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Title: Is this craigslist pickup truck overpriced?
Post by: Sir_Hans on February 26, 2014, 06:05:50 am
http://honolulu.craigslist.org/big/cto/4345690645.html

He's asking 15,700$ obo ...
Am pondering going to test drive it but its a couple hours drive there and then 2 more back.

Blue book price on the truck w/ mileage is about 12,000$ but the truck has some aftermarket parts and nice tires. Do the upgrades on the truck bring up the price 3.7 k?

Is this guy asking too much?
Title: Re: Is this craigslist pickup truck overpriced?
Post by: Jeade on February 26, 2014, 06:36:51 am
I'll be honest- I know nothing about cars, but I'll be damned if I ever pay that much on an 11 year old FORD pickup with 100k+ miles.
I'd say no to that (unless the tires and sub are something you're seriously interested in).
If you're interested, go for it, but try and get the price down.

My time as a public marketing person would say this:
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Title: Re: Is this craigslist pickup truck overpriced?
Post by: Sir_Hans on February 26, 2014, 06:47:38 am
I'll be honest- I know nothing about cars, but I'll be damned if I ever pay that much on an 11 year old FORD pickup with 100k+ miles.
I'd say no to that (unless the tires and sub are something you're seriously interested in).
If you're interested, go for it, but try and get the price down.

My time as a public marketing person would say this:
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Thanks for the advice! Its a toyota btw not a ford. :D

I don't really like fords...

Title: Re: Is this craigslist pickup truck overpriced?
Post by: Christo on February 26, 2014, 06:49:26 am
Open body language, always smile.

fuck that  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Is this craigslist pickup truck overpriced?
Post by: Jeade on February 26, 2014, 06:56:08 am
Thanks for the advice! Its a toyota btw not a ford. :D

I don't really like fords...

Yeah, they're garbage. I do love Toyota though!

If you do end up going out there to check it out and make an offer, I should note one other important bit of advice:
You need to make him want to sell it to you because you're such an awesome, friendly person.
You also want to leverage a certain amount of awkwardness if he tries to back out of it when you give him your marked-down price.
It's the last thing you ever want to happen, but if you have no other way than to make him feel too awkward to say no, it's a feasible tactic.

I miss manipulating people into sales as my job :(
Title: Re: Is this craigslist pickup truck overpriced?
Post by: zagibu on February 26, 2014, 10:45:34 am
What are you going to pick up, though? Hoes?
Title: Re: Is this craigslist pickup truck overpriced?
Post by: Radament on February 26, 2014, 01:26:12 pm
http://honolulu.craigslist.org/big/cto/4350525429.html (http://honolulu.craigslist.org/big/cto/4350525429.html)
Title: Re: Is this craigslist pickup truck overpriced?
Post by: Son Of Odin on February 26, 2014, 04:50:12 pm
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Those tires look slightly worn out... Unevenly from the side which could indicate there's a problem with the wheel alignment. That's not expensive to get fixed but the tires can keep on wearing out from the side even after fixing the alignment (can't really tell if it's that bad from the picture).

And what is it with you 'murricans and automatic transmission? 4X4 truck and automatic? That's just wow... Everybody who has ever gotten stuck in snow/mud/sand/whatever with a car with an automatic gearbox knows what I'm talking about :lol:
Title: Re: Is this craigslist pickup truck overpriced?
Post by: djavo on February 26, 2014, 04:58:51 pm
That's too much even for european prices. Tell him you'll give him 5k and something from KFC.