Almost 40% of initial bids for vehicles on online auction house Cars Direct arrive after 5pm and before 8am, the company has revealed.
The company also said that it had received bids as late as 1:50am, which it said demonstrated the UK has a ’24/7 online world.’
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According to Cars Direct, the rise in unpaid overtime and out-of-hours emails has meant that more managers are effectively working an extra day a week and it said the findings suggest car dealership staff are doing the same.
Andy Brown, managing director of Cars Direct, said he was surprised to have received bids after midnight. He said: "The research demonstrates how busy dealers are during the day as well as the convenience of the online format of our auctions, which means that bidders can reach us at all times of the day."
Cars Direct is an online subsidiary of CD Auction Group.
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