It's a Korean car. It was worthless when new. It could not have possibly appreciated from worthless now that it's used.
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 7, 2014, at 11:44 AM, clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I decided not to share the pain of trying to get rid of SWMBA's korean car. > It has nothing to do with mercedes, other than she sold the E300 and got > this, and I want to put the R107 in the garage instead of the korean car. > > Two months this thing has been taking up space. Constantly renewing CL > posting. Lowering asking price in an attempt to spark interest. Rejecting > offensively low offers and know it alls who try to tell me how to sell it > better. Getting very low trade in offers for the thing that are below what > was offered when she was purchasing a replacement. I knew this was a turd on > wheels when she got it. > > SO, this weekend, I get a guy who makes a low ball email offer without seeing > the car. He is looking at same model two or more years older and almost > twice the miles, making same price bid as the older cars. Then another guy, > never considered a korean car shows interest and makes appointment to see it > yesterday, but flakes. > > Lowball larry and Flaky fred reschedule to see the car today. Low ball is > here first, does test drive, reviews file with all paper since new. Makes a > higher low ball offer which I counter with SWMBA's lowest allowed price. He > walks. I go grocery shopping, having not heard from Fred after telling him > Larry did not purchase. > > Flaky Fred calls me while I am mid grocery trip and says he is at my front > door. Dang! While I drive over, Larry texts that he will up the offer a few > hundred. I text that I am meeting another interested party, and take Fred > for a test drive. Fred is kicking tires and might call back after I tell him > Larry has made another offer. And, I return to shopping trip so I can make > dinner. > > While driving home, Larry calls and says he is really interested and wants to > review the file in the morning so he can chat up the dealership about > extended warrantee SWMBA got that covers the car out to 2020 instead of the > short time standard off the lot. He also wants all manner of paperwork, > since SWMBA is no longer living in the state. I play along, and juggle the > cats so this deal will maybe go through. I had reposted the car this > morning, since the listing expired, and with felines in the air, hissing and > spitting, another guy responds to the listing. > > Two months, nobody wants this car, now I have three guys in 48 hours with a > chub for the car. > > clay > > 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored chap > 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green > 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran > 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV > POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers > > > > > > > > >> On Oct 6, 2014, at 10:08 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: >> >> Don't we have a list for that kind of behavior? Go play games over there. >> >> -Curt >> Who has refrained from talking about the metalwork he did yesterday on the >> Jetta to keep things "on topic". >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Mountain Man via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> Sent: Monday, October 6, 2014 1:03 PM >> Subject: [MBZ] We are ***!! >> >> >> Dan wrote: >>> I totally agree with the "we are all adults here" >> >> Thanks, mom - but ***-off. >> If we are adults here, let us kill each other. >> I agree with Gerry - ban me also, if you will. >> ma >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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 >> >> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those >> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. 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