Thanks for the complement JR.
Devil,
I can't agree with you on this. I have found cars that were places that no one else wants to go (dangerous places) and have pulled them somewhere civilized and sold them. I understand your frustration, but how many people do you know that are willing to drive hours upon hours to find cars? I have spent who knows how many hours and gallons of fuel scouting. All of that takes money. I have brought many cool cars to the surface that likely would have never been found. That includes two HEMI cars and some other very rare cars. I can tell you that one of the HEMI cars I found and bought was a known car, but everyone just thought it was a rusty 70 runner. I was the first one to look at the vin and know what it was. I bought the car in 2002. It had sit in the same spot since 1976. Yes, I made money on it. Good for me. I did my homework. Who knows how many people bought parts off of the car or seen it and didn't do anything about it. How many people do you know that are willing to go to the Indian Reservations and scout for cars where your hated in many cases? I have spent lots of time on the rez. I have been threatened with my life down there over cars. Yet I still go back. Is it all for money, NO! It is fun. But it costs allot of money. There are some people that do it for a living, but know that it's not all fun and games. There are some cars that we have lost our *** on because of other issues. We picked up a 69 Javalin for free once, well. It ended up costing over a grand. We had to hit the brakes real hard and the car moved. It busted the winch, so here we are with a three place trailer 800 miles from home and can't load anything else on the trailer. So the free part is no longer free. So lets say you buy a car for $500. It has no tires or wheels and is practically sunk to the doors. Is that car really only $500? Most of us so called "flippers" will sell the car with wheels and tires that hold air. Even if the tires are junk. It still costs $100 for wheels and tires. Now you got to dig the car out of the dirt and put tires on it. That takes a few hours. Not sure how much your time is worth. Then you load it on the trailer. That takes a few minutes, but brings me to something else. The equipment. That all costs money to buy and maintain. And what about the fuel, food, travel time. So that $500 car still ends up costing $1000, so to sell it and make a profit, you have to ask $2000 so that you can negotiate.
I know there are those people that are really crazy when it comes to their prices. But you have to understand the otherside of things before you decide that you hate them. Its hard work to find, buy, and sell cars. You think the guys selling the cars are crazy. You should meet some of the people that want to buy them. WOW!!!! Start trying to sell some cars and you will see what crazy really is.
Hope you all have a good CHRISTmas!
