Cars that are still for sale month after month?

[Sixpack70]

I hop on to Cars online about once a month and check whats for sale, and for what price. I see a lot of ads that are still there month after month after month. There is a green sixpack car that is nearly a clone of my car and they want 75k for it. I see a lot of high dollars cars just not moving. I guess it's the market and some people haven't got the memo yet. Mostly, it looks like classic car lots are not moving cars.

 

[djais1801]

a lot of those cars are sold...that website is not too good on retracing ads to see what's been sold

 

[Sixpack70]

I went to the dealer sites on a few of them and the dealer sites show for sale still. Although what you said could be true for the dealers and they are slow at updating what has sold.

 

[roadrunnerman]

i've got a car on here that has been for sale for quite a few months,i'm thinking i may retake some photos and see if that would help.

 

[YY1]

Is that the site with the yellow background?

Some of those have been on there for 5 years.

 

[Meep-Meep]

Like my hemi Charger? I put up an ad on here and took it to a couple of shows and not one offer. Just tire kickers. Got too much money and time in it to just give away so looks like I'll be driving it for a while.

 

[PDFROGMAN]

I listed my 70 RR 2.5 years ago sold it july 2010 and all of a sudden I am getting calls again seems they put my ad back up even though I took it down and told them it was sold.
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it was a 38K survivor lime light sharp car.
last caller says it's on front page but didnt tell me what site

 

[Richard Cranium]

Like my hemi Charger? I put up an ad on here and took it to a couple of shows and not one offer. Just tire kickers. Got too much money and time in it to just give away so looks like I'll be driving it for a while.

What year Hemi Charger?

 

[Al K]

Gentleman,gentlemen...I have two words to aid you in your sales quest:

Naked Women.:headbang:


Now that I've solved this dilemma,you guys can just send my consultancy fees to...

 

[detmatt1]

What year Hemi Charger?

It's a red `66 4 spd and it's NICE!

 

[Richard Cranium]

It's a red `66 4 spd and it's NICE!

Damn, I want a '68.

 

[Bruzilla]

I think one of the challenges is supply and demand. Not for the cars, but for the buyers. While there is a very limited supply of cars available, look at the supply of potential buyers. First, eliminate everyone but folks who are really into Mopars. That takes about 80% of the market out of play. Now, remove the folks who don't have the financial resources to drop $30k or higher on a car, then remove everyone who doesn't feel your particular Mopar is the car of their dreams and worth dropping a ton of money on. Now you're at a supply point that makes the number of cars available seem huge.

 

[Stumper]

Like my hemi Charger? I put up an ad on here and took it to a couple of shows and not one offer. Just tire kickers. Got too much money and time in it to just give away so looks like I'll be driving it for a while.

You're not alone my friend. I've had mine up since the beginning of the year and other than a couple initial comments (if I only had the money type) I have had zero bites on it. I dropped $3k from my initial price and would probably go more but there seems to be no one interested to even get that far with. I know mine is a speciality car and not in very high demand but given what it is and the money I have in it I would have thought I might get a couple people to actually look into it a bit. Sign of the times for the most part I guess, made worse by having an odd ball car (mine - not yours :grin.

 

[99ss]

Car sites also add to the cost of the cars. But some people can afford to hold out as well.
Also lets face it in todays times no one is buying, no one has the money or wants to take a chance that they might need the money.

 

[bigredbird]

I think one of the challenges is supply and demand. Not for the cars, but for the buyers. While there is a very limited supply of cars available, look at the supply of potential buyers. First, eliminate everyone but folks who are really into Mopars. That takes about 80% of the market out of play. Now, remove the folks who don't have the financial resources to drop $30k or higher on a car, then remove everyone who doesn't feel your particular Mopar is the car of their dreams and worth dropping a ton of money on. Now you're at a supply point that makes the number of cars available seem huge.

A great explanation of the process of elimination; makes total sense, and also would make me feel pretty hopeless about the chances for selling my car -- good thing I'm not ever gonna sell it! :grin:

 

[99ss]

You can always sell a car if your willing to take low enough money. Cars are still for sale because the owner isnt willing to sell at a low enough price simple as that. You either really want to sell or your just looking to sell if someone meets your price.. Regardless of "book" value a car is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it on any given day. Rare or not. Then you add in what Bruzilla said and you can see why things are where they are at.

 

[Budnicks]

66

What year Hemi Charger?

this 66 I think it was...

 

[furyfrank]

You can always sell a car if your willing to take low enough money. Cars are still for sale because the owner isn't willing to sell at a low enough price simple as that. You either really want to sell or your just looking to sell if someone meets your price.. Regardless of "book" value a car is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it on any given day. Rare or not. Then you add in what Bruzilla said and you can see why things are where they are at.

You are right there are 2 kinds of sellers those that have to sell and those that want to sell. I am the latter group, if I can't get a fair price for my car I will just keep it or wait for the right buyer to come along.

 

[Budnicks]

Probably said already, but I will say it anyway... Over priced for the current market, or they put too much money in the cars, thinking it is still 2006-2007 in the Muscle Car boom, or paid someone else $$$$ to do the restoration, instead of doing the work their selves to have a profit margin still &/or thinking they will get all their money back, or unrealistic expectations, or clueless people seeing 100pt concourse perfect cars sell on Barrett Jackson Or Mecum action for big money, thinking there wore out, 35-45 y/o rusty old muscle car, needing a full restoration, are worth somewhere near the same value, when in reality it's just another older used car that needs allot of work... That's not the case all the time, but you see it way too often now, especially with Mopars, they won't pay the high prices, for someone else's stuff, but still think their **** is worth it's weight in gold... It's a conundrum....

 

[Benji]

a lot of those cars are sold...that website is not too good on retracing ads to see what's been sold

Agreed.

I sold a 442 several years ago and the day after it sold I emailed the site where I had it listed and told them to remove it. I continued getting calls so I emailed them again, and again and again. I got calls virtually every week for almost a year.

Someone told me the reason they don't remove the ad was if it stayed on their site they can brag that they have hundreds (or thousands) of cars listed for sale.

Ben