Tell me this isn't cr@p

I finally sold my wagon today to buy this 47 Plymouth Special Deluxe sedan with the suicide doors.

Well today I call the guy and tell him I am gonna pick it up on Saturday. He hasn't had ANYbody really looking at it. Now all of a sudden he has 3 people coming today and one offered more than me.


@!%!F!G

 

Learn if it is crap: Hold out the agreed amount of cash. Say good-bye if he doesn't hold out the title and reach for the money...

 

I agree.....It's crap.

 

or hold out the agreed amount of money, minus the amount he jacked the price! but you may not get the car if do that...only satisfaction....

 

Did you two agree on a price? If so and he's still shopping it, walk.

-Lee
Atomic Radio
www.atomicpinup.com

 

ive dealt with guys like that before. you have to pretty much call their bluff. use his game to your advantage. dont play into it. dont act anymore interested than you were before and dont offer any more. shoot, you could even tell him you found another '47 that your going to look at.

 

I'd just walk.

We had a similar situation up here a few months ago, offered the guy exactly what he wanted, in cash, in his garage...he told us to come back the next day because he wanted to see if the other guys who called would offer more. No time for 'bidding wars'

my buddy walked away, a little bummed, but ended up with a better car for a good price. No worries dude, theres always something cool!

 

I agree. Doesn't sound like someone I'd wanna do business with.

 

tell him to sell it to the higher bidder.... that you really didn't want to pay the agreed amount.

If he really has someone who offered more... it means he isn't worth dealing with... so walk.

If he's bluffing, and you walk, he might come back with a lower offer.

Either way on principle I would walk away.

 

I've run into the same situation. Dealing with an $800 truck. Day before I went to pick it up, he calls me with a story about a guy willing to give $1000. He said I had first shot at it if I gave him a grand. I said nope, but call me back if it falls through with the other guy. Two days later he called back and asked if I was still interested. I said yes but at $600. He took it. I don't know if the second guy was B.S., but I was not going to play games.

 

Give him your phone number, tell him if his deal doesn't go through that your offer stands for 48 hours. If he calls after the 48 hours, tell him you no longer have all the money and lowball him.

 

well you know the old saying. money talks and bullshit walks.

selling a car sucks sometimes. the first person who has the money gets the car. everything else is just talk. I've sold a few cars in my day and have learned that what people say means absolutely nothing.

if someone told me on tuesday they were coming saturday to get the car and another person showed up on wednesday with cash they would get it.

 

I agree, I would tell him to take the higher offer but tell him you have the cash in hand. He will call you back if he is playing a game. If he is not then he was able to get more money, good for him.

 

Tell him 'Oh, shoot, that's too bad. I am not really into cars a bunch of other people want. I kind of like the stuff other don't want, but sounds like this is too popular for my tastes. Let me know if they pass and maybe I'll be interested again, but I might want to reconsider whether I really want it now. Good luck with it.'

 

Go punch him in the neck if he doesnt sell it to you.


-Jason

 

Well if its true it should be sold today for more money.
I would wait and see a few days and maybe friday check on it then use that to low ball him. Why didnt the guy want to pay more for it? Was something wrong with it? hmmm I dont know haha

If it sells keep shopping.

 

He wanted 1800 obo. I offered 1600 and he said "Yea that sounds good". Now he has a million offers.

 

Verbal agreements are usually worth the paper they are printed on.

How bad do you really want it ?

 

that smell, its the bullshit he's feeding you. walk away, if he wants an auction, eBay is still working.

 

I lost many chances to buy great cars. I've learned to bring a little cash give it a flash and strike a deal. If a deal is made then get it in writeing. If no deal give them you number for contacting you and walk away. Don't call back and look for the next one.
This was a long learning process for me with much anxioty. But now I know what to do and have a great car.

 

Did you give him a deposit? If no, you've got nothing to complain about.
I'm not trying to be a dick--look at it from his point of view. How many of us have "sold" cars that the guy is gonna come and pick up, only to still have it sitting in the yard months later after shooting down other offers because "a guy said he's going to buy it, and I'm holding it for him."
No deposit, it's still for sale.
Now, if you put a deposit down on it and he's selling it out from under you, then that's pretty shitty.

-Brad

 

No, no deposit, I'm just saying the circumstance is crap. Not blaming him, It just blows that when I am able to get it, some other people take the opportunity.

 

hes probably B.S.ing you, but like others said, tell him to call you if that deal falls through. you can find anoter plymouth. if you really cant wait, then pony up

 

Since you don't really know for sure if he has other offers I would say stick to your price, but don't be so sure that he is trying to pull one over on you as I have sold a few cars and had just the same thing happen to me. The guy with the lowest offer was pissed at me that I sold the car even though he spent his merry time waiting to come get the car.

 

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If you have cash in hand I would tell him to sell it to the other guy and look around. Lots of cars out there for a fellow with cash.

 

Hes full of crap. Not to offend you, but you'd be really hard pressed to find 2 guys wanting a '46 Plymouth 4dr bad enough to get into a bidding war. And at $1600, it better be a pretty decent Ply. Tell him to take the other offer and let him stew for a week or two.

 

Another deal will come along.

 

Drive over to his house, shake his hand and tell him "Thanks, for backing out on the deal, I cant believe I almost dropped $1,600 bucks on a '47 Plymouth four door."

 

There will always be a better deal out there if you are a patient man. I wanted a '33 Willys (fiberglass) for sale in Canada and agreed to his price, drove up there, and he changed his mind on what he wanted. I walked. I found a real steel one in the states - a better car for less.

Keep looking.