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How do you get that job? Sounds like fun. Alex Chamberlain I can tell you how one guy does it. He travels with a rather high end group, which seems a necessity for this, in California. When one of these guys who might have bought his daughter a new Ferrari or Porsche or MB for her 16th birthday, or his wife a new Bentley or Navigator or anything that caught their fancy, and she is now tired of it and wants something else, he steps in. He basically says to the prospective seller something like, "I know that [whatever] is probably worth $65k, but I'll give you $50K for it right now", then offers him a check on the spot. No hassle at all for the seller. No trying to fix anything up or find a broker or put an ad in somewhere. For most of us that would have an appeal, but the $ just wouldn't make sense. For that set of folks the time and ease is often worth the possible $15 - $30k he makes on the deal selling the high end cars. My neighbor [a friend of his] bought a lightly used Navigator and an S320 from him for substantially less than market value, including having them shipped from the West coast to S. Florida. He says that his buddy can find just about anything you want from a Ferrari Limo [I was there when he found one of those for someone] to whatever, and save you many $$. Out of my league, but a good gig if you can get it - and have the ready cash to purchase multiple high end cars every year and sell them by a more conventional method. Really quite simple - if you have the contacts, the personality, and the $$$$$. BillR Jacksonville FL 1981 300SD 290k
