Emotions when selling a car

[Smokey]

Is it me...or is it ok to have emotions when you sell your car?

I have 1 that I had for many many years and have been more of a caretaker to it than anything. Last fall before it snowed out I took it up to our car- stargage shed and put it away for its winter nap. 2 weeks later and a foot of snow someone calls and wants to buy it right now today. I told him straight up its for sale but not at this time since its in storage and there are dozen cars packed next to it and around it in a 40x80 shed. He couldn't understand why I wouldn't move the cars to get it out just so he could look at it.

So he kept on calling every 2-3 weeks and he started to become a PITA. He would call up around 4-5 PM with a few coctails in him and I would tell him the same thing.. Its not coming out until the other cars are out so find me after Memorial weekend. In March, it started to make me think about how much of jerk the guy is...and should I really sell it to him. Finally yesterday I told him when he called in for his weekly call and told George- I would love to sell it just not to you because I really can't stand about how rude you are to me and my wife over the phone.

Am I dumb for not taking his 60k? I know its not a big money car like Red Alert, a Yenko or a Top Flight 435 Car.

[4onthefloor]

What kind of buyer calls you up "BUZZED"to ask about a car that you just stored And Expects you to STOP everything your doing to sell it to him? I understand the emotions when it comes to selling Car's and wanting them to go to good Homes,I take it if the Guy was patient & Didnt bother you EVERYDAY- You may have sold him the Car,I guess if the Car in question is worth what the Guy was offering, You should be able to find another more suitable buyer and Have the peace of mind that its gonna get taken Care of..BUT if its a Car that wont fetch that kind of dough>I would have just SOLD it the 1st day the Guy came sniffing around...Its a Toss UP.. Hopefully your Happy with the decision you made...

[RAIIIT/A]

I wouldn't sweat it.... I've refused to sell a couple of people cars... as I felt the people wouldn't take proper care of it.

[Hylton]

I guess it would all depend on how attached I was to the car vs. what premium he is offering to me over the cars true market value.

[Salvatore]

I agree with Hylton about the attachment and value. Many people are jerks. If it is good money for you and you did say it was forsale I probably would have moved the car out if it was possible. Don't really care what somebody does with a car or anything else after I sell it. If it meant that much to you maybe just keep it and sell something else? The knuckleheads are getting more and more out there. Just go with any car to any car show and listen to them talk and the questions and statements they make about the cars. More and more non car people in the hobby.

[njsteve]

If he calls again, think of what you would consider a fair price...and then double it. Tell him to bring cash and that the car doesn't move from its location til you see the cash.

I did that 25 years ago when Otis Chandler's guy called me. I thought he was busting my balls so I told him $54,000 for my 71 hemicuda ragtop thinking he would hang up. He didn't. He transfered the damn money to me in an hour. (I was such an idiot back then) <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif

Ok, on second thought, don't double the amount...multiply it by 10 instead.

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[92646]

I have to ask what kind of car is it?

[old5.0]

A friend once told me &quot; if the guy's check clears, it doesn't matter if he sets the thing on fire and pushes it off a cliff.&quot; Logical, but I still find myself interviewing potential buyers like they're taking my daughter to her senior prom.

That said, I'm with Steve. Double the price, in cash. Call it the cost of being a jack***.

[MrsBillyBobcat]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: old5.0</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Logical, but I still find myself interviewing potential buyers like they're taking my daughter to her senior prom.

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[flyingn]

It is VERY tough to sell a car. Its not the car itself, because its just a machine, but it is the memories you have in this machine that people get attached to. If you bought a car and never ever drove it and just let it sit in a garage vs. one you enjoy with your family taking to cruises and shows and making memories, it makes a huge difference when selling it..

[Dave Rifkin]

I think anyone who is in the hobby for the right reason (they simply love musclecars or any collector car) is bound to become emotionally attached to their cars.
I have never owned anything near the caliber of cars on this site but, I have sold a few that made my eyes well up with tears as I watched them pull away. I take it a step further in the fact that I try to make it a point to sell my cars to people who live far enough away from me that I am not going to see &quot;my car&quot; running around after I've sold it.

[ORIGLS6]

I don't understand the concept of 'selling a car'. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif

[mockingbird812]

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[427TJ]

I can close my eyes right now and see my first car, a '67 Camaro, driving away from my house on the evening I sold it in October, 1985. Had a ton of cash in it, sold it for 2500, replacing it with a mint '64 Nova hardtop. I was in college and needed eco-wheels and the Camaro was a gas hog. The kid I sold it to trashed it within a year or two and it's now a rotted hulk in a storage yard, far beyond my $$-ability to save it. So yeah, it'd be nice to be the guy who buys and sells cars without care but I'm one of those sensitive types who has a hard time seeing things go. Someone once said of Jack Parr, the host of the Tonight Show back before Carson, that Parr was so sentimental that he couldn't bring himself to take the empty pop bottles back to the store. I'm not that bad but selling/trading-in my cars has always been tough.

[MrsBillyBobcat]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: flyingn</div><div class="ubbcode-body">It is VERY tough to sell a car. Its not the car itself, because its just a machine, but it is the memories you have in this machine that people get attached to. If you bought a car and never ever drove it and just let it sit in a garage vs. one you enjoy with your family taking to cruises and shows and making memories, it makes a huge difference when selling it.. </div></div>

You &quot;hit the nail on the head&quot; with that Frank! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif

I bought my first car, a '66 Biscayne, from a couple who were the original owners. Here I was all excited getting my first car <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif and the wife was crying <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/cry.gif as I backed it out of the driveway! I will never forget that!