telephone millionaires/flippers

[agtw31]

ok,ive had it.

i am so sick of these "telephone millionaires",that offer over 20k for car,but on the conditon i send them 400 pics of the car.

if you can afford to offer me over 20k for a car i have for sale over the phone,you can afford to hire somebody to come check out the car,or just buy a damn plane ticket,and come look at it yourself.

[nuch_ss396]

Andy,

Let me add this. I purchased a Cobra on eBay 3 years ago and
it looked great from the images of the car. Once the car
arrived, I noticed all the dings, dents, etc. and I was
pretty miffed. Lesson learned. Digital photos are notorious
for hiding certain details ( like paint issues ). I don't
think I'd buy another car without having someone look at it
first ( walk around ). If someone wants more images, send
them........

Steve

[agtw31]

i see your point,steve.maybe i am just spoiled by people that are serious buyers.

i just cant take seriously anybody that makes an offer over the phone,then has it contingent on receiving pics,after ive sent 20,instead of hiring a professional to inspect the car.

ive had 4 people hire somebody to inspect this car,and one guy flew down from Boston.all were sincere cash offers,and very close to what was an acceptable figure for me.

im glad i dont do this stuff for a living,like some of the guys on this board do.

[olredalert]

------I have been in this business/hobby for a long time and one of the things that has remained a constant all of those years is that pictures NEVER tell the truth. Anyone who doubts the validity of my statement is in for a rude awakening.........Bill S

[nuch_ss396]

[quote.... pictures NEVER tell the truth. .....

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Bill,

I'd actually like to know exactly why that is. After my
Cobra arrived, and I surveyed the minor paint & sheet metal damage,
I looked over the images again. It was almost impossible to
find the defects in the images with the car right in front
of me.

Steve

[Jeff H]

[ QUOTE ]
------I have been in this business/hobby for a long time and one of the things that has remained a constant all of those years is that pictures NEVER tell the truth. Anyone who doubts the validity of my statement is in for a rude awakening.........Bill S

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I agree with that! I took some pictures of one of my old 88 Toyota 4Runners I had for sale and the lighting was perfect and the pictures came out looking like it was in mint condition! I even had a tree shadow in the perfect spot so you couldn't see the transition from good paint to faded paint. And I didn't even do it on purpose. I had to explain to people that the picture made it look much better than it really was. With that being said, I've bought a couple of cars based on pictures and assumed they weren't as nice as the pictures and I was pleasantly surprised when I got the car.

[Charley Lillard]

Jeff...Didn't you buy that JL8 Z based on pics ?

[SuperNovaSS]

Let's keep in mind that people lie just as much as pictures do. If you advertise a car on the internet for a price that is not a give away, I would expect to take 100s of pictures of the car. This is so the potential buyer has an idea of what they will be looking at before buying a plane ticket or hiring a inspector. If you do not want to put up with the hassle then I suggest advertising locally. Even when advertising close to home you will get jacked around. It goes with the territory. I remember someone here saying recently that they cancelled looking at a 68 Firebird because it was sitting in wet gravel and they did not want to get dirty. Now that is jerking a seller around.

Jason

[olredalert]

Jeff,,,,You notice that I "didnt" say that pictures always make a car look better than it really is. I just said they always lie! I cant tell you why. I just know, as fact, that cars never seem to look the same in the pictures as they do in person. Kind of like those internet dating services that have you send in a pic of yourself. Which one do you send??? The one where you are picking your nose???........Bill S