Of course not. Let me try to phrase things better: What DOES explain the great variance in asking price of these vehicles? Let's remove the variable of folks being on crack for the moment. I mean, if some people ask 8 or 10 thousand for their 123, what's stopping everybody from doing so? There is something there that doesn't seem congruous.
When my wife and I started investigating buying a diesel Mercedes, we were struck by this phenomenon. Just look at AutoTrader.com and you'll see that at the top of the list are the attrociously priced ones, then you find the reasonably priced ones, then the cheapos at the bottom. But the divide between the attrocious ones and the reasonable ones shows that there are two types of sellers out there. THIS is the situation that I have wondered about. I've taken to assuming that those asking such high prices are playing off the name badge "Mercedes". And those who ask more reasonable prices are being more realistic. If it wasn't for the down-to-earth info. on this list, I would've believed the attrocious sellers - afterall it's a Mercedes! But I was surprised to hear, from the Doktor, that some of those $10k prices might actually be warranted. Hope this clears up what I was getting at when I said that some sellers ask much lower prices, and the only explanation that I could come up with is that there are such obvious problems with the vehicle that they know they can't realistically ask too much. Brian Marshall wrote: You seem to imagine that the prices being asked and given actually correlate with the car's condition. On 3/8/06, Marshall Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Brian Chase wrote: > > > > > So basically one that is in the lower $2k range is one that, generally > > speaking, has not been maintained and the seller therefore knows it has > > problems? > > You seem to imagine that the prices being asked and given actually > correlate with the car's condition. Sometimes they do, but often cars > sell for MUCH more or less than logic would suggest. Who's to say that > the seller knows anything about the value of the car to anyone but > him/herself? > > You need to be able to reliably determine the condition of the car and > then pay no more than it's worth TO YOU. Then you're in charge. If you > don't have the skill and knowledge to do that, the risk is very great. > > Marshall > -- > Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions) > "der Dieseling Doktor" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > '87 300TD 182Kmi, '84 190D 2.2 229Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 > turbo 237kmi > > _______________________________________ > http://www.striplin.net > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net >
