{"id":972,"date":"2010-12-28T16:16:44","date_gmt":"2010-12-28T16:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharisax.com\/DrivingMissShari\/?p=972"},"modified":"2010-12-28T16:43:16","modified_gmt":"2010-12-28T16:43:16","slug":"steps-selling-rear-ended-car-for-worth-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharisax.com\/DrivingMissShari\/2010\/12\/steps-selling-rear-ended-car-for-worth-department\/","title":{"rendered":"Steps to selling my rear-ended car [For Whatever It’s Worth department]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s to Craig’s List . . . and how we sold the accident victim<\/a>:<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>1. My husband Jack posted the car for sale on Craig’s list. No luck the first week.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Jack posted it a second week. No calls or emails.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Do not quit five minutes before the miracle happens.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n

3. Jack posted it a third week, and VOILA, calls came in!<\/span><\/p>\n

We were asking half the Blue Book value [$2,500] because of the damage. “Ed” called and offered $1,000. Jack went down to $2,000 immediately. Ed stuck to his $1,000 . . . and the first<\/em> call ended.<\/span><\/p>\n

During a second<\/em> call, Ed told Jack that he wanted to come see the car.<\/span><\/p>\n

I answered the third<\/em> call —<\/span><\/p>\n

Voice on phone:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span>Hello, did you call me?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Me<\/span>:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span> I’m not certain. Who is this? <\/span><\/p>\n

Voice:<\/span><\/strong> Aaaah, was this about a puppy for my son?<\/span> [Note – this was the Week Before Christmas. I hear a poem brewing from this incident.]<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

Me:<\/span> <\/span><\/strong>Sorry we don’t have any puppies here.<\/span><\/p>\n

Voice:<\/span> <\/span><\/strong>Oh no? Hmmmm, was this about a car? My sister’s boyfriend left her last week and she has a nine-year-old son and she needs a car to take shopping . . . .<\/span><\/p>\n

Me:<\/span> <\/strong>Well, yes, we do have a car for sale on Craig’s List. Did you talk to my husband about it?<\/span><\/p>\n

Voice:<\/span><\/strong> Yes, that’s it. Your husband is Jack, right? I told him I wanted to come see the car. Will you be there this afternoon?<\/span><\/p>\n

Me:<\/span> <\/strong>We’ll be here. Did he tell you the price?<\/span><\/p>\n

“Ed’s” voice:<\/span><\/strong><\/span> Oh, yes that’s all set. I’ll be there at 4 pm.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

4 PM and the Plot “Thickens”<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

Ed calls from a nearby Target store. He’d just gotten a ticket for taking up two parking spots in the lot. Remember, this was the Week Before Christmas. <\/em>And he said he wanted to be certain of the directions. The shopping center was less than two miles from my house.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A few minutes later, Ed pulls up with wife and baby in a late model Cadillac. He and Jack discuss the car. Ed calls his father . . . several times. Ed takes out a roll of bills and offers us $1,100. We say No, the agreed on price was $2,000. Ed says, “I’ll pass” and drives off with Cadillac, wife, and baby.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Jack and I go back in the house, and I say: \u00a0“What was that all about?” Neither of us knew . . . at the time<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

to be continued<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s to Craig’s List . . . and how we sold the accident victim: 1. My husband Jack posted the car for sale on Craig’s list. No luck the first week. 2. Jack posted it a second week. No calls or emails. Do not quit five minutes before the miracle happens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[126,125],"tags":[130,127,131,129,128],"class_list":["post-972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-negotiations","category-whatever-its-worth-department","tag-buying-a-car-online","tag-craigs-list","tag-negotiations-2","tag-selling-a-car-online","tag-the-week-before-christmas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharisax.com\/DrivingMissShari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharisax.com\/DrivingMissShari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharisax.com\/DrivingMissShari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharisax.com\/DrivingMissShari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharisax.com\/DrivingMissShari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=972"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/sharisax.com\/DrivingMissShari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1011,"href":"https:\/\/sharisax.com\/DrivingMissShari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972\/revisions\/1011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharisax.com\/DrivingMissShari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharisax.com\/DrivingMissShari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharisax.com\/DrivingMissShari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}