Re: Car selling question.

2007-10-23 Thread Crow T. Robot
NADA is a good one. http://www.nada.com/' On 10/23/07, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This pricing game is weird too. If I go on Kelly Blue Book, I get a > private party retail value of $19,300 for "Good" condition. If I do > Edmunds, I get $17,315 for "Good" condition. That

Re: Car selling question.

2007-10-23 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
This pricing game is weird too. If I go on Kelly Blue Book, I get a private party retail value of $19,300 for "Good" condition. If I do Edmunds, I get $17,315 for "Good" condition. That's a pretty big gap. Anyone know of another one? On 10/23/07, Wayne Putterill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pr

Re: Car selling question.

2007-10-23 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
Wanna buy a 2500 HD pickup :) Driven by the President of the Galaxy and the inventor of the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster. If that's not a selling point, what is? On 10/23/07, Crow T. Robot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ahh, one of the million reasons I hate going to buy a used car. so much > dis

Re: Car selling question.

2007-10-23 Thread Wayne Putterill
Pretty much the reasons why I got out of the business :) The sales closing techniques were the worst, some of those are fiendish. On 23/10/2007, Crow T. Robot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ahh, one of the million reasons I hate going to buy a used car. so much > dishonesty, pressure, double tal

Re: Car selling question.

2007-10-23 Thread Crow T. Robot
ahh, one of the million reasons I hate going to buy a used car. so much dishonesty, pressure, double talk, and swindling. I have owned many used cars in my life, and still have yet to buy one off a lot. always private party for this guy. On 10/23/07, Wayne Putterill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

Re: Car selling question.

2007-10-23 Thread Wayne Putterill
I used to be a car salesman so here are a few insider secrets. Rule 1: Always drive the car first and drive as smoothly as possible, if the customer gets first go then they are likely to make some errors due to differences in gearboxes/brakes/controls/driving position etc. If they have already exp

Re: Car selling question.

2007-10-22 Thread Bruce Sorge
I would go with him unless he has the $$ in hand that you are asking, in which case I would hold onto the money. Bruce Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > I've got my truck listed for sale and there's a guy coming to see it > in an hour or so. How do you handle test drives? Do you ride with > the guy,

Re: Car selling question.

2007-10-22 Thread Crow T. Robot
i usually just let them take it. if it's insured, what's to worry about? On 10/22/07, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've got my truck listed for sale and there's a guy coming to see it > in an hour or so. How do you handle test drives? Do you ride with > the guy, or do you le

Re: Car selling question.

2007-10-22 Thread Charlie Griefer
if he's got luggage, you go with him. On 10/22/07, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've got my truck listed for sale and there's a guy coming to see it > in an hour or so. How do you handle test drives? Do you ride with > the guy, or do you let him take it alone? > > ~~~

Car selling question.

2007-10-22 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
I've got my truck listed for sale and there's a guy coming to see it in an hour or so. How do you handle test drives? Do you ride with the guy, or do you let him take it alone? ~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today,