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Why are car buyers so damnably stupid? *SOLD*

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Originally posted by: Skoorb
Bump for teh numero six!
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Hey Skoorb, where do you put your sign when you park the car? Do you have a picture of where you park it and what it looks like w/ the sign on it?

I can really use some tips selling my car.

Price lowered again to $16,850... I guess I didn't want to look like a dealer listing at $16,999.
 
Originally posted by: werk
How do you make it through a day without killing someone? Honestly, I've never seen a person rant so much about such inconsequential details.
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agreed.
 
Originally posted by: Kyteland
Hey, you never told me you were selling your car. Mind if I give it a test drive? I live in Chicago, so if you could just meet me somewhere halfway....
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😉

I was selling a rusty Chevy pickup with a plow,last year.

I advertised it as being Rusty,having an V6 engine,5 speed,and an 8 foot plow.

I had a lady call and ask what the truck looked like,if it had any rust,and
if it was automatic.

I asked her did you read the ad??

Last year I also advertised my 1967 Camaro,427 Big block,engine,
4 speed with a note in the ad NO test drives!

Of course I got three kids wanting to know if my car was Fast,and wanting to take my car for a fast test drive. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: Kyteland
Hey, you never told me you were selling your car. Mind if I give it a test drive? I live in Chicago, so if you could just meet me somewhere halfway....
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:laugh: Let me guess, you need to sell your 10 year old Monte Carlo first?
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15 year old Buick, actually. I think I can get a pretty good price on it. 😉

Of course, I need the car to drive down for the test drive, so maybe we can just trade? Or you can drive the whole way to Chicago.
 
"At least I'm not selling a car in the $1200 price range, which brings up a whole other separate bag of worms, including people offering insane prices like $600 and dolts asking if they can give you payments for it. They really are the bottom of the barrel."

From my experience, it is MUCH eaiser to sell a car in the $1000 price range. There is much less haggling and nitpicking. People buying cars for these prices know what they are getting into. Most people will just want something that runs and drives with an inspection sticker. If you have a make and model they want, should not be too hard to sell.

In the $4500->7000 range, many people are expecting a very high quality car, and they are trying to stretch their money as much as possible. People will be picky about everything. Also, a lot of people will be selling new cars they can not afford to get something around this price...
 
Originally posted by: ttown
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
When I sold my wife's BMW I had this guy come over to look at it early one morning. I started the car up and drove it around the block before he got there and he got all defensive asking me why I did that, like I was trying to hide something. Fvckwad, I just wanted to warm it up for you. Idiot. He ended up buying anyway though.
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I would have questioned the "warm it up" part, too.
I would have immediately become suspicious that it's hard to start when it's cold, if it idles poorly, etc.
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It had been sitting for a week. There was nothing I was trying to hide. Obviously, I wanted to make sure it started up and my wife didn't do something stupid like leave the dome light on or something.

Edit-The car was 10 years old with 120k miles on it. Obviously, it isn't going to run like a new car and I wanted to make sure he didn't do anything stupid with it like romp on it with a cold engine. I literally drove it around the block.
 
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
When I sold my wife's BMW I had this guy come over to look at it early one morning. I started the car up and drove it around the block before he got there and he got all defensive asking me why I did that, like I was trying to hide something. Fvckwad, I just wanted to warm it up for you. Idiot. He ended up buying anyway though.
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i wouldn't touch your car if you had 'warmed it up' for me....


i always want to see and hear a car start up cold... guess you got lucky
 
I put my car in autotrader. It was advertised for the first time last Thursday, it was gone on Saturday for my asking price. If you haven't already, the $40 for an advertisement is really worth it.
 
Originally posted by: Looney
Man, sounds like you need some more buttsex. You're a little wound up.
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Yeah breath my friend BREATH!
Its the world of car selling. Imagine having to do that for a living and putting up with several idiots all day long 😛
 
Originally posted by: Mo0o
This is what happens when you advertise your car in a wal-mart parkinglot.
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QFT

It's like fishing, You have your bobber near the sewer outlet.

Fish in another part of town...
 
Originally posted by: DeeKnow
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
When I sold my wife's BMW I had this guy come over to look at it early one morning. I started the car up and drove it around the block before he got there and he got all defensive asking me why I did that, like I was trying to hide something. Fvckwad, I just wanted to warm it up for you. Idiot. He ended up buying anyway though.
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i wouldn't touch your car if you had 'warmed it up' for me....


i always want to see and hear a car start up cold... guess you got lucky
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No, I didn't get lucky. There was nothing wrong with the car...how many fvcking times do I have to say that? :roll: In hindsight I guess it was a suspicious of me to do but it wasn't in any way me trying to hide a problem. The car didn't burn any oil, had good comression in all cylinders and there were numberous things I had recently replaced on the car. It was very clean.

He even had his mechanic check the car over before he bought it.
 
Please ship me the car first, then I'll send payment....

Maybe you will take 4100 cash monopoly money?

Don't let the drunk guy drive your car.......... he'll wrap it around a pole...... I've seen that happen with my buddies car back in high school......... kid ended up having to pay for the car....... even though it was totalled! haha
 
The idiots dont get worse with a crappy car... they get worse with an expensive car...

A buddy of mine was selling his 1998 Dodge Viper GTS... Everyone wanted a "test drive" and to sit in it... and to go for a ride... and oh, they couldnt make payments, needed to sell their Jaguar that is in storage first, etc. etc. etc...

BLECH!
 
Originally posted by: AdamSnow
The idiots dont get worse with a crappy car... they get worse with an expensive car...

A buddy of mine was selling his 1998 Dodge Viper GTS... Everyone wanted a "test drive" and to sit in it... and to go for a ride... and oh, they couldnt make payments, needed to sell their Jaguar that is in storage first, etc. etc. etc...

BLECH!
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I bet! If I was selling a car like that I'd have to demand a $50, totally non-refundable. Anybody seriously in the market for it would not be against $50, and would understand the reason.
 
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