Unrealistic expectations. Like they paid that much for it when they bought it, or their mechanic/uncle/best friend, etc. told them it’s worth that much. Ot they’re looking at one of the car valuation sites and rating it as Extra Super Special Happy Good Good condition.
Hagerty has a tendency to have inflated values for stuff, so maybe they looked there. -D > On Oct 15, 2020, at 1:44 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I always wonder what motivates a really high initial asking price, > considering that market value can be easily checked on KBB and similar > websites (which report a max $3K private party price for that car). > > Allan > > Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: > >> Ask is a bit outlandish as it’s an S320. If it was an S500 maybe. On a good >> day, considering the miles and condition, it’s a $4k-$5k car. >> >> -D >> >>> On Oct 15, 2020, at 12:58 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> https://louisville.craigslist.org/cto/d/sellersburg-1995-mercedes-s-k-miles/7213048366.html >>> > > _______________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________ 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