sn00p wrote:
> Anony wrote:
>>
>>
>> sn00p wrote:
>>> Anony wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> riverbian@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>>>>> Are you kidding? I just bought a 1993 Honda Accord with
260,000kilos,
>>>>> I paid for $5500. Tell me where to buy a $2500 car as ads above.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I agree - it's always amazing how cheap some people can be - they
>>>> hear that maybe once some friend's uncle's twice removed second
>>>> cousins neighbor's friend who lives next door to some pawn shop in
>>>> Mexico once heard some story about car 'X' selling for 'X' $ and
>>>> they think that means ALL similar cars are only worth that.
>>>>
>>>> THe low prices listed are even less than black book value for a poor
>>>> condition car (for that vehicle), and in an auction where public
>>>> does NOT have access, therefore that is NOT a retail/private value,
>>>> but rather a value for getting rid of a junker where it needs lots
>>>> of repair (maybe engine or body work) and is in rough condition or
>>>> is for parts.
>>>>
>>>> Realistic prices can be found by looking at the Gold Book value
>>>> (available free to look at at any Saskatoon Public Library) and the
>>>> auto trader site has a good price range shopping.
>>
>>> has nothing to do with cheap, i'm not buying it...
>>
>> No one said YOU were cheap nor buying it - why are you reading things
>> into what people say, just like:
>>
>> only added in the
>>> last tidbit of info he didn't add in with all his other description.
>>
>> and why is that im****tant whether he did, or not? And what if people
>> don't have access to your holy price book? If no one is interested,
>> then he'll get no calls - there is no reason to comment in a way that
>> implies, to most people reading, that an advertiser is somehow being
>> not forthcoming or is overcharging or whatever. don't recall anyone
>> asking anyone else to be price policing vehicle posts in this group.
>>
>> as
>>> far as book value goes, it is what it is, and it is im****tant to
>> true - it's just a number in a book
>>
>>> consider given that if it were to be in an accident, sgi will
>>> reference that value, and if the end buyer needs to borrow money to
>>> buy it, their bank will look at that value as well.
>>
>> Perhaps, but not really, as they WILL look at retail or market value
>> and things like Gold Book value & Auto Trader & newspaper pricing,
>> *NOT* beat up black book value. Even tho' you declare the price you
>> paid when registering a vehcile for plates at SGI, that does *NOT*
>> mean you would never get more than that if it was, say, totalled. SGI
>> considers replacement cost, current value of the existing vehicle
>> which includes all things like condition, kms, parts & salvage value,
>> etc. Gerry (now a former neighbour) was hit (not his fault) - book
>> value on his old car (it was just a daily driver) was $550, but when
>> they inspect it and see it's great condition (except now totalled and
>> not worth repairing) and he has every receipt for every 10cent bulb
>> ever put in it, they pay him $2300 - book value meant nothing. Gerry
>> later started working for SGI and tells of other such incidents: eg 87
>> Buick Grand Regal - owner obsessive compulsive, garage kept, never out
>> in winter or rain, passengers had to wear bags on their feet to
>> protect carpet, etc - totalled - not a special car at all, owner got
>> $23,000 because that was what was needed to replace with a similar
>> condition vehicle even tho' that was NOT what book value is. eg2: 2000
>> Dodge Grand Caravan with 643,000 highway kms, not loaded, but other
>> than the number on the dash (a sales guy) looks and drives and was
>> (until backed into by a semi) a premium vehicle with perfect
>> maintenance - it was *NOT* degraded at all due to kms, so value was
>> not depreciated, due to kms, by SGI, so he got the same $ as same
>> vehicle retail price on a dealer lot with only 76,000k.
>>
>> you are absolutely right, it will
>>> sell for more than that, that is the price a dealer will pay for it,
>>> and dealers make profit on what they sell.
>>
>> Of course they try to - everyone has to eat, but sometimes things sell
>> at a loss to stop the bleeding of carrying charges, etc too.
>>
>> but if you think for a minute
>>> that a dealer doubles his money on the things he sells, you are dead
>>> wrong.
>>
>> uhhh, no. People other than yourself work in the auto industry too.
>> There is LOTS of markup on some things eg. connector cable I was
>> looking at the other day, full dealer cost (incl the 'S&H' & labour
>> into the dealer & stocking & etc) was $3.31 - sell price $59.61
>>
>>> i buy vehicles at auction all the time to make profit on them,
>>
>> OK, we see now, so a motive exists to downgrade anyone elses vehicle
>> posts to make your selling look more attractive.
>>
>> it's what
>>> a dealer does, it does not mean that the motor is weak or body is
rough.
>>
>> It doens't mean it isn't either.
>>
>>> 5000-6000 vehicles are bought at dealer auctions ever week across
>>> canada, it's not that there are that many lemons out there, it's just
>>> how we do business.
>>
>>> now settle down and have a cookie
>>
>> Why are you assuming I'm unsettled - you posted an unrequested
>> comment, so then you have to live with replies to it, and the same
>> rules should then apply to you also, in that others can comment as
>> much as they want too.
> knock yourselves out
> this is just another high mileage jap crap car that someone thinks is
> worth a mint just because it's japanese. it's old and high mileage, for
> anyone to pay $6000+ for it, they must be retarded
According to your logic, someone is retarded to make the 'book value' of
'high mileage jap crap car' higher than low mileage us car.
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