Here's The Guys I Hate!

[Bruzilla]

http://lakeland.craigslist.org/pts/4297675188.html

"We are parting out a 1968 Ford Galaxie w/ a 302. Whole Car is NOT for sale. This car had a light under hood fire. Notable parts for sale : Back Seat , Misc. Interior Parts , New OEM Wiring Harness , Sheet Metal and Wheels . Please call or email with any questions. Thanks for stopping by and checking out the Ad."

These guys have a really nice vintage car that's 95% there, but they want to part it out to make more money and won't sell the whole car. Problem is they have a car that's very nice but not especially high in demand, and there's maybe a dozen in the whole country being actively worked on, so they'll end up selling just enough parts off of it to make it to where it's no longer viable as a project and will end up crushing it. What's worse is in the end they'll make less money than they would by selling it whole because they just don't understand the market.

Bad for the hobby and bad for business.

 

[tallhair]

Maybe they don't have the title, it's been reported as crushed already etc.

 

[Bruzilla]

Those guys can get titles pretty easily if there wasn't one at the point of sale.

 

[RS23VOA]

If its already had the title turned in as salvage, there's no return. Seen it happen on a couple cool cars.

 

[BeastlyBirdie]

It's still better than the ads that start 'you are buying....' Wth, is the guy hoping that some sort of subliminal thing will happen, I you will buy...
As for this, yep, partial part outs tick me off. Title aside, sometimes you need a complete donor vehicle, for some of the smalls. These people sell the fenders, then, someone needs say the bolts, and they are gone. Or, like bruzilla says, there's a shell that will be crushed. Its like the guy that one day will fix it up, and the car rots into the ground.

 

[Bruzilla]

It's still better than the ads that start 'you are buying....' Wth, is the guy hoping that some sort of subliminal thing will happen, I you will buy...

There's actually a name for it. It's called Mental Ownership and it actually does work.

 

[YY1]

They've been trying to sell that car for the past year.....for $16,000 IIRC.

...and haven't budged on the price much if at all.


Wait- different ad, different owner, but same car. 16K price was before fire.

Wanna bet PO took out a hefty insurance policy a few weeks before the "accident"?


The original ads read something like-

"RARE 1968 fastback"..."Sacrifice for ONLY $16,000 FIRM"

 

[Moparsmitty]

Every once in a great while I'll see a restorable car like this one at one of our local yards. It's usually the same story. "We don't sell cars, we sell parts" or "we don't have a dealer's license" or "we can't get a title" etc. etc. Just last year one of the local yards had a restorable '68 Olds 4-4-2 sitting out by the office and they wouldn't even talk about selling the whole car. It was just "what parts do you want" and that's it. Sometimes you wonder how they got these cars and what the deal is.

 

[J-Mart]

Seems like that would be the time when you say "I'd like to buy every part. Every nut and bolt, and you don't even have to pull the parts off!"....just to be THAT guy. And yes. I am a sarcastic S.O.B. :laughing7:

 

[Budnicks]

Seems like that would be the time when you say "I'd like to buy every part. Every nut and bolt, and you don't even have to pull the parts off!"....just to be THAT guy. And yes. I am a sarcastic S.O.B. :laughing7:

yeah, I've tried that with people that were parting out old cars, basically listed every part left, engine trans rear end fenders hood truck glass interior etc., basically minus all the misc. nuts & bolts, a few times it what cheaper than what the person actually wanted for a complete car, they didn't have to do any disassembly & I was left to get a lost title... most catch on pretty quickly thou...

 

[Chryco69]

Maybe he has title issues or its stolen and he is just trying to make a buck because he cant sell it whole.

Its a Ford anyways.....who cares?

 

[mopar505]

There's actually a name for it. It's called Mental Ownership and it actually does work.

LOL , you must be in the sales field? spot on though, emotional ownership. i like the fast back look ford or not.

 

[Bruzilla]

LOL , you must be in the sales field? spot on though, emotional ownership. i like the fast back look ford or not.

I developed some training materials for Ford salesmen and I learned about it there. I was asking about why the folks had to learn those stupid "what do you think your neighbor will say when you bring this home?" or "where would you like to drive this on vacation?" questions the sales people were required to ask during test drives. I thought they were just to engage the buyer in conversation, but they're asked because once a buyer hears them they create an image in their mind that they can't prevent. They see themselves owning the car, showing it off to the family or the neighbors, going on vacation, etc., and in their mind they already own the car, are driving it, and are already enjoying it. It sounds really stupid but it works.

 

[Speedbird]

I must be mentally defective. It doesn't work on me.
Is like $19.99 is cheaper than $20.00?
:thinker:

 

[satman72]

Well, it is.

 

[BeastlyBirdie]

It works on people that buy Fords....as proven above.

 

[addict4christ]

Brand X !
Big whoop !!