I've posted this on benzworld and gotten no responses so I'll post it here.

My 92 300SD seats are at the end of their useful life. The leather on all of them is not salvageable on any of the seats and the seating areas of the front have already been replaced with matching 'tex' substitutes at some point in this cars life.

To the point, what would one expect to have to pay for a good used set of seats, both front and rear, in very good shape. I've found a set from a 97 S class car identical in color and leather material and in extremely good condition for their age.

There are several ways to view the market for these. A two generation old car isn't all that highly sought after, and the market for these is pretty thin so one would think that there would be some ability to negotiate, yet what I've found is that most sellers so far have wanted $1k for their seats no negotiation, which to me is out of range for the age, and even a year later they're still at that price and they still have them and they still refuse to negotiate.

At any rate, comments, advice, suggestions welcome, let me hear it.

Thanks

steve a

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