"lone_liberal" (token-liberal)
07/18/2016 at 00:36 • Filed to: None
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"lone_liberal" (token-liberal)
07/18/2016 at 00:36 • Filed to: None | 2
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So I guess lowballers don’t just exist on Craigslist. They also cruise neighborhoods IRL.
As I’ve mentioned, my Camaro lives at my parents’ house due to a lack of space here. Evidently my dad had his garage door open and some guy saw the taillights and felt the need to make my dad a very generous lowball offer for it. It needs bodywork and paint but $2500 for a ‘71 Camaro that’s complete and running? C’mon.
So the real question is, which one of you was it?
nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
> lone_liberal
07/18/2016 at 00:42 |
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$3300 delivered
Birddog
> lone_liberal
07/18/2016 at 02:02 |
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They are literally everywhere!
On my way home with my 350X in the truck a guy at a gas stop came up and said “I got five hunnerd dollar bills for that. Cash money!” Sure! Add 20 more and we have a deal!
People really believe all these shows like Counting Cars, Gas Monkey and American Pickers are real life. It’s a bit sad.
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lone_liberal
> Birddog
07/18/2016 at 02:21 |
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I don’t know if it’s a case of ignorance, cheapness or if the guy was trying to take advantage of my 70 year old dad thinking he owned the car. If it was the last one it pisses me off even more.
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Birddog
> lone_liberal
07/18/2016 at 02:27 |
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I can almost guarantee it was option 3. Or a combination of all 3 really.
DynamicWeight
> lone_liberal
07/18/2016 at 12:01 |
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You know why people low ball? Because some people take those offers . I’ve gotten people to almost half their asking price on motorcycles. Sure, we’re enthusiasts, so we see the value in old cars and bikes, but there are people out there who buy stuff on an emotional whim, and then five or six years later when it’s a little dirty and maybe has a small mechanical problem or two, they think it’s “junk” and will practically give it away.
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lone_liberal
> DynamicWeight
07/18/2016 at 12:09 |
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I get that but those were people who actually had their cars up for sale. Walking up to an old man and making a lowball offer out of the blue seems a bit predatory to me. If there was a For Sale sign on it then that would be a different story. Then (if it was his car) he would have had the chance to see what the real market value was and if he didn’t then that would be on him.
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DynamicWeight
> lone_liberal
07/18/2016 at 12:22 |
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Hmm, this is a tough line to make. On the one hand, we all have the freedom to make decisions for ourselves, but I also don’t want little old ladies giving away their retirement funds to shysters.
In this case, neither the offerer nor your father could have looked up market values, the guy just saw something he wanted and offered an amount he felt it was worth. In a way, this is the most honest possible way of doing business.
How can you know unless you ask?