DaveP
Active member
Re: A dilema selling the stock take-off parts
I think stock parts make it easier to sell a truck. Especially if the parts are on the truck where they should be, were put there by PAS or GM assembly personnel, and have never been removed, molested, or otherwise dorked with since the truck was new. Just kind of the way it is. They're only "original" once.
An undorked-with original of any mileage will always be attractive to a wider range of buyers than a modified truck of similar condition with fewer miles, even if the "original parts" are in boxes. This statement is of course tempered by the value of the modifications, and the buyer's intentions.
A special interest vehicle has unique considerations in every assessment of value. Each case is different. "Not being able to sell" is stating that A: You have not been contacted by a buyer willing to pay what you will accept. Or B: That you have not been willing to accept what a buyer has offered to pay. If you're getting no offers at all: A: You're advertising is not reaching potential buyers that are able to pay that price. Or B: Your price is "too" high over what potential buyers have gauged similar vehicles to be priced at, and may presume the seller is "fishing" and is not really interested in making a deal anyway. Particularly when "no low-ballers" type language is in the ad. (Jay: I don't remember your ad. This comment is not pointed at you personally).
If the seller has done his research, and gauged his value accurately and fairly against other recent sales of similar type, he shouldn't need such language because he isn't pie-in-the-sky reaching. Buyers are generally more cautious than sellers perceive them to be. Sometimes it takes a lower price to get them to drop their expectations a little on a discretionary purchase like a special interest vehicle, and take a chance by purchasing your truck.
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I think stock parts make it easier to sell a truck. Especially if the parts are on the truck where they should be, were put there by PAS or GM assembly personnel, and have never been removed, molested, or otherwise dorked with since the truck was new. Just kind of the way it is. They're only "original" once.
An undorked-with original of any mileage will always be attractive to a wider range of buyers than a modified truck of similar condition with fewer miles, even if the "original parts" are in boxes. This statement is of course tempered by the value of the modifications, and the buyer's intentions.
A special interest vehicle has unique considerations in every assessment of value. Each case is different. "Not being able to sell" is stating that A: You have not been contacted by a buyer willing to pay what you will accept. Or B: That you have not been willing to accept what a buyer has offered to pay. If you're getting no offers at all: A: You're advertising is not reaching potential buyers that are able to pay that price. Or B: Your price is "too" high over what potential buyers have gauged similar vehicles to be priced at, and may presume the seller is "fishing" and is not really interested in making a deal anyway. Particularly when "no low-ballers" type language is in the ad. (Jay: I don't remember your ad. This comment is not pointed at you personally).
If the seller has done his research, and gauged his value accurately and fairly against other recent sales of similar type, he shouldn't need such language because he isn't pie-in-the-sky reaching. Buyers are generally more cautious than sellers perceive them to be. Sometimes it takes a lower price to get them to drop their expectations a little on a discretionary purchase like a special interest vehicle, and take a chance by purchasing your truck.
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