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Replying to: weathermike (Sep 16, 2008 1:04 pm) It's not personal, it's just business. You should have walked much sooner - it was obvious your disagreement on the price was irreconcilable - but shouldn't have given him any lesson how to do his business. After all, it's their car - if they like washing it every two weeks for the next five months, let them. 
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Replying to: jipster (Sep 16, 2008 1:28 pm) Thanks for the input. |
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Replying to: dino001 (Sep 16, 2008 1:31 pm) I'm just trying to figure out if I could have done something better, which is why I question this. I'm 21 and I look like I'm 16. As far as I'm concerned, the guy obviously thought he saw a sucker coming. He didn't get one.
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Replying to: weathermike (Sep 16, 2008 1:04 pm) They either: a: can't afford to take a loss on it, b: had others interested in that same car, so they're holding out for a better offer. This happens a lot on old age units. Thye sit unwanted for months and suddenly 3-4 people want it at the same time. Can't explain why but it always happens.  or c: (no offence) don't want to sell it to you at a loss (your price) because they see you're picky and will be back to nitpick every detail about the car after you take it off the lot, which will cost them even more money in the future. I was going to use this in negotiations as evidence that it was to their advantage that they move this car You can bring a team of hot shot lawyers and all the evidence you like, but they have their own reasons for selling or not selling it at that particular price. If you think the price is fair, then buy it, if not carry on and look elsehwere. SImple as that. 
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Replying to: boomchek (Sep 16, 2008 1:56 pm)
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Replying to: weathermike (Sep 16, 2008 1:54 pm) If they don't sell it outright at this point (you don't mention what type of car it is and how desireable it would be to others), then they'll just dump it at the auction. So you are probably competing against what they can get at auction, which is an easy way for them to unload the vehicle if they don't think it's worth keeping around.
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Replying to: weathermike (Sep 16, 2008 2:02 pm) The most likely cause is that they paid less than $5200 for it, but they did work on it and as a result it STANDS them $5200. Buy in $3800 Tune Up $500 Some body work $600 Stereo/seats/whatever $300 Total $5200 I don't know, I haven't seen the car. YOu don't know and liekly won't know unless they open up their books to you, which they shouldn't and it's irrelevant anyways. The bottom line is if you like it and you think the price is fair, buy it, if not then look for something else.
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Replying to: kiawah (Sep 16, 2008 2:05 pm) It's a yellow 2002 Dodge Neon ES. That means it has a spoiler, so it's a pretty sporty car, and it's good on gas. That's why I want it, of course. And it's in a college town. So I can see why they think they can sell it, and the guy tried explaining that the reason for the higher cost is that it's a "hot car." I said the TMV price takes into account everything a car has on it, even a spoiler and the color. So I then said that if it's such a "hot car," why has it been sitting here as long as these other cars that aren't "hot?" He gave some answer similar to what an earlier poster said, that he hasn't found the "magic" yet and that there is a "rear end for every seat" and someone will be the rear end eventually. As for auction, that's how they bought it (I know this from the report), so I doubt they would want to send it to another auction if they could avoid it.
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Replying to: boomchek (Sep 16, 2008 2:09 pm)
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Replying to: weathermike (Sep 16, 2008 2:19 pm) Only you can decide whether this is worth your time, aggrevation, and money. You have to evaluate how much additional $$ you will have to put into it when you get it and start driving. If you want to pay higher $$, then you should pay to get it checked out by a competent shop (outside of that college town) that there isn't anything wrong with it. That is eliminating your cost of ownership risk, and if you can eliminate the cost of future immediate problems from the equation, then you should be willing to offer more for it. You are in a weak negotiating position, given a perceived 'hot' car, reasonably used car priced for a student (around $5k), in a college town with a couple thousand kids, that they picked up at an auction specifically for this purpose. They are probably willing to keep it for a year if need be, some student will buy it (or a parent will, when their old kid clunker breaks down).
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