Hendrik, for an Aussie you are quite billiant. I think "trades welcome" would add a little cachet. Other tried and true descriptors include:
"These cars are known to last for a million miles or more" "Some rust, about the size of a quarter" indicates that you are honestly reporting a negligible amount of corrosion. "Drives strong", "many new parts", "only highway miles "( very useful for high mileage cars), "never driven in snow" (esp. if you're in the south) portray an superior vehicle. The boast of a "five speed transmission" works equally well for cars with a 4 speed manual or 4 speed automatic shifter because hey, reverse is also a gear! And my all time favorite: "Good condition for its age." On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 10:35 PM, WILTON <wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > Thanks for all the good tips Henny. I'm probably already on Kaleb's CL > crack list. I sent 'im some iPhone photos of the car today; 'didn't notice > 'til I viewed 'em on my computer that couple of 'em are slightly out of > focus - that's cause I couldn't hold my shaky hand still enough, but, of > course, that's no excuse. 'Put coupla those in so they'd look familiar to > 'im. > > Oh, included some with areas of shade, too - didn't wanta look too > professional at it. > > 'Couldn't find any rust spots to include, though. 'Plenty of those on the > POS's y'all've been slobbering (drooling) over. ;<) > > Wilton > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hendrik and Fay" <heni...@gmail.com> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 9:53 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Craig's List stuffed > > > > I think we should help Wilton prepare an ad in the classic style. >> >> For starters you need to misspell Mercedes in the heading (OK there will >> need to be a lot of spelling mistake), this will get rid of a lot of time >> wasters, leaving those who are really searching and those who spell >> Mercedes, Mecedes. >> Make sure to put the word 'cheap' in there, that will really pull in the >> ones that have no money but do have a dream. >> Lots of exclamation marks!!!!!!! and CAPITALS!!!! >> Perhaps call it a S300DT, to make it sound like a fancy late model Merc? >> Lots of letters and numbers to make it sound cool. >> Don't go low on price, classic newbie mistake, this is a coleectible so >> go for 5k+ but you will be oppen to swaps or trades as weel!!! >> >> Yes you do need pictures but they need to be out of focus, at right >> angles or upside down, taken at night, really close up or really far away. >> Even better is if you have pictures on the computer, you take pictures of >> the pictures but they need to be blurry. Good in focus pictures that show >> all of the car are a dead give away that you are a craiglist noob and the >> hard core craiglist buyers will shun you. >> >> I think we all know what goes in the description, ice cold AC, 50mpg, >> second owner, bio diesel, will last for a 1000 years or these cars go >> forever (whichever comes first). Last of the over engineered Benses, >> bulletproof german engineering, always garaged, best you'll find, first to >> see will buy, don't really want to sell it, classic style, feel like a >> millionaire, etc!!!! Go heavy on generic description but vague on detail. >> >> For contact details, you need to put your mobile phone (I believe you >> call them cell phones, which I believe stems from the time when they used >> to be smuggled into prison, how this smuggling happened you don't want to >> know) number in there, so you get to talk to lots of nice folks, make sure >> to also put your home phone in too, your missus wants to get up every 5 >> minutes to talk to a nice dude who wants to know if you'll accept 200 plus >> his worn out motor cross bike, no point in not getting the missus involved, >> the family that sells together, stays together. Of course you could also >> put in your home address, so those without phones or the brains to use them >> can drive around and join you for a chat and test drive. >> Make sure to say that you don't respond to emails, this will make you >> look like a veteran of the craiglist!!!! >> However the ultimate is that you get your neighbour to list it for you, >> the "listing on behalf of a friend" ads are the top of the tree type, >> however perhaps you should not overdo it for your first time? Up to you, I >> have no doubt that you can handle a 'behalf of a friend' ad but perhaps it >> may be a touch too much for a first time, you know if you make a mistake, >> like uploading a decent picture or saying it's 40mpg instead of 50, could >> lead to all sorts of hard questions being asked, which may test your >> friendship. Perhaps until you get the hang of a proper CL ad you should >> keep it in house? >> >> Well there is a a bit to get you lot started on the bestest CL ad ever, >> that will be guaranteed to draw in the weirdos from far and wide and you >> will get some great offers, some will want to swap their collectibles/junk >> and such for your car. >> You just never know what treasures you could end up with. All part of the >> adventure. >> >> Remember if you do this all correct, you will make it to Kalebs list of >> CL crackhead of the day, which I believe comes with a certificate of >> achievement!!?!?!! >> >> Hendrik >> who should have been in sales!!!! >> >> On 08/08/13 06:20, Richard Hattaway wrote: >> >>> Just do it, it's not that hard. >>> >>> Set up an account in your area, it's easy to do, just go to CL and surf >>> around. >>> >>> Take some pictures, set them for VGA resolution, 640X480, they load >>> faster. You'll need about 6. It really doesn't matter what they are. On >>> my last sale I did front, back, side, side, one front tire and a bumper >>> hitch. Sold my beater 96 Dodge caravan with 315K and minimally working >>> windshield wipers/lousy paint/clunky tranny/worn tires for $800 and was >>> happy to get it. I got some lowball offers too. >>> >>> Be prepared to do business. CL folks are in a hurry. They don't want >>> to see it tomorrow, they want it right now. Have the title in hand, meet >>> at the bank where the notary is, do it in the middle of the day. >>> >>> Be honest, ignore the guys that want to give you less than scrap value >>> for it, and move it on out of the stable. Oh, and ask someone else what >>> it's worth, then put it in CL for 100 to 200 higher than that. The guy >>> that buys it will offer 100 to 200 less than what you ask. 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