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03-02-2015, 05:47 PM
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Need to vent.!
I just had a tire kicker come over to look at the vette. First of all to me he was a nerd. Sorry if I step on anyones toes. But he's 49 and came with his mother. Tells me these stories about his girlfriends in bikinis in Miami. I already decided I was not going to sell the car to him. He does not appreciate it. He asked if the "power" rear window worked. I told him there was no such thing. That earlier models had a removable window. He then went to the back and asked me to open the trunk for him!!!!! WTF!! Then he complained that it was to loud when I took his a$$ for a drive around the block. URRGH!!! He then gets out of the car and looks underneath like he knows what he's doing. And ask's if the mufflers can be replaced. Then ask's hows it on gas!!!!!!!!! Thats when I told him, sorry this car is not for you. This is NOT a prius…… Goodbye.
03-02-2015, 06:12 PM
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HAHAHA- You have been pranked-
Now your gonna see the video on youtube and how you handled it!!!
Now your gonna see the video on youtube and how you handled it!!!
03-02-2015, 06:27 PM
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I just had a tire kicker come over to look at the vette. First of all to me he was a nerd. Sorry if I step on anyones toes. But he's 49 and came with his mother. Tells me these stories about his girlfriends in bikinis in Miami. I already decided I was not going to sell the car to him. He does not appreciate it. He asked if the "power" rear window worked. I told him there was no such thing. That earlier models had a removable window. He then went to the back and asked me to open the trunk for him!!!!! WTF!! Then he complained that it was to loud when I took his a$$ for a drive around the block. URRGH!!! He then gets out of the car and looks underneath like he knows what he's doing. And ask's if the mufflers can be replaced. Then ask's hows it on gas!!!!!!!!! Thats when I told him, sorry this car is not for you. This is NOT a prius…… Goodbye.
03-02-2015, 06:33 PM
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8 responses and no one asked? You guys are slipping.....
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03-02-2015, 06:46 PM
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03-02-2015, 07:01 PM
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While that really sucks it is a bit over the top, he kicked the tires?!...why?
While you found him a nerd he might have seen you as a pompous typical vette owner...
who cares?
I have bought and sold too many cars & cycles, I have a kit car right now I might sell if not for pain in the *** buyers, but in the end a jerks money is just as green as the next fellows, and it's not my concern what happens to an item after I am done with it, it's a buyer market if the seller is lucky enough to find the buyer,
My thing is I weed people out in emails long before I will allow them to come looky-lou or waste my time, I just ask them to ask me a few deal breaker questions, most serious buyers of parts, cars or whatever can and will do that the ones who freak out saying they just have to come look, I pass up on, I believe my way makes me miss a possible sale or two but when someone does come 99% of the time it's no nonsense, I sold my dads Avanti 2 this way in less than 2 weeks, harder to sell than a c3 in many ways, what a mess dad was basically in dying mode, he knew he couldn't give me the car due to step family issues so selling it was the only answer, I had a few people hit me up then a fellow knew what he wanted made a realistic offer and when he went to the car handed over the money took the title and had the car hauled off a few days later....no BS no nervous issues.
While you found him a nerd he might have seen you as a pompous typical vette owner...
who cares?
I have bought and sold too many cars & cycles, I have a kit car right now I might sell if not for pain in the *** buyers, but in the end a jerks money is just as green as the next fellows, and it's not my concern what happens to an item after I am done with it, it's a buyer market if the seller is lucky enough to find the buyer,
My thing is I weed people out in emails long before I will allow them to come looky-lou or waste my time, I just ask them to ask me a few deal breaker questions, most serious buyers of parts, cars or whatever can and will do that the ones who freak out saying they just have to come look, I pass up on, I believe my way makes me miss a possible sale or two but when someone does come 99% of the time it's no nonsense, I sold my dads Avanti 2 this way in less than 2 weeks, harder to sell than a c3 in many ways, what a mess dad was basically in dying mode, he knew he couldn't give me the car due to step family issues so selling it was the only answer, I had a few people hit me up then a fellow knew what he wanted made a realistic offer and when he went to the car handed over the money took the title and had the car hauled off a few days later....no BS no nervous issues.
03-02-2015, 08:31 PM
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While that really sucks it is a bit over the top, he kicked the tires?!...why?
While you found him a nerd he might have seen you as a pompous typical vette owner...
who cares?
I have bought and sold too many cars & cycles, I have a kit car right now I might sell if not for pain in the *** buyers, but in the end a jerks money is just as green as the next fellows, and it's not my concern what happens to an item after I am done with it, it's a buyer market if the seller is lucky enough to find the buyer,
My thing is I weed people out in emails long before I will allow them to come looky-lou or waste my time, I just ask them to ask me a few deal breaker questions, most serious buyers of parts, cars or whatever can and will do that the ones who freak out saying they just have to come look, I pass up on, I believe my way makes me miss a possible sale or two but when someone does come 99% of the time it's no nonsense, I sold my dads Avanti 2 this way in less than 2 weeks, harder to sell than a c3 in many ways, what a mess dad was basically in dying mode, he knew he couldn't give me the car due to step family issues so selling it was the only answer, I had a few people hit me up then a fellow knew what he wanted made a realistic offer and when he went to the car handed over the money took the title and had the car hauled off a few days later....no BS no nervous issues.
While you found him a nerd he might have seen you as a pompous typical vette owner...
who cares?
I have bought and sold too many cars & cycles, I have a kit car right now I might sell if not for pain in the *** buyers, but in the end a jerks money is just as green as the next fellows, and it's not my concern what happens to an item after I am done with it, it's a buyer market if the seller is lucky enough to find the buyer,
My thing is I weed people out in emails long before I will allow them to come looky-lou or waste my time, I just ask them to ask me a few deal breaker questions, most serious buyers of parts, cars or whatever can and will do that the ones who freak out saying they just have to come look, I pass up on, I believe my way makes me miss a possible sale or two but when someone does come 99% of the time it's no nonsense, I sold my dads Avanti 2 this way in less than 2 weeks, harder to sell than a c3 in many ways, what a mess dad was basically in dying mode, he knew he couldn't give me the car due to step family issues so selling it was the only answer, I had a few people hit me up then a fellow knew what he wanted made a realistic offer and when he went to the car handed over the money took the title and had the car hauled off a few days later....no BS no nervous issues.
It's kinda like when a young man asks to marry your daughter. You're going to want to know the kid and be sure he's going to take care of your baby.
03-02-2015, 08:46 PM
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I'm only surprised that he didn't ask that Mom drive the car for a bit...only to see her doing DONUTS on your driveway!!!
There are all kinds and you just met the worst of them.
There are all kinds and you just met the worst of them.
03-02-2015, 08:51 PM
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I definitely agree with the "weeding out" of buyers with emails or phone calls etc, and I have a decently successful small selling business, but I do care who gets some items I'm selling and what happens to it afterwards. Most things I sell I don't give two hoots about it after it's in the buyers hands, but if something has sentiment to it and is a very significant item like a Corvette, I definitely care. If I was to sell my Vette, I'd have to be 100% sure it was in "good hands" and wasn't gonna get the scrap-pile treatment. That's just me I guess.
It's kinda like when a young man asks to marry your daughter. You're going to want to know the kid and be sure he's going to take care of your baby.
It's kinda like when a young man asks to marry your daughter. You're going to want to know the kid and be sure he's going to take care of your baby.
I am far from cold hearted or not sentimental, but I did learn sentimental value has no monetary value except perhaps the owner/seller, in fact if I see an ad that tries much at all to play on heart strings I move on,
A great example is Myth busters, they ruined a great c4 corvette by letting a pig rot in it, the owner even said he wasn't happy about the use of the car, but guess what he did sell it to them and did get his asking price that was high, if he held our for the "right" buyer he might have taken a hit on the price, sorry, my pride and ego isn't that big to tell some buyer they can't have it....no soup for you...lol.
In my case if I have some object that I care what happens to it, that item simply isn't for sale, now, perhaps ever, what happens to it after I am gone doesn't matter to me.
I should add my way of thinking and doing sales is flawed,
Example, a month or so back I listed a custom tilt front clip on my local CL,
I get lots of hits and one the buyer had to let me know that "she" was a seasoned vette person working on them over 45 years and would come "look" at the custom front clip and then make an offer as to what it is worth,
The irony was I listed it 75.00,
I had covered things in my ad like, ask questions, and I already had good pictures, I also said "firm", so you see what she was about, my simple asking her in reply to ask me deal breaker questions and what year corvette she desired to use it on fueled her to go on a multi email rant and cussing fit, calling me all kinds of names,
I sadly couldn't allow her to come "look" and make her "offer" so even I have limits.
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03-02-2015, 08:57 PM
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At least he showed up. The chumps that waste your time with false interest and then bail without so much as a courtesy call are the worst.
03-02-2015, 09:23 PM
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I really am thinking this would be a great prank. A youtube sensation!!
A while back when I did an addition to my house- I had a pile of dirt was giving away on Craigslist. Bring your truck/trailer shovel it up- it's free. I had one lady email me that she was going to have to ride the bus and would only be able to get a bucket at the time...she was for real- I loaned her my shovel!!!
Nope...custom tank-
A while back when I did an addition to my house- I had a pile of dirt was giving away on Craigslist. Bring your truck/trailer shovel it up- it's free. I had one lady email me that she was going to have to ride the bus and would only be able to get a bucket at the time...she was for real- I loaned her my shovel!!!
Nope...custom tank-