Well, it has taken me over a year to sdell my 93 T-bird and got less than
half my origional asking price, but 600 more than I could get trade in.
Brian
----- Original Message -----
From: Stlaurent Mr Steven <STLAURENTS@mctssa.usmc.mil>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 6:07 PM
Subject: RE: DML: trade in or sell
> That is not always the case in selling a specialty or after market turnkey
> vehicle. Depending the area of the seller and the intent of the buyer.
>
> I sold a 2000 V6 Twin Turbo Roush Ferd Rustang for amount that you could
of
> bought a Saleen S-281 SC for and only advertised it for three days. It
sold
> quickly and the car is completely an after-market product from both Roush
> Racing and seller adds ons. What sold the car was the TT and the Roush
> aggressive package. If I didn't have that well, like other owners I would
> of had a hard time to convince anyone worth buying.
>
> Buyer demands. Look around and see what is selling in your area.
>
> -------------------------------------------
> Steven St.Laurent
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> Test Branch, GSD, MCTSSA
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Tom [mailto:tigers@bserv.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 9:25 AM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: trade in or sell
>
> At 02:02 PM 9/7/00 EDT, you wrote:
> >Hey Dml'ers,, real dilemma,,,Should I try to sell my truck
> >or just trade it as is...anyone have this experience ?
> >Thanks, Ted O.
>
> In the ~40 years of owning cars, I would guess that I would
> lose, on an average, a few thousand at least if I did a trade
> in. It's a pain to sell privately what with advertising,
> being home to take calls, describing the truck and arranging
> for look-sees and test drives, and, lately, in Ont., the gov't
> has made it more complicated to sell privately ... virtually
> responsible for a safety (which means emissions as well) and
> must purchase a 'selling' kit from the license bureau but this
> might not apply in your locale. Having said that, if you want
> to save a significant amount of money towards your next purchase,
> private is the way to go.
>
> Your truck is really modded up. I would suggest that you remove
> as much as possible (I gather that you are). I'm performance-oriented
> but I would never purchase an aftermarket, modded vehicle for the obvious
> reasons. Your truck, in stock or near stock form (especially a 4 x 4
> without the SC, nitrous, MPI, 24# injectors) will appeal to a wider
> buyers market and you don't have to convince everyone that it has
> not been driven hard. Sell the aftermarket parts seperately ...
> if the buyer wants them, all the better.
>
> Good luck, whatever you do! Except for buying a Lightning :-)
>
> Bob
>
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