this is one of them and whay can some not be outraged by it? Well imo it’s more a matter of being disgusted and outraged for many, over the huge profits and the how they using the funds.
Firstly, thanks I do try and be constructive.
It’s tough. Leasing a car is easy, you buy it then lease it for a while then sell it. Your purchasing power gives you the necessary discounts. For example if you were to approach Nissan UK with an order for 50 QashQai e-Power Tekna +s they’d happily discount them for you. Motability don’t seem to negotiate like that, from the little I see, it seems they offer a certain group of vehicles at a discounted rate but without committing to a set number of units.
Do you set up a number of charitable companies (level playingfield) enabled in the same legislation as Motability, for the provision of vehicles for disabled people of the UK? Then ask them to negotiate with the dealers on the basis that the maximum monthly allowance they get will be 4.333 weeks worth of Higher Rate Mobility allowance or it’s equivalent, anything above that needs to be funded either through resale at the end of lease or Advanced Payments from the customer (us). Then we see who gets the better end of the stick?
What is obvious is that currently, whatever the existing board decide to do, nobody has the inclination to hold them to account. Even this government wouldn’t be too bothered if the Telegraph went into meltdown over the profits and profiteering from disability benefits after all the press they’ve survived over the last few years.
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