Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 23:50:55 -0700
Reply-To: Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
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From: Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
Subject: Re: 30K syncro
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I've seen the overvaluing here as well, tho not so much the 'for sale/not
for sale' game. I wonder if it doesn't have something to do with the overall
cost of living, real estate etc. being fairly high compared to some other
places- sort of a halo effect. I also wonder that Ebay and the other online
sales/auction sites haven't just driven up the market for used goods in
general.
But yeah, there are people around here that seem to think their 200k civic
is worth its weight in gold just because it doesn't have rust in it.
Cya,
Robert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Oxroad" <Oxroad@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 11:31 PM
Subject: Re: 30K syncro
> In a message dated 4/13/2006 11:01:06 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> nobleman1962@YAHOO.COM writes:
>
>>"We are going to look at offers from $33,000 until the end of April 2006.
> If you are >wondering why anyone would pay 30 large for a 15 year old VW
> Bus,
> then this is >obviously not the vehicle for you. Serious inquiries only"
>
>>Now that is a pretentious out right offensive statement.
>
> Yeah, I have a "serious inquiry" for the guy. Have you sought
> psychological
> help?
>
> I can't figure it out and I don't want to pin it on Californians, but
> there
> is a very strange thing that goes on out here. And I have only seen it
> here--never back east where I used to live.
>
> People out here (not all of them of course) put their vehicles up for sale
> when they have absolutally no desire to sell them. It's odd, and I wonder
> why
> it happens here--I dare say frequently--and I never noticed such a thing
> back
> east.
>
> On my block here in LA there is a Ford Escort with a FOR SALE sign and has
> been for sale for over 2 years! I wish I were kidding. The asking price
> is
> $3800 and in the best of times it's worth about half that. But still a
> detailed
> sign in the window highlighting it's "features".
>
> When I lived in Burbank for two years there was a Ford pick up for sale
> for
> the two years I lived there. Again this one had the detailed For Sale
> sign.
> There's an overpriced 90s Passat up in Hollywood that's been overpriced
> with a
> For Sale sign on it for the better part of a year. This For Sale sign
> shows
> the blue book value and asks about $100 below that. But again
> overpriced--it's
> not in excellent condition and has a boatload of miles. Clean enough.
> Probably worth half of what's being asked. But there's no matter because
> it's not
> really for sale.
>
> Another Toyota I looked at with a friend was overpriced and then I saw
> it
> for about a year--still "for sale!"
>
> I think in all fareness if you put a For Sale sign on something you
> should
> be somewhat interested in letting go of it for a fair price. There's
> something
> wrong with these people, and I can't quite put my finger on it.
>
> Is it the pleasure of teasing? The delusion of knowing the "real value",
> when in fact the real value is what someone is offering--not what you're
> asking.
>
> And I agree, I don't know the guy who is selling the $33K bus, but the ad
> is
> condescending not only in the asking price.
>
> Best,
> Jeff
> 83.5 Westy
> LA,CA
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