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Originally Posted by whunter
Usually I say $3.5K, they either walk away or start poor mouthing and knit picking, trying to claim it is only worth $1000.00 USD.
This happened three times TODAY!!!  |
Yeah anyone who looks for a pre-w124 Mercedes is pretty much like that around here.
When I got my 300d, a couple of years ago, it had only 88k on it. I left it parked at my buddy's shop for a few days and he had three guys come in off the street, panting over it.
I told him to tell them all $6k. If they made more noise, raise it to $6,600. (He actually did that with one.)
Now let's be clear, you can't get much worthwhile in any used car for less than $3,500 around here, more like $5k is entry level for a decent, reliable ride.
Telling me that a nice example of what is generally thought to be the most durable sedan ever built, possibly the best all around honest car ever built (period), is only worth a grand is downright insulting.
Or, as the 1990s Volvo ad said: "Some people know the price of everything, but the value of nothing."