too many cars
So now we have too many cars. Time to sell the SUV! I put an ad on craigslist, and I got many phone calls nearly immediately - people must have triggers set. I made some agreements for when people should come, and today I got three no-shows and one guy who didn't want it in the end. I have a guy coming tomorrow at 9 AM - actually one of the no-shows - he's in the same town as me, and had said "I'm working from home and will be knocking off at 5 PM, so I could come right after that", and then at 5:30 I got a call saying "but now it's dark". I was like "the sun sets at 4:20, what did you expect". Anyway, if he doesn't want it, there are several others who I have already put off and told I would call if it didn't sell. This is being more work than I expected it to be, to arrange all the appointments and sit there waiting for the no-shows.
I don't think I've overpriced it - it does have a mechanical issue that will cost $1000 sometime in the moderately near future, but I would have priced at $1000 higher if it didn't have that issue. And, given the interest, it seems like maybe I underpriced it. Of course everybody is asking if I will take less, and there's the random spammers who send you an automated email offering half of your asking price, but I just delete those.
It was funny, that guy who came today had never driven a hybrid, so when he "started it up", the motor didn't come on and he was surprised, so had to explain that it would come on when it felt like it, and that it would just turn off at stop lights and it would be fine and restart when you step on the gas. He wanted the car because it fit their budget, but his wife was the one who would be driving it, and she wanted something newer and fancier (this is a really bare-bones car, and it's old so it's missing things like Bluetooth).
Sometimes I feel a little bad about selling it, because it's our least efficient car, and therefore we don't drive it very much, but presumably whoever buys it will drive it every day.
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I don't think I've overpriced it - it does have a mechanical issue that will cost $1000 sometime in the moderately near future, but I would have priced at $1000 higher if it didn't have that issue. And, given the interest, it seems like maybe I underpriced it. Of course everybody is asking if I will take less, and there's the random spammers who send you an automated email offering half of your asking price, but I just delete those.
It was funny, that guy who came today had never driven a hybrid, so when he "started it up", the motor didn't come on and he was surprised, so had to explain that it would come on when it felt like it, and that it would just turn off at stop lights and it would be fine and restart when you step on the gas. He wanted the car because it fit their budget, but his wife was the one who would be driving it, and she wanted something newer and fancier (this is a really bare-bones car, and it's old so it's missing things like Bluetooth).
Sometimes I feel a little bad about selling it, because it's our least efficient car, and therefore we don't drive it very much, but presumably whoever buys it will drive it every day.
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