Horrible BMW 2002 buying experience...

[popovm]

Yup, looks like a FL car alright. Nice rusty pans. 
 

So does this: https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/d/renton-1975-bmw-2002-manual-florida-car/7401513513.html

 

Pic attached for reference. $27,200 for a rusty standard ‘75 2002. Pretty wild. I messaged the guy on OfferUp (it was also listed there for a minute) asking him why he chose that price. Maybe my rusty ‘76 is insured for too little! Heh
 

 

Edited November 1, 2021 by popovm

[ray_]

25 minutes ago, popovm said:

Yup, looks like a FL car alright. Nice rusty pans. 
 

So does this: https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/d/renton-1975-bmw-2002-manual-florida-car/7401513513.html

 

Pic attached for reference. $27,200 for a rusty standard ‘75 2002. Pretty wild. I messaged the guy on OfferUp (it was also listed there for a minute) asking him why he chose that price. Maybe my rusty ‘76 is insured for too little! Heh
 

 

Lightness added.

 

Also, no one ever negotiates pricing upwards. Usually.

 

And definitely not in this case!

 

 

[tech71]

Right next to that car on Seattle CL is this one:

https://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/cto/d/seattle-1974-bmw-2002-barn-find/7401780682.html

A 'barn find"74 automatic that the delusional-ignorant-stupid seller is asking $68,000 for.

With dual holly carbs ?

Am I being to hard on him? Maybe he's just an optimist.

Edited November 1, 2021 by tech71

[LindrelT]

25 minutes ago, tech71 said:

Am I being to hard on him? Maybe he's just an optimist.

...too much drug use up there!  ?

[esty]

25 minutes ago, tech71 said:

Right next to that car on Seattle CL is this one:

https://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/cto/d/seattle-1974-bmw-2002-barn-find/7401780682.html

A 'barn find"74 automatic that the delusional-ignorant-stupid seller is asking $68,000 for.

With dual holly carbs ?

 

Am I being to hard on him?

not hard enough....people like that give reputable sellers a bad name

[NYgarrett]

16 hours ago, tech71 said:

Right next to that car on Seattle CL is this one:

https://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/cto/d/seattle-1974-bmw-2002-barn-find/7401780682.html

A 'barn find"74 automatic that the delusional-ignorant-stupid seller is asking $68,000 for.

With dual holly carbs ?

Am I being to hard on him? Maybe he's just an optimist.

Yea but it has fresh coolant...so there's that. 

 

I wonder if he put the price comma in the wrong location ? 

[tech71]

It really is a "Buyer Beware" world out there, here's a good example.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/323783176889?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3Dd02bd2330233422281ecc37dcb1c0e0e%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D323783176889%26itm%3D323783176889%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057%26brand%3DHaul-Master&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3Aa2eb8333-3c01-11ec-b092-1e9ba301f75e|parentrq%3Ae1ada78f17c0a7b1f032d41affff5590|iid%3A1

This item sells for $12.99 at Harbor Freight and goes on sale regularly there for $7.99.

This Ebay character is selling them for $39.99 plus $5 shipping.

Is he an unscrupulous ass? Probably. Do people need to do their due diligence and educate themselves so they dont get screwed? Absolutely.

Edited November 2, 2021 by tech71

[esty]

8 minutes ago, tech71 said:

It really is a "Buyer Beware" world out there, here's a good example.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/323783176889?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3Dd02bd2330233422281ecc37dcb1c0e0e%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D323783176889%26itm%3D323783176889%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057%26brand%3DHaul-Master&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3Aa2eb8333-3c01-11ec-b092-1e9ba301f75e|parentrq%3Ae1ada78f17c0a7b1f032d41affff5590|iid%3A1

This item sells for $12.99 at Harbor Freight and goes on sale regularly there for $7.99.

This Ebay character is selling them for $39.99 plus $5 shipping.

Is he an unscrupulous ass? Probably. Do people need to do their due diligence and educate themselves so they dont get screwed? Absolutely.

thousand of ebay sellers raise the prices of harbor freight, amazon, walmart, etc stuff and drop ship the items, never touching them

[TobyB]

That's just a typo- the seller added an 'l'-

 

it's dual holy carbs.   Pope Carburant the Fourth blessed them with St. Combustine's sacred fluids back in 

1225 BFE*.

 

That adds a LOT of value for certain sects.  Plus, they never go out of tune...

 

t

*Before the Fuel injected Era

 

 

[ray_]

2 hours ago, TobyB said:

 

 

  Plus, they never go out of tune...

 

t

*Before the Fuel injected Era

 

 

I dunno...

 

I thought the throttle response was pretty flat.

 

['76mintgrün'02]

11 hours ago, tech71 said:

Is he an unscrupulous ass? Probably. Do people need to do their due diligence and educate themselves so they dont get screwed? Absolutely.

 

Clicking a sellers "other items for sale" and "sold listings" can be revealing.

 

Tom

 

Edited November 3, 2021 by '76mintgrün'02