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Originally Posted by Marvelicious
Its not taking advantage if they were just letting it sit. Unless they like it as yard art or sentimental reasons (very possible in this case), they'll probably feel you're doing them a favor getting it out of their way. If it sits 'til it turns into a rust pile, no one wins! If she is insulted, tell her its what you can afford and you just don't want to see it go to waste.
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Agreed! Why start with thousands of dollars as a first negotiation price? The car has been sitting for 10 years, I think 800 bucks for a vehicle that is dead in a yard and will need lots of work to get up and running is actually a very reasonable offer.
For sentimental reasons though, they may not want to sell it which is why they may not have called back. We have a car like that in our family, has been sitting for about 8 years, no one wants to let it go because it embodies it's former owner. To the lady, that car might represent her husband. I would go back, leave a card and say if you ever want to sell this car, let me know. You might get a call, you might get a call in a couple years, you might never get a call.
When I kick the bucket, im gonna make it very clear in the will that all personal vehicles are to either be given to people I name in the will to drive or sell, or to be sold outright to finance the oceans of booze I intend to have available it the funeral.
Another example, I rented a room from an older lady, who had a rat rod in her yard that by the time I rented from her, had been sitting for nearly 15 years. It was worth nothing and was TOTALLY rusted away, but she insisted that she would only sell it for 10 grand, its value in 1990 when her husband drove it and it won several local awards.