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| 914Sixer |
 Jul 25 2015, 05:59 PM
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914 Guru  Group: Members Posts: 8,877 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region 
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You all know the drill, find the car, make the call and go see it. The seller in question is a little strange on the phone but I made arrangements to drive 50 miles to go see a "CLEAN" car. He said he would be at the location at 4 pm until 6 pm. Got there early and looked at the car and said it would take it. He goes, you will have to bid on it, there are other people coming to look at the two cars.
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) He had stated what the price was in the ad and I had the cash in hand. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) I said I was not bidding and left. This certainly was a new twist for me! |
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| iwanta914-6 |
Jul 25 2015, 06:14 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 718 Joined: 26-June 09 From: Minnesota Member No.: 10,510 Region Association: None
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| EdwardBlume |
Jul 25 2015, 06:30 PM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 12,338 Joined: 2-January 03 From: SLO Member No.: 81 Region Association: Central California
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What a jerk. It was probably a pile underneath anyway! Move on!
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| rhodyguy |
Jul 25 2015, 06:37 PM
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Chimp Sanctuary NW. Check it out. Group: Members Posts: 22,075 Joined: 2-March 03 From: Orion's Bell. The BELL! Member No.: 378 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
Not surprising. When his phone rang continuously he prob figured he wasn't asking enough for the car. I went thru a similar situation only to find that it was going to be an auction after I got there.
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| mikedsilva |
Jul 25 2015, 07:52 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 90 Joined: 23-February 15 From: Australia Member No.: 18,462 Region Association: Australia and New Zealand |
Gents, this is the exact situation we are seeing here in Australia for the sale of aircooled 911... Most of the sellers are genuinely listing their car for a price, but when they get 50 phone calls with people offering higher amounts sight unseen, I can imagine it would twist them inside out...
No one wants to sell something for half of what they can originally get, but I guess it depends on how they go about it too.. Good luck in the search. |
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| boxsterfan |
Jul 25 2015, 09:42 PM
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914's are kewl Group: Members Posts: 1,776 Joined: 6-June 03 From: San Ramon, CA Member No.: 791 Region Association: Northern California |
All they have to do is start at a higher price and work down until the phone starts ringing.
I'll start with mine: 1974 2.0L Alaska Blue Metallic. Good chassis needing some minor hell hole repair. Runs great, but currently half the car is torn apart in my garage. $50,000 or best offer. |
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| euro911 |
Jul 25 2015, 10:05 PM
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Retired & living the dream. God help me if I wake up! Group: Members Posts: 8,849 Joined: 2-December 06 From: So.Cal. & No.AZ (USA) Member No.: 7,300 Region Association: Southern California
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Either that, or he's pulling his own shill tactic (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
I've been in those kind of situations before too - and walked away pissed off. The seller is just another jerk. Hopefully it's not your dream car (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) Had a reverse situation too. Several years ago, I made an appointment to go look at a bike (Honda CBR) and spoke with the girl who was selling it at 10 am. The ad had numerous good pix and the bike had extremely low mileage, so I agreed to the price (sight unseen) and told her it would take me two hours to get there. I drove up with the cash and when I arrived at noon, it was gone! ... she sold it an hour before I got there and didn't bother to even call me! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/finger.gif) When I asked why - she said she wasn't sure if I was coming or not (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/screwy.gif) |
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| Mueller |
Jul 25 2015, 10:16 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None
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that sucks....if you found it on craigslist I'd flag his ad and make another ad calling him out for that practice to warn others!
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| bdstone914 |
Jul 25 2015, 11:08 PM
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bdstone914 Group: Members Posts: 4,516 Joined: 8-November 03 From: Riverside CA Member No.: 1,319 |
Had a similar event a few years ago. Told the guy I would buy the parts car, what time I would be there, confirmed when I am 15 minutes away and when I get there I find a person I knew had bought the car and was loading it up. Let the guy know what a jerk he was in no uncertain terms. Hope karma bites him in the butt.
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| Sedonut |
Jul 26 2015, 12:40 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 67 Joined: 18-May 14 From: Sedona, AZ Member No.: 17,367 Region Association: Southwest Region |
That is buying cars. Many years ago I was looking at a 914-6. It was an hour and a half away. 3 hour drive round trip. I asked the seller if it had ever been in an accident, he said no. I asked him again, had it ever been damaged, he said no.
I get there, the car had been cut down the middle, they grafted a front end from another car. I really, really wanted to punch him. He said, well, neither half had been wrecked. Lots of assholes out there. Lots of good people too. It's just hard to completely avoid the assholes. |
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| euro911 |
Jul 26 2015, 02:55 AM
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Retired & living the dream. God help me if I wake up! Group: Members Posts: 8,849 Joined: 2-December 06 From: So.Cal. & No.AZ (USA) Member No.: 7,300 Region Association: Southern California
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| JawjaPorsche |
Jul 26 2015, 03:19 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,463 Joined: 23-July 11 From: Clayton, Georgia Member No.: 13,351 Region Association: South East States |
QUOTE(Sedonut @ Jul 26 2015, 02:40 AM)  That is buying cars. Many years ago I was looking at a 914-6. It was an hour and a half away. 3 hour drive round trip. I asked the seller if it had ever been in an accident, he said no. I asked him again, had it ever been damaged, he said no. I get there, the car had been cut down the middle, they grafted a front end from another car. I really, really wanted to punch him. He said, well, neither half had been wrecked. Lots of assholes out there. Lots of good people too. It's just hard to completely avoid the assholes. Neither half had been wrecked. Hey that makes sense.......to him! What an idiot! |
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| somd914 |
Jul 26 2015, 05:09 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 1,171 Joined: 21-February 11 From: Southern Maryland Member No.: 12,741 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Had this happen with trying to buy a boat - three buyers showed up at the same time... We walked away - wasn't going to play that game.
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| Spoke |
Jul 26 2015, 05:36 AM
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Jerry Group: Members Posts: 6,978 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None
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Same thing with my nephew a few years ago in Loudon County in Virginia when looking to buy a relatively newer house; told the realtor to make an offer of X - $10k.
Realtor called back and said price is now X + $5k because there are other buyers. He ended up getting the house at X + $15k. |
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| EdwardBlume |
Jul 26 2015, 05:57 AM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 12,338 Joined: 2-January 03 From: SLO Member No.: 81 Region Association: Central California
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QUOTE(euro911 @ Jul 25 2015, 09:05 PM) Either that, or he's pulling his own shill tactic (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) I've been in those kind of situations before too - and walked away pissed off. The seller is just another jerk. Hopefully it's not your dream car (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) Had a reverse situation too. Several years ago, I made an appointment to go look at a bike (Honda CBR) and spoke with the girl who was selling it at 10 am. The ad had numerous good pix and the bike had extremely low mileage, so I agreed to the price (sight unseen) and told her it would take me two hours to get there. I drove up with the cash and when I arrived at noon, it was gone! ... she sold it an hour before I got there and didn't bother to even call me! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/finger.gif) When I asked why - she said she wasn't sure if I was coming or not (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/screwy.gif) This happened to me about 15 years ago as well. I agreed on price on the phone, set up a time to comes out, drove out there, saw the car, and was told it was already sold. The 2nd person they talked to offered them $500 more vs the asking price. Good for the 2nd person though! |
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| billh1963 |
Jul 26 2015, 09:17 AM
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Car Hoarder! Group: Members Posts: 3,402 Joined: 28-March 11 From: South Carolina Member No.: 12,871 Region Association: South East States |
As others have said, it has happened to me too many times to count.
First incident: 1988 - a seller had a one owner 1971 XKE for sale. Called the owner at 9:00 pm and said I would be there in the morning as soon as the bank opened. Drove over with cash and some dealer was loading the car. Seller said the guy claimed to be me! (Seller said are you Bill?... Guy said Yes). Seller was pissed but he had already signed over the title. Dealer heard us talking and just gave me a sh!t eating grin. Saw that car for sale in Hemmings a couple months later for almost twice the selling price (this was pre-internet for you youngsters...lol) Karma is a bitch...dealer was killed in a car wreck about a year later. Fvck him. 1994 - seller had a Maserati 3500. Had always wanted one. Made plans to drive to see it that day (remembered my previous experience). Drove 2 hours to see it....guy said he "forgot" that I was coming and sold it 30 minutes earlier Multiple similar stories on less expensive cars Most recent - Saw a craigslist ad for a '69 911. Price was good (but not that great). Drove to see it with the intention of leaving a large deposit while I transferred the rest of the money if it checked out. Saw the car, was ready to buy and the guy says he was taking bids and I would have to give a $1000 refundable deposit to bid! Said no thanks and walked... |
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| Krieger |
Jul 26 2015, 09:28 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,705 Joined: 24-May 04 From: Santa Rosa CA Member No.: 2,104 Region Association: None
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Just a thought. If a car/part was listed for $1000 OBO we typical think oh I could get it for probably 800. OBO could mean higher than 1k...
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| thelogo |
Jul 26 2015, 09:45 AM
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Senior Member Group: Retired Members Posts: 1,510 Joined: 6-April 10 Member No.: 11,572 Region Association: None |
I took some major shi t here for not allowing test drives and
Only inspecting the car where it is But my price was my price If people wanna auction off their cars ,maybe an auction is the place for that or eBay And I always thought buying a car was a first come with the money First serve but lately I see tons of cars priced thousands over blue book. When I point that out to sellers and say I'm not paying 1500 extra cause your a nice guy They get all pissed off And then there's the ole Blue book is always lower then actual value Or Honda's are worth 1200 over book value cause it's a Honda Or I just fixed the ,ac and alternator so I need to get back that money in addition to k b b value This is stuff I've actually heard from people I ask em where did you come up with the price your asking From off the top of your head.cause this 10 year old car is really worth x People get really offended But this is modern cars I'm talking When you start talking aircooled of classic cars then There is no blue book value and stuff does get weird but Like this car will just go up in value so I want 3 times what it's worth today . " Marcellus Wallace " The world is filled to the brim with unrealistic mother fucckers . Mother fucckerss who thought their ass would age like wine ." |
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| thelogo |
Jul 26 2015, 09:58 AM
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Senior Member Group: Retired Members Posts: 1,510 Joined: 6-April 10 Member No.: 11,572 Region Association: None |
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/cto/5138969109.html
Like this s#it I forbid anyone to pay 5 k For this . Unless you dreamed your whole life of owning a Old Honda civic If its your dream car go ahead and pay the 5 k (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bye1.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif) |
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| mepstein |
Jul 26 2015, 10:14 AM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,258 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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The undisclosed auction thing is a pita.
Others Sellers are a pleasure with to do business It's a numbers game. |
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