why i hate flippers

toolmanmike said

I found my old Challenger a few years ago. A flipper I know called and questioned me about the car. I told him how bad the body was and I probably wouldn't buy it because of that. A couple weeks later I heard he bought the car. Asking price to me was $8000. He bought it for $2500 and sold it 2 weeks later for $12,000. tmm

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I saw a '68 Charger on CL a few months back for $14k. I spent a few days thinking about laying out the cash, then called the guy because it looked like a complete driver in decent condition. And yes, I really, really want a '68 Charger. Anyway, the guy tells me he just sold the car, like 15 minutes before I called.

Two days later the same car is back on CL, for $18k. So I called the new ad and asked the guy if he had the title in hand. He said no. Then I asked if he had just purchased the car from "Bob in River City" for under 14k, and he got really quiet. I chuckled to myself and wished him luck.

The car was up on CL for a few days before the price suddenly went back down to 14k. Guy was claiming he just needed to get his money back out of the car ASAP before his wife/girlfriend killed him. Guess he was looking for a quick flip by just re-listing it and it didn't happen.

Sometimes you bite the bear. Sometimes the bear bites you.