Yes, Hendrick missed his calling --- his talent is wasted digging dirt.
On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 1:24 PM, Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com>wrote: > 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. You > cannot be > >>> firm in price on CL. > >>> > >>> Richard > >>> > >>> > >> > >> ______________________________**_________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/< > http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com< > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > >> > >> > > > > ______________________________**_________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/< > http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com< > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- OK Don "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin 1775 "in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." - Benjamin Franklin 1789 2013 F150, 19 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 45 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
