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What is this thing worth?

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#986 of 1030 Re: Someone talk me down... [isellhondas] by fintail

Mar 21, 2011 (3:34 pm)

Replying to: isellhondas (Mar 21, 2011 3:16 pm)
I also live 5 minutes from there. I thought about trying the phone number removing various digits, but I'm too lazy - I need that old car like I need a hole in my head, one old beast is one more than I need, and I'd have nowhere to put it anyway. I have no plans to buy another old car unless it is a huge crazy deal that I could flip...only things I think I really want for myse;f would be a LWB 300SE fintail or a Universal wagon, preferably W111.

#987 of 1030 So far... by isellhondas

Mar 21, 2011 (5:33 pm)

No phone call and no email.
 
Probably just another Craigslist stroke.

#988 of 1030 Re: So far... [isellhondas] by kyfdx HOST

Mar 21, 2011 (6:07 pm)

Replying to: isellhondas (Mar 21, 2011 5:33 pm)
And.. the ad is gone..

#989 of 1030 Re: So far... [kyfdx] by isellhondas

Mar 21, 2011 (6:11 pm)

Replying to: kyfdx (Mar 21, 2011 6:07 pm)
Oh, it is?
 
It's possible someone rushed over there and snapped it up!

#990 of 1030 Re: So far... [isellhondas] by Mr_Shiftright HOST

Mar 21, 2011 (6:16 pm)

Replying to: isellhondas (Mar 21, 2011 6:11 pm)
Client called me last week from east coast...wanted me to look at a '62 Vette advertised as "pristine" for $21,000. I told him right away "too good to be true" and the photos were gorgeous.
 
Anyway, I e-mail the guy pretending to be a ready-to-buy/guy, and got the "Google checkout" routine, (sure I'll send $21,000 to a stranger to "hold" for me) and the "I'm in Canada right now but I'll fly down to meet you" and "I have to sell it cheap since I need to pay my rent"....blah blah blah. I asked him if he was in Nigeria but never got back another e-mail.

#991 of 1030 Re: So far... [isellhondas] by fintail

Mar 21, 2011 (6:19 pm)

Replying to: isellhondas (Mar 21, 2011 6:11 pm)
Could be. I think it was a legit ad, pic looked right, phone number was (almost) correct.
 
Lots of ads on craigslist from flippers wanting old sports cars for nothing, one of them probably stalks the listings and replied first.

#992 of 1030 Re: So far... [fintail] by Mr_Shiftright HOST

Mar 21, 2011 (6:23 pm)

Replying to: fintail (Mar 21, 2011 6:19 pm)
sometimes a legit seller gets like 50 phone calls on the first day, and withdraws the ad because he realizes he posted it too cheap.
 
If that ad were near me, I'd have it in my driveway as of 7 AM this morning. You can flip just about any TR3 that isn't in 35 separate cardboard boxes.

#993 of 1030 Re: So far... [Mr_Shiftright] by isellhondas

Mar 21, 2011 (7:08 pm)

Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Mar 21, 2011 6:23 pm)
Hey, I tried!
 
The bad phone number did make me leary.

#994 of 1030 Re: So far... [isellhondas] by Mr_Shiftright HOST

Mar 21, 2011 (7:51 pm)

Replying to: isellhondas (Mar 21, 2011 7:08 pm)
I wonder if that was deliberate, the bad # ? Forces you to e-mail and let appears legit in the ad, to suck you in.

#995 of 1030 ya never know by qbrozen

Mar 22, 2011 (7:30 am)

good deals do come up on craigslist. I don't think that price on the TR3 was crazy cheap given the condition, but I could be wrong, of course. Not everybody knows the fair market value of a car. I'd like to think everything I've bought on ebay and craigs was a good deal. I mean, the rust-free 300Z for $1k stands out to me. It was a case of the seller not knowing what he had and putting up a really crappy ad with one crappy pic. The 740 wagon I bought for my brother for $1100 with less than 100k miles was another one. It does happen.

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