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"Can I test ride the bike?"
"No. What you can do is pay me IN US CURRENCY (no checks, no financing, no good faith), and I will issue a bill of sale to you. If, within 30 minutes, you decide you don't want the bike, you may return it for a refund, provided it is in the EXACT condition as at the time of sale."
Saved me a lot of grief over the years.
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The market is what a seller will take and a buyer will give.
Certain things in areas will fetch a premium above "book." Campers in CO are one of those things in my limited experience. So are 4x4s/AWDs. Not so much in FL!
Remember the used car market after Cash for Clunkers? Book didn't mean anything. I was surprised what I got for a trade in 2012 (yes, I know the pricing games and it wasn't my first car deal).
Anyone else price in the stupid factor into their prices? I had a few people show up after they agreed to the price and then try to work the price down. I usually knock off 10% after making faces, since I have 20% priced in for the whine factor, because I am still 10% ahead.
Best deal was for a pair of car booster seats. A dad picked them up with two sons and the kids were excited about them. I priced them so they would be picked up by someone in need without hurting their budget, and it worked.
That's why I like to sell on this board. Show up, shoot the shite, exchange goods and post positive reviews.
I've done a lot of buying and selling of cars and motorcycles over the past 10 years on CL. IMO "book" is worthless.Originally Posted by Skip
Actually, I think it's worse than that: When I get tinfoil hatty, I start wondering if car dealers are deliberately influencing NADA to keep "book" values low so they can buy used cars at below market prices by saying "We'll pay 100% of book value for your used car!" When I had my 4runner, if I ever got the oil changed at a dealer I could count on getting an offer to buy it at "book value" within a few weeks of the service, as they were always looking for used 4runners to sell. Of course "book" value was about $9000 while comparable vehicles on CL were going for $12K + at the time, so I would have been pretty stupid to sell. But some people will snap if you dangle cash in front of them.
Of course, it may just be a Colorado thing - perhaps because of our dry climate, vehicles tend to be in better shape here than they are in wetter parts of the US, so the 'book value' may be more accurate there.
Last edited by Martinjmpr; 02-21-2017 at 13:04.
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With motorcycles my rule is: If you want to take a test ride, you bring me my asking price in cash. I hold the cash, you ride the bike all you want.
If you drop it or wreck it, I'll sign the title over to you and it's yours. Bring it back to me in the same condition and you get your cash back.
Martin
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Nice camper. Reasonably priced- GLWS.
Thanks. It literally smells brand new still on the inside which is rare for campers. And like I said, show me examples of my price being off and I'll gladly adjust but I dont see any examples out there showing that. Then again, it's not about logic these days, its whatever you FEEL is right.
How about I give you this shiny (wait a minute until the ink dries ...) cashier's check for three times the amount of the camper, you send me the exra funds back immediately as a Western Union wire?
Sayonara
Sounds legit...
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Never sold a moto on CL. For cars, I hold their license and cash during the test drive. If they don't come back, I can turn over the license to the cops. Haven't had an issue.
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