[RE: check out this rocco on eBay pls [Jason's RANT]]

[jason@scirocco.org (16V Jason)]

At 08:14 PM 3/8/2002, Cathy Boyko wrote:
>There IS an accepted double standard though, according to the guy who
>appraised mine, a car that has had (for the sake of round numbers) $15 000 put
>into it is really worth maybe $10 000 and could only expect to sell for $8500.
>So the buyer gets the bargain. And the seller sees it that he / she put $15
>000 into it, and that's what he/she feels it should sell for.  But that's not
>reality. That goes for any car, not just ours, and there are some that are not
>worth restoring/ modifying at all, so in that regard, we at least have
>something decent to work with.
>My .02, which cost me .03 to fix up, and is only really worth .0185 or so, on
>a good day!

LOL Kathy!!  Good one!

Don't get me wrong; I'm not saying that I expect any of our cars to be 
worth what we have in them!  I'm looking for a $9500 appraisal and I have 
US$23,000 in my car!  I would never expect it to be worth that for obvious 
reasons.  And even according to your calculations, that would make my car 
worth more than $15k! :) So you're most certainly right, cars are never 
worth what you have in them.

What my point was (and luckily, Shannon and Daun agreed so I know I'm not 
the only one!) is that everyone on this list is all talk.  Everyone wants 
something for nothing, but even still, they never put their wallet where 
their mouth is.

I can't believe everyone was laughing over a $2500 sale for a Mk2... I'm 
sorry, but to laugh over that price is totally inappropriate... they should 
be thrilled, as "fair market value" is determined not by what Kelly Blue 
Book says, but what cars actually sell for.

Jason






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