Ferrari Mailing List: Re: After-action report on 2007 F430

[Britt2Asa (Britt2Asa]

I think I started this line of thought...
 
My point here is that when you screw someone down really hard on the price  
(which I always try to do), when you throw down a cheque and say take it or 
 leave it, when you low ball an offer especially when you know the seller 
needs  to sell....That's when you have to make sure you take the car with 
you! A  friendly sale or pay asking price and I would not worry to much.
 
Back a few years I sold a valuable car. I priced it very low for what it  
was because I really had to sell it (lost garage place, needed the cash).  
Anyway, the guy who bought it came to look at it in a 300,000 POUND car. he  
clearly had money. He looked at the car, offered me 10% less, we chatted and  
settled on 5%. I was going to throw in with the car a custom cover, a load 
of  spares, a complete second set of wheels, ect. (he didn't know this) 
Since he low  balled the price all that stuff went on ebay where it made a few 
thousand more.  Easy peasy. He got what he paid for but that was all.
 
That's not to say I don't low ball the price myself but I make sure I know  
what I am negotiating for. I originally said if you just throw down a 
cheque and  say "call me if you bank it" you have to be careful the car doesn't 
suddenly go  missing a few key bits. I like the idea and it is gutsy but 
still, if you don't  pay asking the person selling may take it badly and you 
don't even know  it.
 
Britt
 
 
 
 

Wow!  There's some real crazy running around people loose  arenât there?

You know, now that you mention it , I've heard real  estate horror stories 
of 
sellers taking bathroom fixtures, wall to wall  carpeting, lightbulbs, etc. 
so I guess the stuff you mentioned isn't all  that odd.

Thanks for the info -
LarryT

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From:  <philville [at] dejazzd.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 2:13  PM
To: "LarryT" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>; "Phil Tegtmeier"  
<philville [at] dejazzd.com>
Cc:  <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] After-action report  on 2007 F430

> Larry
> You have no idea......in the past 45  years I have seen Rallye clocks 
> dissapear...tool kits worth at the  time thousands of $'s dissappear, I 
> have seen, wheel swaps engine  swaps....money brings out the 
> worst........and this has only been  with Ferrari.
> Phil
> --
>
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> ---- LarryT <l02turner [at] comcast.net>  wrote:
>> Good point IMHO - I can see some sellers replacing the  radio with a 
>> lesser
>> model!
>>
>>  LarryT
>>
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>> From:  <Britt2Asa [at] aol.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 8:42  AM
>> To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
>>  Cc: <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Ferrari]  After-action report on 2007 F430
>>
>> >
>>  >
>> > I fully believe in Ken pricing but what would happen if  the dealer 
took
>> > your check, deposited it, and then claimed it  was a down payment for 
>> > the
>> > car
>>  > or  a substantial deposit? I would worry about a scum bag dealer  
(over
>> > here
>> > in the  UK at least) taking  the money but still asking for more. It
>> > would/could be  a  real hassle to get your money back..
>> >
>> >  Am I alone in wondering this? With a private seller I would never  pay
>> > without having the car papers in my hand the second I  handed over the
>> > money.
>> > Lots of things can  disappear from a car if you buy it and don't take 
it
>> >  with
>> > you...books, car cover, tools, receipts,  ect.
>> >
>> > Maybe I am just less trust worthy than  you guys. If I screw the price 
>> > down
>> > (which  I do) I don't want to leave the car with the vendor for one 
>> >  second
>> > because if they feel they didn't get as much as they  wanted they 
might 
>> > try
>> > to  make the  money back some other way.
>> >
>> >  Thoughts?
>> >
>> > Britt
>> >
>>  > Once I  bought a pickup. It was a new model, and the huge dealer  
only 
>> > had
>> > two in on  the vast lot, out  of literally a thousand cars baking in 
the
>> > hot
>>  > Texas sun.  All those units sitting there making interest for the  
local
>> > bank
>> > on the floor  plan. They  wanted $32,000. I offered $28,000. Nope.
>> >
>> > The  salesman  started into his time worn, hours-long routine. I  
stopped
>> > him. Wrote out a  check for $28,000 and dropped  it on the desk. "If 
>> > your
>> > manager changes  his  mind give me a call" I said, "Cash it or tear it 
>> >  up.
>> > I'm
>> > going home to dinner"  (it was  after work). And I left.
>> >
>> > Took me 30 minutes  to drive to the  house. The phone rang as I was 
>> >  pulling
>> > up the driveway.
>> >
>> >  There are lots  of 430s out there. Will this work for Jim? I don't  
>> > know.
>> > But if anyone has the  cojones  to drop a $140,000 check on the guy's 
>> > desk
>> >  and
>> > walk out I think  Conforti does. Forget that they  are assholes, they 
>> > have
>> > a
>> >  clock in their head  and every time the phone rings they wonder if  
the
>> > bank
>> > is calling.
>>  >
>> > Besides it is too much fun to watch the look on the  guy's face when 
>> > you
>> > actually  leave.
>> >
>> > the kenverine
>>  >





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