Larry T you wisdom is true and priceless.
Regards Tom
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From: "LarryT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] beyond crack
Hi Tom,
Interesting story - evidently there are people that you describe - and
they evidently believe people who have a bit of money stashed away either
are so rich they throw their money away as fast as possible. The other
possibility is they believe they will attract someone with a big bank
account who is so ignorant of the value of the item for sale that they
will
pay whatever is asked.
Sadly - for those of us who would like a *lot* of money - is those
kinds
of people do not exist, Sure, there's the Paris Hiltons of the world who
value nothing and no one - but she's unlikely to spot a classic 30 year
old
Diesel and fall in love with it. *Very* unlikely - to the point of being
ridiculous..
We've all seen adverts for cars that will never sell for the requested
price. I saw an ad in our local paper advertising a 78 or 79 MB 240D with
around 90K miles said to be an ex-White House vehicle - asking price?
$100,000.00!!
He obviously valued that car much more than any other sane person
would.
Which bring up another possibility - an insane person with a bag of
money might see the car and decide (because he's insane - that he's
*gotta*
have that car. Highly unlikely.
I can only believe the hopeful seller is the most optimistic person
who
ever walked this planet. And he wasted $25 or $30 for a newspaper advert.
to boot -
But your comment about people raising the price when an overpriced car
fails to sell is even more amazing! I wonder what kind of thought process
drives them? Perhaps none at all?
I guess those kind of sellers who believe people with some money in the
bank got it there by doing stupid things financially. I've known a few
people in my days on earth - some were pretty dim, others pretty smart
with
some in the middle. But *none* thought throwing money away was a good
thing.
Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 10:15 AM
Subject: [MBZ] beyond crack
Dwight there seems to be this theory amongst people who do not sell for a
living that if you put something on the street way over priced you will
attract heavy hitter buyers who just know no better. Case in point.
Last
fall I looked at a 1975 240d in Pittsburgh. Well keep, little rust
around
100k original and confirmable miles. Guy wanted 5K I made an offer
lower.
It had things wrong with it HVAC wise which is why I brought my price
down.
Car was a fine example. He said to me if it did not sell he was going to
readvertise at $9K and see if he could invite a "different" class of
buyers.
I just saw it advertised somewhere still has not sold but it is at the
higher price. People who do not sell for a living (I sell large power
plant
systems, big ticket stuff) sometimes tend to think they are sitting on
gold.
An item is really worth what you can sell it for in the next few days or
a
week otherwise it is over priced. People do this pricing switching all
the
time in real estate especially in LA, SF New England and New York where
the
billionaires are making it tough for the millionaires.
Regards Tom
1979 240D
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From: "Dwight E. Giles, Jr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 8:26 PM
Subject: [MBZ] beyond crack
I don't usually post ads-even extreme ones-but this one got me. A New
England 240D for 12K?
http://providence.craigslist.org/car/267801687.html
I have e-mailed him for pictures-I like the dual climate control
feature.
Dwight
Dwight E. Giles, Jr.
1979 240D-250K + miles
1990 300D 2.5t 135K miles
Wickford, RI
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