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Have you ever sold anything on ebay? You get an awful lot of questions that are, lets say, not productive. And honestly, if someone sent me a message correcting me for saying 60 when its 64 (you dont really think this difference is significant, do you?) I might have been a little impatient too.
No reason for the seller to be nasty, but no good reason for the question, either.
No reason for the seller to be nasty, but no good reason for the question, either.
Under your avatar you say your location is about 1100 miles from home. Are you sure it's not more like about 5100 miles???
Terry
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From: Eustis ( Area 51 Bat Cave ) Fl
Buying and selling, what a headache for both,
So for over 8 months I have been beating the bushes daily for that donor I need to start my Mako custom, It must be a convertible and I would love to find a 69 just because,
I can't recall who on here told me this but in general many people feel they must sell their vette, times are hard but economy is bad, when I sold my 76 I was happy to get 3500.00,
Its a buyers market if you can find a buyer,
so many people are selling drivers or just plan junk yet asking many times going rate,
I have contacted many sellers most of my questions revolve around rust conditions and you would be surprised how many people assure me the car is 100% "rust free" yet they do not know what a bird cage is or in some cases they dont know what a chassis is,
And this type thing goes on and on,
I had all kinds of bubbas trying to buy my 76 I had a barrage of asinine questions but never did I get pissy about it,
After all they dream of buying the car I dream of selling,
If the cars mileage is important to a buyer then asking the exact mileage isn't as issue unless the seller is all ****,
My 86 is for sale and I get asked the mileage and I say I "believe" it is right at 100K
No one pushed for me to go look at the odometer and I haven't driven it since I last looked.
My point is many sellers are way rude and arrogant and just plan clueless these days they act like they are doing you a favor selling you a car, a big reason my cash is in my pocket and I have yet to buy my donor,
I actually have two different 69's that I can't get the sellers to even answer my simple questions like rust condition and do you have a title.
Its a weird hard time both for buying and selling...
So for over 8 months I have been beating the bushes daily for that donor I need to start my Mako custom, It must be a convertible and I would love to find a 69 just because,
I can't recall who on here told me this but in general many people feel they must sell their vette, times are hard but economy is bad, when I sold my 76 I was happy to get 3500.00,
Its a buyers market if you can find a buyer,
so many people are selling drivers or just plan junk yet asking many times going rate,
I have contacted many sellers most of my questions revolve around rust conditions and you would be surprised how many people assure me the car is 100% "rust free" yet they do not know what a bird cage is or in some cases they dont know what a chassis is,
And this type thing goes on and on,
I had all kinds of bubbas trying to buy my 76 I had a barrage of asinine questions but never did I get pissy about it,
After all they dream of buying the car I dream of selling,
If the cars mileage is important to a buyer then asking the exact mileage isn't as issue unless the seller is all ****,
My 86 is for sale and I get asked the mileage and I say I "believe" it is right at 100K
No one pushed for me to go look at the odometer and I haven't driven it since I last looked.
My point is many sellers are way rude and arrogant and just plan clueless these days they act like they are doing you a favor selling you a car, a big reason my cash is in my pocket and I have yet to buy my donor,
I actually have two different 69's that I can't get the sellers to even answer my simple questions like rust condition and do you have a title.
Its a weird hard time both for buying and selling...
Drifting
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From: Austin Texas
the next time a friend says "I will be there in ten minutes" you should time him. very few people get there in exactly ten. good calling her out on it. this type of rounding to the nearest thing we feel like is out of control.
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From: Eustis ( Area 51 Bat Cave ) Fl
Aw...nice poke...
the subject is being **** about exact mile in an ad, something impossible to be exact on if you keep driving the car after the ad is placed and don't update the ad daily,
You got me, while I did comment on the threads subject and I also stayed, sharing what I have seen lately with buying and selling still thread topic related to a large degree.
Did you add anything thread related yet?
Have a great weekend!
the subject is being **** about exact mile in an ad, something impossible to be exact on if you keep driving the car after the ad is placed and don't update the ad daily,
You got me, while I did comment on the threads subject and I also stayed, sharing what I have seen lately with buying and selling still thread topic related to a large degree.
Did you add anything thread related yet?
Have a great weekend!
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Well I was looking around on ebay and saw this really nice looking 1981 silver vette. I questioned the miles on the car from a close-up look at the speedo. The seller says it has 60,000 miles in the add but the speedo actually says 64,893. I wasn't trying to be rude, just letting them know I noticed the actual miles on the car. This was the reply from fireboltgirl.
(do you really think a car would have exactly 60,000 miles? Get a life and waste someone else's time)
- fireboltgirl
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...TQ:MOTORS:1123
(do you really think a car would have exactly 60,000 miles? Get a life and waste someone else's time)
- fireboltgirl
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...TQ:MOTORS:1123
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[QUOTE=golfradict;1572182270]. I wasn't trying to be rude, just letting them know I noticed the actual miles on the car.
soooo. you had no intention on buying the car??? YOU ARE WASTING THEIR TIME !
soooo. you had no intention on buying the car??? YOU ARE WASTING THEIR TIME !
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Burning Brakes
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From: Baton Rouge Louisiana
[QUOTE=pewter-FRC;1572197577]
I quickly lost the buying interest AFTER getting their reply! 
If I would have been there in person to look at the car then notice the actual miles and let them know that the add states 5K less and they told me ("do you really think a car would have exactly 60,000 miles? Get a life and waste someone else's time") They would have lost my buying interest right then and there.
If I would have been there in person to look at the car then notice the actual miles and let them know that the add states 5K less and they told me ("do you really think a car would have exactly 60,000 miles? Get a life and waste someone else's time") They would have lost my buying interest right then and there.
Last edited by golfradict; Nov 22, 2009 at 09:52 AM.
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From: Eustis ( Area 51 Bat Cave ) Fl
[QUOTE=golfradict;1572198380]I fully relate, If you did have interest and pointed out the discrepancy in miles and you get that rude reply the person must have other issues,
Like I said when I was selling my 76 on Craigslist the dirt flew market of the Internet I had all kinds of asinine questions and offers,
If it was really out there I just ignore it, otherwise I did try to answer it,
In my search to buy a 68-72 convertible 8 out of 10 sellers I contact can't even give me straight up answers to simply questions and then about 1/3 hit me back with really silly rude replies like "If you have to ask you dont know vettes" Or "You dont sound like you have any money"
Or they have no title and I dont need one....Wrong in FL I need one or a bill of sale and reg from a non title state.
Admitted when I see a rusty basket case base model in horrible shape and the price is twice or more going rate I will ask what I am missing just like I did when I have posted some of those cars on here,
In that case I might get told to FO
Or I had one fellow tell me he paid 14 two years ago for the basket case so since it's a vette it has to be worth 19 now even though condition went downhill,
My guess is it goes back to many of these people do not want to sell, they are forced to so they take it out on a buyer.
Like I said when I was selling my 76 on Craigslist the dirt flew market of the Internet I had all kinds of asinine questions and offers,
If it was really out there I just ignore it, otherwise I did try to answer it,
In my search to buy a 68-72 convertible 8 out of 10 sellers I contact can't even give me straight up answers to simply questions and then about 1/3 hit me back with really silly rude replies like "If you have to ask you dont know vettes" Or "You dont sound like you have any money"
Or they have no title and I dont need one....Wrong in FL I need one or a bill of sale and reg from a non title state.
Admitted when I see a rusty basket case base model in horrible shape and the price is twice or more going rate I will ask what I am missing just like I did when I have posted some of those cars on here,
In that case I might get told to FO
Or I had one fellow tell me he paid 14 two years ago for the basket case so since it's a vette it has to be worth 19 now even though condition went downhill,
My guess is it goes back to many of these people do not want to sell, they are forced to so they take it out on a buyer.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Baton Rouge Louisiana
[QUOTE=golfradict;1572198380]
I quickly lost the buying interest AFTER getting their reply!
If I would have been there in person to look at the car then notice the actual miles and let them know that the add states 5K less and they told me ("do you really think a car would have exactly 60,000 miles? Get a life and waste someone else's time") They would have lost my buying interest right then and there.
Wouldn't that end your interest in purchasing their car?
I quickly lost the buying interest AFTER getting their reply!
If I would have been there in person to look at the car then notice the actual miles and let them know that the add states 5K less and they told me ("do you really think a car would have exactly 60,000 miles? Get a life and waste someone else's time") They would have lost my buying interest right then and there.