The Ford Barn

Keith True · 03-21-2025, 10:48 AM

There is a bottom line to everything.Some try to subtract the work things need from the asking price,to the point of having to pay them to haul it away.I have a nice 28 Phaeton,and I advertised it a while back.I had what sounded like a serius buyer call,and wanted to know if he could bring somebody along to look for him.I said sure,if you want I will put it on the lift for you.The car has 40+ year old laquer paint on it,and has some crazing going on in places.They got done looking,and he said he liked it and wanted it.But,I was going to have to take off $12,500 because that's what the guy wanted to redo the paintwork on the car.He wanted me to sell it for less than a third of my asking price.I had another guy wanting $10,000 off for the same thing.I have sold stuff all my life,but in the last 20 years it has gotten different.I think people are being trained by the internet,not real life.When I hear the words,negotiating points,I tune out and drive my stake in the sand.There it is,take it or leave it.

03-21-2025, 10:48 AM	#22
Keith True Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Epping N.H. Posts: 3,421	Re: for those who say the hobby is "expensive" There is a bottom line to everything.Some try to subtract the work things need from the asking price,to the point of having to pay them to haul it away.I have a nice 28 Phaeton,and I advertised it a while back.I had what sounded like a serius buyer call,and wanted to know if he could bring somebody along to look for him.I said sure,if you want I will put it on the lift for you.The car has 40+ year old laquer paint on it,and has some crazing going on in places.They got done looking,and he said he liked it and wanted it.But,I was going to have to take off $12,500 because that's what the guy wanted to redo the paintwork on the car.He wanted me to sell it for less than a third of my asking price.I had another guy wanting $10,000 off for the same thing.I have sold stuff all my life,but in the last 20 years it has gotten different.I think people are being trained by the internet,not real life.When I hear the words,negotiating points,I tune out and drive my stake in the sand.There it is,take it or leave it.