Okay, I'm selling my 1992 GSR. I meant to sell it during the prime summer season, but unfortunately I couldn't get around to it. Now I'm selling it in November.
if you don't want to read all of it. my question is directed to people who have experience shipping a car: how much does it cost to safely ship a car with a reputable service from GA to NY/CT?
I thought I had a buyer in October as soon as I listed it. A guy in NC wanted it (I'm in GA) and immediately put $500 deposit down. He came and looked at it that weekend and put another $1500 down. At this point he had $2000 down on the car and only half of it was refundable. Of course, only a moron would put $2000 down on a car and not buy a $5500 car, right? So I had one other person seriously interested in the car, and I told him that the odds of it being available were extremely low. He asked why and I told him that someone had put a $2k half-refundable deposit down on the car, so it was not likely that he would not be buying it.
I was wrong. The guy who was going to buy it actually didn't have the money ready and didn't come up with the money on time. So this guy in NY can no longer drive down to look at it because his fall break is long gone. He also only wants to pay $4500 for it since I got $1000 for it. I tell him that the $1000 I received has no effect on the value of the car and that my price still stands. He decides that he wants to have it shipped. I say fine but I'm not paying for the shipping. He says he can't do $5500 plus shipping, so I tell him the lowest I am going to go is $4900 and that is if he buys an set of wheels for $100, making the total $5000. He says that's okay and that he needs to talk to his dad and make sure, and that he also needs to look up shipping costs.
The next day he says, "by the way shipping charges are appearing, i think you're gonna have to go down on the price a couple more hundred to have a sure sale from me..." and that shipping is more expensive than he thought and that the quotes he is getting are all $600-800. He says that he'll give me $4900 for the car or $4800 without the wheels. I tell him I will do $4800 on the car and he says that I just need to fax him a couple of maintenance records and that it's a deal. I fax them that night and I don't hear much from him.
At about 3am he messages me and tells me that he had talked to his dad that night and that "his dad thinks, and he thinks, that the price needs to come down another $100 because shipping is going to be more expensive than they thought," and that if I can do $4700 he'll buy it. While I'm usually very professional when it comes to business, I told him that I didn't have time for this crap and I'd talk to him today.
summary for those who don't give even 1/4 of a rat's bootay: Kid agrees to buy the car for $5500, but cannot because someone beats him to it. That person bails out, leaving me with a $1000 deposit. Kid can no longer pick car up and wants to ship it. He offers $5000 for the car + wheels. I say fine. He checks shipping charges and then offers $4800 for the car assuming I am able to fax him some records. I tell him it is a deal and that I will sell it for $4800. I fax him the records and he replies later that day saying shipping is more expensive than he thought and that he is willing to offer $4700. I get pissed and tell him I'll talk to him when I'm not irritated.
if you don't want to read all of it. my question is directed to people who have experience shipping a car: how much does it cost to safely ship a car with a reputable service from GA to NY/CT?
I thought I had a buyer in October as soon as I listed it. A guy in NC wanted it (I'm in GA) and immediately put $500 deposit down. He came and looked at it that weekend and put another $1500 down. At this point he had $2000 down on the car and only half of it was refundable. Of course, only a moron would put $2000 down on a car and not buy a $5500 car, right? So I had one other person seriously interested in the car, and I told him that the odds of it being available were extremely low. He asked why and I told him that someone had put a $2k half-refundable deposit down on the car, so it was not likely that he would not be buying it.
I was wrong. The guy who was going to buy it actually didn't have the money ready and didn't come up with the money on time. So this guy in NY can no longer drive down to look at it because his fall break is long gone. He also only wants to pay $4500 for it since I got $1000 for it. I tell him that the $1000 I received has no effect on the value of the car and that my price still stands. He decides that he wants to have it shipped. I say fine but I'm not paying for the shipping. He says he can't do $5500 plus shipping, so I tell him the lowest I am going to go is $4900 and that is if he buys an set of wheels for $100, making the total $5000. He says that's okay and that he needs to talk to his dad and make sure, and that he also needs to look up shipping costs.
The next day he says, "by the way shipping charges are appearing, i think you're gonna have to go down on the price a couple more hundred to have a sure sale from me..." and that shipping is more expensive than he thought and that the quotes he is getting are all $600-800. He says that he'll give me $4900 for the car or $4800 without the wheels. I tell him I will do $4800 on the car and he says that I just need to fax him a couple of maintenance records and that it's a deal. I fax them that night and I don't hear much from him.
At about 3am he messages me and tells me that he had talked to his dad that night and that "his dad thinks, and he thinks, that the price needs to come down another $100 because shipping is going to be more expensive than they thought," and that if I can do $4700 he'll buy it. While I'm usually very professional when it comes to business, I told him that I didn't have time for this crap and I'd talk to him today.
summary for those who don't give even 1/4 of a rat's bootay: Kid agrees to buy the car for $5500, but cannot because someone beats him to it. That person bails out, leaving me with a $1000 deposit. Kid can no longer pick car up and wants to ship it. He offers $5000 for the car + wheels. I say fine. He checks shipping charges and then offers $4800 for the car assuming I am able to fax him some records. I tell him it is a deal and that I will sell it for $4800. I fax him the records and he replies later that day saying shipping is more expensive than he thought and that he is willing to offer $4700. I get pissed and tell him I'll talk to him when I'm not irritated.
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