In a message dated 4/13/2006 11:01:06 PM Pacific Standard Time,
nobleman1962@YAHOO.COM writes:

>"We  are going to look at offers from $33,000 until the end of April 2006.
If you  are >wondering why anyone would pay 30 large for a 15 year old VW Bus,
then  this is >obviously not the vehicle for you. Serious inquiries  only"

>Now that is a pretentious out right offensive  statement.

Yeah, I have a "serious inquiry" for the guy. Have you sought psychological
help?

I can't figure it out and I don't want to pin it on Californians, but there
is a very strange thing that goes on out here. And I have only seen it
here--never back east where I used to live.

People out here (not all of them of course) put their vehicles up for sale
when they have absolutally no desire to sell them. It's odd, and I wonder why
it  happens here--I dare say frequently--and I never noticed such a thing back
east.

On my block here in LA there is a Ford Escort with a FOR SALE sign and has
been for sale  for over 2 years! I wish I were kidding. The asking price is
$3800 and in the best of times it's worth about half that. But still a  detailed
sign in the window highlighting it's "features".

When I lived in Burbank for two years there was a Ford pick up for sale for
the two years I lived there. Again this one had the detailed For Sale sign.
There's an overpriced 90s Passat up in Hollywood that's been overpriced with a
For Sale sign on it for the better part of a year. This For Sale sign shows
the  blue book value and asks about $100 below that. But again overpriced--it's
not  in excellent condition and has a boatload of miles. Clean enough.
Probably worth  half of what's being asked. But there's no matter because it's not
really for  sale.

Another Toyota I looked at with a friend was overpriced and  then I  saw it
for about a year--still "for sale!"

I think in all fareness if you put a For Sale sign on something you  should
be somewhat interested in letting go of it for a fair price. There's  something
wrong with these people, and I can't quite put my finger on it.

Is it the pleasure of teasing? The delusion of knowing the "real value",
when in fact the real value is what someone is offering--not what you're  asking.

And I agree, I don't know the guy who is selling the $33K bus, but the ad  is
condescending not only in the asking price.

Best,
Jeff
83.5 Westy
LA,CA