Guy from "rural" Alabama with the 3 - 2 Door Cars

DeathBus · Post by **DeathBus** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 11:15 am

I emailed this guy again and asked him if he had sold the cars since our last conversation (the one where he backed out of our deal) and he said

Numbers were taken from the NADA guide (see the "Classic Cars" section) and
are quoted in US Dollars.

Year Model Low Average High Notes

1974 412 2dr $1250 $1900 $3200

I don't expect to get the premium for them but now that I know their relative value I would want to get a fair price.

They must smoke good crack rock where he lives. I should email him back and ask do those prices include the trees growing through the cars.

Erik H · Post by **Erik H** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 5:21 pm

Just let'm sit. They're not going anywhere. He's had them posted @thesamba now for three weeks. I'm sure with his update today he feels he set the record straight-- at the NADA prices? Looks as though he hasn't seen the post just under his: that 412 wagon in Oregon for $300. That fella has been trying to sell his 412 for the last five months and has almost three times as many page views-- still no luck. It might even have less rust and body rot. Your man in Rural North will grow tired of the emails then....... the silence.

Hang tight, he might call you.

DeathBus · Post by **DeathBus** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 6:08 pm

Did anyone notice the rust starting on the blue one (the ready to drive one) and Gold one's engine lids? Starting to rust! At the prices he wants, they will be red dirt before he ever sells them.

Dang my Brown Van is worth $4000 according to NADA, WOW!

Anyone need a 1979 crap colored VW Van? No trees growing through it!!!

ecdez · Post by **ecdez** » Fri Mar 26, 2004 9:08 am

Obviously a moron. Wait him out. Call him every couple of weeks to remind him of your offer. He'll either come down to a resonable price, or you'll find something better. Either way, you win.

Single 60 · Post by **Single 60** » Fri Mar 26, 2004 10:51 am

I,ve been wondering if this moron in rural Alabama who posted those 412s on Samba could be smart enough to be following this whole soap opera on Shop Talk?

Terry

ecdez · Post by **ecdez** » Fri Mar 26, 2004 11:34 am

Maybe we should send him a link.

DeathBus · Post by **DeathBus** » Fri Mar 26, 2004 2:21 pm

Maybe if you do, he will get the hint the cars are not worth $1000 a piece...... Oh I forgot, he grows trees for a living...........

ecdez · Post by **ecdez** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 6:02 am

I got to thinking over the weekend. My wife's 914 has rust in the floorboards, in the trunk and around the windshield, motors not running, and four flat tires. Well the lowest blue book value on it is $2300.00. Well since I want to get a reasonable amount for it and don't want to get cheated, I think I'll sell it for half that. Yea, that should be fair. $1150. Any takers for $1150. I'll just sit on it untill someone is willing to give me what its worth. After all, it is a classic, you don't see them everyday, and it is a PORSCHE.

By the way, there is no tree growing in, on, around, or through my car, so it should be worth more.

What a moron.

DeathBus · Post by **DeathBus** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 7:16 am

he emailed me this weekend asking me to make him another offer. I asked if the trees come with them.....

ecdez · Post by **ecdez** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 8:46 am

No you didn't

That's too funny. You should tell me what you offered him, and I'll e-mail him and offer less. If you can get a few people to do that, maybe he'll see the light.

DeathBus · Post by **DeathBus** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 8:48 am

I offered him $750 for the whole lot, including the trees.........

ecdez · Post by **ecdez** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 9:02 am

Sounds fair to me. Well.. you should probably have offered more since the trees are in such good shape.

I'll e-mail him sometime today and low ball him. If he didn't like your price, it will be funny to see how he reacts to mine.

Erik H · Post by **Erik H** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 6:48 pm

I'll do likewise with the intensions of picking parts, then I'll send him a link to the $355 ebay sale of the non-rot 2door I just pick-up in Ca.

DeathBus · Post by **DeathBus** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 1:10 am

ok guys I am curious about his reaction, or is he going to take 4 or 5 days to reply like he does me???

ecdez · Post by **ecdez** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 9:49 am

I just sent him an e-mail:

Hi Elmore,

I was checking out your ad on the samba for the 412's. I've got one myself and am always looking for another for parts or to restore. I don't know why they are the black sheep of the VW family. I'm pleased with mine, even though it is a little quirky and wierd. Anywhom's, I don't know what you are trying to get for them, but I could afford to offer you $200 each for them. Let me know what you think.

Thanks,
Corey

The bait has been set. Let's see if he bites.