Post by SylvreKat on Mar 6, 2015 8:13:40 GMT -5
I've never tried selling something on CL, so I'm a bit unsure on how I should proceed in this situation.
Lady came out last Sat and test-drove the Taurus. Loved him. Except of course he had to make me a liar and red-line the temp gauge. Bad car.
We left things Sat that the guys would add the leak sealer stuff Mon (since they were almost closing) and I'd let her know how things went.
They found out the coolant was low, which probably caused the heating. And added the sealer so that'll take care of burning off coolant. Emailed her that night that my main mech drove my car home to make sure things were good. She replied asking when we could get together. I replied either Thurs or Fri before work, or Sat. I also let her know mech drove the wagon around Tues and home again just to really confirm no overheating issues at all. She wrote back asking my day off. I replied Sat.
And there's been silence then, since Tues pm.
Meanwhile, a friend of both my mech and the guy who's done body work on the wagon has gotten with me. His old Crown Vic has something so wrong with the front end that it's actually become dangerous to drive. He knows all about my car--it was funny, he met with mech Dave for lunch and wanted to know why he was driving Kathy's wagon. He wants to buy my car (price unknown as I didn't think to ask what he would offer).
I really do want to get my wagon sold. Besides that he's costing me money on taxes and insurance, I also hate that he's just sitting and not being used. Well, I guess not being used by a new owner, since my mech's been driving him around
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If it matters, she seemed a really nice lady. Has four kids, who of course fought to sit in the third row. And yet were good kids, didn't mess around with the car or anything. If she'd been like the guy from Lawrence who asked if my car would last 6 months 'cause that's all he needed it for, then I wouldn't hesitate. He was rather a jerk. She was not.
So what does courtesy dictate here? Do I jump on mech's friend offer to buy (assuming he offers what I'm wanting)? Or am I obligated to continue waiting for lady to get back with me, since we had a verbal agreement on selling her the wagon?
Thanks guys for advice on this.
>'Kat
Lady came out last Sat and test-drove the Taurus. Loved him. Except of course he had to make me a liar and red-line the temp gauge. Bad car.
We left things Sat that the guys would add the leak sealer stuff Mon (since they were almost closing) and I'd let her know how things went.
They found out the coolant was low, which probably caused the heating. And added the sealer so that'll take care of burning off coolant. Emailed her that night that my main mech drove my car home to make sure things were good. She replied asking when we could get together. I replied either Thurs or Fri before work, or Sat. I also let her know mech drove the wagon around Tues and home again just to really confirm no overheating issues at all. She wrote back asking my day off. I replied Sat.
And there's been silence then, since Tues pm.
Meanwhile, a friend of both my mech and the guy who's done body work on the wagon has gotten with me. His old Crown Vic has something so wrong with the front end that it's actually become dangerous to drive. He knows all about my car--it was funny, he met with mech Dave for lunch and wanted to know why he was driving Kathy's wagon. He wants to buy my car (price unknown as I didn't think to ask what he would offer).
I really do want to get my wagon sold. Besides that he's costing me money on taxes and insurance, I also hate that he's just sitting and not being used. Well, I guess not being used by a new owner, since my mech's been driving him around
.If it matters, she seemed a really nice lady. Has four kids, who of course fought to sit in the third row. And yet were good kids, didn't mess around with the car or anything. If she'd been like the guy from Lawrence who asked if my car would last 6 months 'cause that's all he needed it for, then I wouldn't hesitate. He was rather a jerk. She was not.
So what does courtesy dictate here? Do I jump on mech's friend offer to buy (assuming he offers what I'm wanting)? Or am I obligated to continue waiting for lady to get back with me, since we had a verbal agreement on selling her the wagon?
Thanks guys for advice on this.
>'Kat
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