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i love that show. i don't find it odd though that mike always gets annoyed when someone tries to take a few dollars off his price but he he always low ***** every car he buys!
Honestly though his tips for buying cars are not bad imo. He often points out cars that are priced high, but then he keeps looking for a cheaper one instead of wasting the sellers time. When he low-***** someone, it's usually because he can point out something wrong that's going to cost him money, that the seller didn't mention in the add.
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You have to figure that the buy and sell portions of the show are prenegotiated and a bit choreographed for the cameras. I haven't seen one yet where buyers and sellers didn't walk away with smiles......tell me that always happens in real life
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I *think* I've seen him go look at a car and not work out a deal and have to look again.... rare because it wastes time, if it happened.
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From what I've heard this is a NEW 951 episode... At least ODURANDINA SAID that it's a silver car, not the red one from '09...
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From what I've heard this is a NEW 951 episode... At least ODURANDINA SAID that it's a silver car, not the red one from '09...
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I enjoy watching the show, but what I don't understand is how they add up the purchase price, parts installed, and body work done, and they act like that's their "break even" price. Apparently their time and labor is free... if it wasn't for the TV show, they wouldn't even be able to pay rent on their work shop.
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I enjoy watching the show, but what I don't understand is how they add up the purchase price, parts installed, and body work done, and they act like that's their "break even" price. Apparently their time and labor is free... if it wasn't for the TV show, they wouldn't even be able to pay rent on their work shop.
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I enjoy watching the show, but what I don't understand is how they add up the purchase price, parts installed, and body work done, and they act like that's their "break even" price. Apparently their time and labor is free... if it wasn't for the TV show, they wouldn't even be able to pay rent on their work shop.
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I enjoy watching the show, but what I don't understand is how they add up the purchase price, parts installed, and body work done, and they act like that's their "break even" price. Apparently their time and labor is free... if it wasn't for the TV show, they wouldn't even be able to pay rent on their work shop.
This is not the same as buying a car from a hobbyist who wasn't investing all of that time and labor in hopes of turning a profit, but instead invested it for their own benefit. Two COMPLETELY different scenarios.
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I agree completely! My time IS worth $$$$. If I spent 10 hours working on a car with the sole purpose of flipping it, my labor time will get factored into my profit. Either I take total profit and divide by 10 hours, or I establish my own hourly rate, and deduct 10 * Rate from the sale of the vehicle. Either way, if you are trying to flip cars as a business, you would include your time and labor in the equation.
This is not the same as buying a car from a hobbyist who wasn't investing all of that time and labor in hopes of turning a profit, but instead invested it for their own benefit. Two COMPLETELY different scenarios.
This is not the same as buying a car from a hobbyist who wasn't investing all of that time and labor in hopes of turning a profit, but instead invested it for their own benefit. Two COMPLETELY different scenarios.
However, their calculation does make sense from the point of view of an amateur mechanic looking to earn extra money from their hobby. Most hobbies cost lots of money out of pocket (don’t even ask me about racing). At least this one has the potential earn money.
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Bear in mind that they don't choose their cars based on what's going to be profitable, but they could - I bet some models are vastly more profitable than others. In real life you could do many of those and skip the ones that are trouble...but that wouldn't make a very good TV show.