Craigslist Ad - 11 928s in N Augusta SC
12-16-2009, 06:32 PM
#77
We just used that approach to the car we just got. The ASKING price on the sticker was $4995.00, on line they wanted $3995.00 Then you add the dealer fees in Florida of another $450.00 to those numbers. The boss (wife) got the car for $3,700.00 in the trailer.
Leon wanted $4,000.00 to me for a car that he quoted $5,500.00 to a person he did not know, get the idea. Every time we take the Rolls someplace I get asked how much for the car I always say $35,000.00 when it will really take $24,000.00 to buy it. When you have a business with a collection attached to it you always get the advanced tire kickers but when someone REALLY wants to buy they will always counter offer your asking price.
Leon wanted $4,000.00 to me for a car that he quoted $5,500.00 to a person he did not know, get the idea. Every time we take the Rolls someplace I get asked how much for the car I always say $35,000.00 when it will really take $24,000.00 to buy it. When you have a business with a collection attached to it you always get the advanced tire kickers but when someone REALLY wants to buy they will always counter offer your asking price.
I guess that is one way to negotiate.
12-16-2009, 08:40 PM
#79
Nordschleife Master
Right now its a fact asking and getting prices are WIDE apart, and a few cars are selling at each end of the price range, so its hard to fault the high askers or low offerers.
The last 928 I was serious about started at $8k and worked its way down to $4k over two months, somebody bought it, and it was listed within a month for $12k, and again slowly dropped to about $5.5k then dropped off the market, maybe sold, maybe not.
The last 928 I was serious about started at $8k and worked its way down to $4k over two months, somebody bought it, and it was listed within a month for $12k, and again slowly dropped to about $5.5k then dropped off the market, maybe sold, maybe not.
12-16-2009, 10:06 PM
#80
Captain Obvious
Super User
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We just used that approach to the car we just got. The ASKING price on the sticker was $4995.00, on line they wanted $3995.00 Then you add the dealer fees in Florida of another $450.00 to those numbers. The boss (wife) got the car for $3,700.00 in the trailer.
Leon wanted $4,000.00 to me for a car that he quoted $5,500.00 to a person he did not know, get the idea. Every time we take the Rolls someplace I get asked how much for the car I always say $35,000.00 when it will really take $24,000.00 to buy it. When you have a business with a collection attached to it you always get the advanced tire kickers but when someone REALLY wants to buy they will always counter offer your asking price.
Leon wanted $4,000.00 to me for a car that he quoted $5,500.00 to a person he did not know, get the idea. Every time we take the Rolls someplace I get asked how much for the car I always say $35,000.00 when it will really take $24,000.00 to buy it. When you have a business with a collection attached to it you always get the advanced tire kickers but when someone REALLY wants to buy they will always counter offer your asking price.
Maybe it works for you but when I get a lowball offer, I usually tell them to take a hike. The lower the offer the more firm I'm with the price. If the offer is resonable, I'm game. If I'm asking $5500 for a car and a tire kicker comes in with a $3700 offer, I would, and have in the past, have no problem telling them to plese leave. Now if the buyer has a valid point and can convince me that the asking price is too high, I'll negotiate. But I won't stand lowballers.
By the way, I beleive the $3700 you paid for the '82 is not a bargain but a fair market price for that vehicle. I picked up a running '89 S4 last fall for less than that.
