Originally Posted By: slacktide_bitog
The only time it's ok to charge more than book value is with the really cheap cars like under $3000, where price is more determined by condition than the year/make/model and mileage.
Hey, someone with a clue. This is the case here AS I HAVE SAID already. The sale price will be under that figure. People are ASSUMING this is some expensive newer used car I think despite me pointing out it is older with a lot of miles. No one seems to pay attention to details. They just want to lecture and act superior. I should be accustomed to it though having been here so long. Just like all the [censored] you have to deal with and wade through when selling on CL, as so many have pointed out, around here you have to deal with those who know everything about everything and know it better than you do. Classic BITOG for the last few years.
I know I said I was out( and I am...seriously...why doesn't anyone believe me...
)but your response FINALLY hit the nail on the head with the situation so I jumped back in briefly to again mention this important detail. Now I will go back to reading about how stupid I am, how thin skinned I am, etc... and laugh at how dang superior so many think they are. If my characterization of some here at BITOG offends please note that despite me being right about the laptop I was selling here and what I would get for it some who are familiar with that thread STILL have to post negative and like I was wrong. I find that very telling.
Before I leave again though a few reminders...
Originally Posted By: NHHEMI
It's a high mileage older car. CL is the perfect place to sell it actually. It is extremely cheap even with the small over book price. Ideally this would be perfect for a 1st time buyer or someone who is financially strapped. Good dependable transport for cheap money that has not only been maintained but has had major repairs that deal with known issues for the vehicle.
Originally Posted By: NHHEMI
The trans rebuild alone was almost what I am asking for the vehicle itself.
Originally Posted By: NHHEMI
I am not trying to recoup money already spent. Never said I was...I will also point out that the asking price is OBO so I have left it open to selling it for a bit less.
Seems to me I have been pretty clear this is an older high mileage car not being sold for a lot. Also, people are assuming all the work I mention was done very recently which is not the case. I said
some of it was. Not all. I didn't do a whole bunch of recent work just to flip it for next to nothing. That makes no sense as I would lose thousands upon thousands. It is work I had to do while I was driving it. I haven't put many miles on while owning it though so the work is like new even if a couple years old. I am selling the vehicle now so the work done, IMO, adds value for the reasons I have explained ad nauseam. I am merely explaining to the potential buyer that these major things have been fixed in the near past so they are not something to be concerned might happen to them. It does add value.
People here are just too funny to me