Re: [MBZ] Low Ball Larry

2016-03-23 Thread clay via Mercedes
sday, March 23, 2016 6:43 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Low Ball Larry > > Not my car. I am just fronting for the shop that needs to break even. The > quality of the car is high enough that being able to hit that mark is > reasonable. No crack. I have driven the car and keep an

Re: [MBZ] Low Ball Larry

2016-03-23 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
6 6:43 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Low Ball Larry Not my car.  I am just fronting for the shop that needs to break even.  The quality of the car is high enough that being able to hit that mark is reasonable.  No crack.  I have driven the car and keep an eye on the market, pester sellers, s

Re: [MBZ] Low Ball Larry

2016-03-23 Thread clay via Mercedes
Not my car. I am just fronting for the shop that needs to break even. The quality of the car is high enough that being able to hit that mark is reasonable. No crack. I have driven the car and keep an eye on the market, pester sellers, so I know the pulse of the local market. I discount the

Re: [MBZ] Low Ball Larry

2016-03-23 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 23/03/2016 4:38 PM, clay via Mercedes wrote: For private sales, that might work. Even professional dealers who just want to move product. This car has a break even point and has been stored for a few years, along with a bunch of other iron in the parking lot. Pretty surprising the

Re: [MBZ] Low Ball Larry

2016-03-23 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Clay, the selling price of the car is determined by the market, not how much money the shop has spent fixing it. Your justifications remind me of someone who thinks the car value is tied to the cost of an (expensive) restoration or modification or whatever; people on this list ridicule those

Re: [MBZ] Low Ball Larry

2016-03-23 Thread clay via Mercedes
For private sales, that might work. Even professional dealers who just want to move product. This car has a break even point and has been stored for a few years, along with a bunch of other iron in the parking lot. Pretty surprising the number of people who think they can get a repair for

Re: [MBZ] Low Ball Larry

2016-03-23 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 22/03/2016 6:10 PM, clay via Mercedes wrote: These bottom feeders are irritating. They think that making rather insultingly low offers will get them a great car. That I am stupid enough to have them win the lottery. If all they can afford is a low end car, they should shop for junk,

Re: [MBZ] Low Ball Larry

2016-03-22 Thread clay via Mercedes
Well aware. Price I am listing at is a bit higher than what the shop needs to break even. May as well attract the guys with cash over the bottom feeding cat fish clay On Mar 22, 2016, at 8:23 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > Just because they are listed for that kind of money

Re: [MBZ] Low Ball Larry

2016-03-22 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
Just because they are listed for that kind of money does not mean they are actually selling for it. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 22, 2016, at 10:14 PM, clay via Mercedes wrote: > > It is as nice and a bit better than I say. It just came out of the shop with > all the

Re: [MBZ] Low Ball Larry

2016-03-22 Thread clay via Mercedes
It is as nice and a bit better than I say. It just came out of the shop with all the major systems working as they should. No AC blowing cold, as it still has R12 system. The price is in keeping with local market valuations from what I have been browsing on CL and bothering sellers (you never

Re: [MBZ] Low Ball Larry

2016-03-22 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
$9500 is crack money. If it's as nice as you say it's about a $5k car maybe, to the right person. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 22, 2016, at 6:43 PM, clay via Mercedes wrote: > > I am fronting a pair of 450SL cars for my indy. One is a true parts car, > unless somebody

Re: [MBZ] Low Ball Larry

2016-03-22 Thread clay via Mercedes
I am fronting a pair of 450SL cars for my indy. One is a true parts car, unless somebody can now figure out how to get it to start. It had a smoke issue. Been outside for five years and coated in moss. I have it listed at $1750 The other is a sweet car that has a new top, a bunch of great

Re: [MBZ] Low Ball Larry

2016-03-22 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
Huh! Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 22, 2016, at 6:10 PM, clay via Mercedes wrote: > > These bottom feeders are irritating. They think that making rather > insultingly low offers will get them a great car. That I am stupid enough to > have them win the lottery. If

[MBZ] Low Ball Larry

2016-03-22 Thread clay via Mercedes
These bottom feeders are irritating. They think that making rather insultingly low offers will get them a great car. That I am stupid enough to have them win the lottery. If all they can afford is a low end car, they should shop for junk, instead of expecting to steal a car far beyond their