Interesting trade offer

"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher) 07/10/2018 at 13:13 • Filed to: Trade

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I need to run something by the hive mind. I’ve got my scooter up for sale, I’m asking $1350 (hoping to actually get $1200). The reason I’m selling it, is to put the money towards buying my buddy’s Yamaha Zuma 125. I’m open to trades as well. Normally the trade offers I get are more comical than anything, and I enjoy a good joke. When I sold my Elite a few weeks ago, somebody offered me a compound bow and arrows. Yesterday I got a very reasonable offer, a ‘99 Honda Passport (Isuzu Rodeo). It has 160k miles, looks to be in pretty clean and serviceable condition, has a 3" lift, kin da ugly wheels , and supposedly everything works.

Now, I don’t want the vehicle. But I’m being offered a fully functional 4x4 in trade for a scooter, so the idea of taking it and flipping it does intrigue me. It’d also be a huge pain , and I’m up to my ass in a kitchen remodel.

What are Oppo’s thoughts?

Wacko > shop-teacher 07/10/2018 at 13:32

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looks clean enough to get 2-3 the amount of your scooter.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > shop-teacher 07/10/2018 at 13:33

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trade it then use it to run him of his scooter and reclaim that too!

hmmmm...

i think my moral compass went wonky again

vicali > shop-teacher 07/10/2018 at 13:34

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H m m , I ’ m n o H o n d a kid , b u t I ’ m g o i n g t o s a y t h e r e i s m o r e t h a n $ 1 3 5 0 w o r t h o f tires, wheels, d a m a g e m u l t i p l i e r , v i s o r , a n d w indow covers on there. S o t h e H o n d a i s f r e e . W h a t k i n d o f H o n d a d o y o u have to give away for free?

Chariotoflove > shop-teacher 07/10/2018 at 13:35

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I’m confused. If your goal here is to buy the Zuma, why are you taking trade offers again? Well if there’s any reason, I’d say it’s in case you come across something like this, which may net you more than a straight sale of your scooter. But you have to put in the effort. So I say, take the trade and flip the 4x4. If you’re really knee-deep in other stuff (I can relate) , then I would say cancel the trade-in option and just take what cash you can get for the scooter. Time is sometimes more precious than money.

Alfalfa > shop-teacher 07/10/2018 at 13:39

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Just from pictures, I would say that’s a 3k rig. Still more time and risk, but I think you could certainly get your money back on it.

Personally, I wouldn’t do it right now because like you, I’m in kind  of a big project.

Mercedes Streeter > shop-teacher 07/10/2018 at 13:40

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Wait, what are you using for the Gambler?

I’d say take the trade, it may be easier to flip than the scooter?

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > shop-teacher 07/10/2018 at 13:43

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I could get 3k for the I suzu in MT easy. Seems suspicious!

Mercedes Streeter > vicali 07/10/2018 at 13:45

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Damage multiplier...lol

interstate366, now In The Industry > vicali 07/10/2018 at 13:49

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One that’s an Isuzu underneath?

Tristan > shop-teacher 07/10/2018 at 13:52

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Normally I'd say take the Honda, but then I remember that you live in the rust belt and it almost certainly has a Swiss cheese undercarriage. 

cmill189 - sans Volvo > shop-teacher 07/10/2018 at 13:53

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I suspect it has one ore more of these; salvage title , failing transmission, stolen . Someone could dump that in a matter of hours for 1,500 on Craigslist. Trading seems weird. 

vicali > interstate366, now In The Industry 07/10/2018 at 13:54

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Y o u l i t t l e m i n x , f i r s t i m p u l s e i s t o s t o r m r i g h t b a c k t o that hombr e a n d s a y , ‘ h e y a m i g o , t h a t t r a d e h a s s e r i o u s p i a z za, be a trooper and take my scooter.’

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > shop-teacher 07/10/2018 at 13:59

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This is seems like a really good trade to take, even if you have to sit on it awhile while you’re finishing your kitchen. Of course, I also say this from the Southwest where one can buy 50 year-old cars without so much as even surface rust on suspension fasteners, so my take on old, cheap cars might be different. Out here, anything that runs and drives is at least a $1000 car, and $1500 if the A/C blows cold air at your. Add $500 for working 4x4. If this thing isn’t S wiss cheese underneath, this feels like it sells for considerably more than $1200 with a some clean up and less brotastic wheels.

random001 > shop-teacher 07/10/2018 at 14:01

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Well, I’d check out the truck, at least.  Perhaps someone on here would be interested in taking that off your hands for $1200...

shop-teacher > Chariotoflove 07/10/2018 at 14:08

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I generally am open to trade offers in case I get a good offer like this, but also because they’re often entertaining.

shop-teacher > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 07/10/2018 at 14:08

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Just a bit :)

Under_Score > shop-teacher 07/10/2018 at 14:08

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My parents loved their 1994 Rodeo, but they had it for 9 years. I don’t know how well these have held up, but it seems like a fantastic offer.

shop-teacher > Alfalfa 07/10/2018 at 14:08

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That’s what I’m thinking.

shop-teacher > Tristan 07/10/2018 at 14:09

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Yeah, I sure do.

Chariotoflove > shop-teacher 07/10/2018 at 14:09

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That’s a good attitude to take when dealing with these things.

Tripper > shop-teacher 07/10/2018 at 14:09

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Personally I would look at/drive it figuring your bottom dollar on the scoot is $1200. You could burn $1200 on a lot of other things and have nothing to show for it. Here you get a car! If it’s in half decent shape I bet you could at least double your money if you put a little elbow grease into it and relist.

shop-teacher > Mercedes Streeter 07/10/2018 at 14:09

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The Kymco 150 is what I have up for sale.  I’m running the ratty Helix on the Gambler.

interstate366, now In The Industry > vicali 07/10/2018 at 14:12

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...vehicross.

vicali > interstate366, now In The Industry 07/10/2018 at 14:14

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Y o u D - M a x .

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > shop-teacher 07/10/2018 at 14:14

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eh... its not so bad yet... last time it went wonky i suggested building a fancy assed space hotel putting all the worlds richest up there then popping the seals and using all their monies to help the worlds poorest

this time im just suggesting one measly murder :p

wait

ok maybe i should get that checked

Mercedes Streeter > shop-teacher 07/10/2018 at 14:18

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Whew, I was going to say! Blegh, I’m beginning to hate my Bashan. So close, yet so far. I figured out that I had the vacuum line all screwed up, but it still won’t start now that it’s all fitted correctly. Only fires on the starting fluid then dies. Grr...

acarr260 > shop-teacher 07/10/2018 at 14:19

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As clean as that Passport looks, I’d trade him, detail the rig, then double the price. That’s a solid $3k here in Indiana.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > shop-teacher 07/10/2018 at 14:31

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Trading vehicles makes me wary. Personally, I would have taken the compound bows.

Alfalfa > shop-teacher 07/10/2018 at 14:33

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Al so on the topic of interesting trade offers, I got an amusing one when I had the Bronco listed. Some guy offered a 90's focus, I asked what body style and declined when he said it was an a utomatic sedan. He then asked if I would take a wagon then, to which I said yes. He then texted me back and said nevermind, he wasn’t allowed to sell that one.

Pretty sure this dude just offered his wife's car or something for trade on a non-running 4x4.

BigBlock440 > shop-teacher 07/10/2018 at 14:34

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At first I thought it was a good deal, but thinking a bit, the frame’s probably got a big hole in it.  It wouldn’t hurt to check it out, but it was an issue with these.  My sister used to have one that was affected that the dealer refused to fix.  It may have even been a recall.

Spridget > shop-teacher 07/10/2018 at 14:39

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It’s not as if the Passports are crazy valuable . . . I was considering buying one a couple months back that was in similar condition, minus all of the extras, for only $500. I could see someone being willing to go under market value if they really wanted a scooter and didn’t invest much in the Honda. The lift/wheels and parts are probably cheap as shit, just a forewarning. 

Mercedes Streeter > shop-teacher 07/10/2018 at 14:42

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Meanwhile, one of my exes has spotted someone in their town selling a running 250cc Jonway for a price that may as well be theft. Going to send her out to investigate.

shop-teacher > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/10/2018 at 15:45

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I don’t do archery.  I got cash money for that scooter.

shop-teacher > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 07/10/2018 at 15:46

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Eh.

shop-teacher > BigBlock440 07/10/2018 at 15:48

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Good to know, thanks.

shop-teacher > acarr260 07/10/2018 at 15:48

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I’m in Chicagoland. I’m afraid of what the bottom side may look like though.

Zaxbys > Alfalfa 07/10/2018 at 16:03

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It’s extra intere sting if you’re in the US (“ Bronco ” = reasonable guess) since the first model year for the Focus was 2000.

Alfalfa > Zaxbys 07/10/2018 at 16:32

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Specific details are hard to recall, but right  after I hit publish I decided I was pretty sure they were actually Escorts but didn't care enough to go back and edit. I wish I had saved that conversation.

Zaxbys > Alfalfa 07/10/2018 at 17:28

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I kinda figured that wa s the case, but my CL exper ience can’t rule out someone not knowing the year and/or model of car they own...

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > shop-teacher 07/10/2018 at 18:10

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I’d be afraid of the transmission. That’s about the milage that the trans on my sister’s Rodeo started going. That was a 2400 repair. I think the car started rusting apart about 6 months later, 

shop-teacher > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 07/10/2018 at 18:12

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The trans and rust underneath would be my big concerns. I just keep thinking, "Why would someone offer a full functional 4x4 in trade for a scooter? Something must be wrong with it."

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > shop-teacher 07/10/2018 at 18:14

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That or recent divorce  

shop-teacher > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 07/10/2018 at 18:46

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Ha!