Car max charges the transport to the buyer, so they are not losing out Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 9, 2021, at 11:01 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > That’s what will happen to the 1999 E320 4Matic at some point. > > Whether or not it’s viable to buy here and move the cars north is > questionable, as the costs involved to transport them, whether doing it > yourself or some other way, would negate a lot of any potential profit I > would think. CarMax wouldn’t do anything this old, but I”m sure they do it > with later model cars as well as cars like convertibles. > > When I used to go to the Mannheim auctions you would see truckloads of > convertibles shipped to Florida from their PA location in the wintertime. No > market for them up north in the winter, so move them to FL where there’s a > year-round market. > > -D > >> On Jan 9, 2021, at 11:08 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >>> On 2021-01-09 10:04, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: >>> There has to be a market to buy these FL cars cheap privately or at >>> auction and transport them to the rust belt and make some good dineros >>> off the deal. I guess all you would need is a buyer at one end, a >>> truck and car hauler trailer, and a place at the other end to store >>> them or distribute them. Maybe that is being done, I guess Carmax >>> does it to some extent. >> >> Poos could buy a 2nd Indiana car in FL, drive it around up north for a >> while, and sell it there. >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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 > _______________________________________ 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
