Pricing

what do you have?

 

79 ford LTD

 

thanks but i am an AMC freak. btw, where in PA re you? I am in the northeast

 

Altho an AMC wagon is a nice vehicle and sort of different among the Fords, Chevys, and MOPARs, finding a good one is also more difficult. Therefore be willing to play closer to what the seller is asking for one you can live with. Because the salvage yards or vendors also won't have many parts.

 

Unfortunately, some people will trip over a Dollar just to save a Dime. It's how their brains are hardwired. Me, I'd rather find a screamin' deal where a little work is necessary, but it's an otherwise good car.

 

in the end, it´s so easy...
it´s all a question of supply and demand and how much someone is willing to pay for something he wants to own.
I know the situation is different in the U.S. but a while ago I visited a vintage car trade fair here in Germany. I saw a lot wagons for sale, different makes, different model years. The cheapest was about 16.000 $, and this one was a 78 Pontiac. A nice car, for sure, but it had rust, dents, worn seats, dull paint, worn out suspension etc...a car as a solid basis maybe, but certainly not an eye catcher. The seller obviously thinks he will find someone, paying the price for this of a brandnew midsize car with 2,3,4,5 or six year full warranty. Maybe he was lucky, I don´t know, but I certainly will not pay so much money for such a desolate car.
I found mine sitting at a used car dealer for more than a year, with the price reduced every 3 months. The condition similar to the Pontiacs (maybe better), but payed only 2.000$. Ok, i´d like the Pontiac better, but not for 8 times the prize, sorry.
The guys only can call out these high prizes as long as somebody is willing to pay them...

 

The guys only can call out these high prizes as long as somebody is willing to pay them...

Still how many actually sell for those high prices, even here? We can ask whatever we want. It's finding a buyer that moves a car or it sits forever and rots away.
I've bought basket cases when I probably could have found a driver. Much is impulse buying.

 

In the northwest close to the ohio line

 

A lot of those high prices are people just putting it out there as a "make me sell it" price but not really wanting to sell, houses get the same treatment on certain websites.

I could put my 93 Caprice wagon out there that way and ask $8000 for it but no one in their right mind would pay it. The most I could expect to get for it is $3500 but that wouldn't get me to sell it simply because I wouldn't be able to just go out and buy another car I wanted for that little. Then it comes down to how motivated the seller is to move the car and how long the buyer has been looking to find a car at rock bottom price. Someone has to give ground for a sale to take place and most of the time both parties have to give a lot.

 

How right you are!