Selling the Mustang: Episode XI- C Yah..

The mustang is gone... an auto transport truck and trailer met Donna and I at the old Albertson's shopping center this morning around 10:00. (Monday July 28th)

He did a walk around, documented the damage on it, handed us a copy of the inspection, I gave him the keys and said goodbye.

Donna took me back home to get my truck and I drove back up Lufkin Ave to see if he had it loaded yet and sure enough it was already on his trailer.

Sorry I didn't think to take any pics of the event.. It would have been appropriate.

Gotta call insurance and get that dropped off.

Selling the Mustang: Episode X- The Close

Hooray!!

While we were on vacation with a group from Church in New Braunfels I received full payment for the mustang via wire transfer from Australia. That's a first for me.

Got a call from a transport company while I was driving back from New Braunfels Friday that I would be contacted by a car carrier company..I forget the name.. but they should be by Monday to get the car.

I guess things just didn't start out right.. things calmed down later and we had some very civil communications and all went well.

Paying off a credit card today!!

Selling the Mustang: Episode IX-The Putoff Continues

This is the latest communication with the bloke from down under..


i will go to me shipper here in melbouren OZ .& confirm that he can get it transported it out of lufkin,texas to carson L.A. 90745 . i will need ur exact address from where its to be picked up & a pic of title & bill of sale if possible ... now i prefer to pay / wire in the 2000$ usd if u wish... that way it saves being hit by banks etc with transfering money my end & you recieving money your end twice . i'd rather just pay you the once & its all done ...when u recive the money your bank will deduct 2-3 % per cent just for u recieving it so ..even tho i give u 2000$ wheter bank wire or paypal.. u still will get that 2-3 % shortfall...so let me know exactly wat your happy with regards ettoray

So he wants me to incur bank wire fees because he doesn't want to send $1500 via cert check or money order.. Terms of the sale were $500 in 48 hours via PayPal and the balance via cert check or money order or cash in person.. Always trying to change the deal, always pushing for something else.

Not happy.. I have a headache..

This is my reply

Hi,
There is no bill of sale.. if you mean from when I bought it. I'll take a pic of the title and post in in the same place as the other info. Terms of sale were $500 pay pal in 48 hours and the rest ($1500 in this case) via certified check, money order or cash in 7 days.
We are a little more than 48 hours away from the deadline and of course I would prefer to receive the balance in cert check or money order $1500 US to avoid bank fees and charges. After 7 day are up an unpaid item dispute will be filed. Thanks.


I hope this ends soon!!!

Selling the Mustinang:Episode VIII-This is Ridiculous

We wait and wait to see if the $500 deposit money is showing up in our paypal account...then we get this.

hi sorry u may have to sell to second chance offer underbidder hard to get shipper out to los angeles sorry

Not happy my wife replied that perhaps he should at least pay the deposit or receive negative feedback.. He should have researched shipping before bidding and winning the car.

We get:

every one keep cool.........i was promised that more pix of underneath were put up to show areas of my concern the frame rails & torque boxes (immeadiatly under where front of doors & rear front fenders are ..... right underneath sill panels . i am trying contact my shipper in l.a he gives me conflicting costs one is 800$ other is 1800$ i have to wait for his confirm... worse case senario u can 2cnd chance offer it which wont cost u a thing .. i need those pix please

I had taken pics all over the underside of the car and got no feedback about needing more.. we told him that and got..

those photos didnt show areas of concern ..once i get those pix and allay concerns of rust in those front frame half areas ....no probs


but I went and took more pics. We posted them with questions as to if this covered it..

We get:

underneath where drivers & passengers feet rest
,right under neath all that front frame area that looks at the road


By this time pics were posted between communications because I was very frustrated..we were past our required deposit date and still no resolution to this thing.

We get this:

and left clear pix of vehicle

Donna tells him we've posted all the areas of his concern then we get this...

ok will check thanx

Then this:

left front under 5 & right front under 9 those 2 pix need more area of that photoed

To see what he's talking about go here... http://www.flickr.com/photos/olderbutnotup/sets/72157606075933842/

So Donna is set to take pics of every freakin' thing under the car... but we then get this Friday ..

latest update::::its satdy morn here ..this monday i should find out shipping details /price to carson L.A. cheers

So Donna takes a pile of pics.. runs the car up on ramps and takes like 40 pics of the underside and says..you need to pay..... or not. Just let us know.

This is taking way too long.

No response as of yet...

Now aren't these all questions and issues that should have been resolved before he made the bid?

I'm thinking..yes.

So, tonight around 9:00 p.m. I'll be either getting some deposit money or initiating whatever processes ebay has in place to smear this guys good name.. and hopefully finding another bidder.

Yahoo!!

Selling the Mustang: Episode VII-What's Next?

OK, the mustang sold last night with very little fanfair or excitement. No last minute late bidding or anything.

$2000 was the final sale price.

The buyer is in Victoria, Australia.

This may prove to be better blogger fodder than the auction. I hope it's not. 48 hours to get us $500 on paypal and the balance within 7 days of the sale. Not sure how this buyer in Australia is going to handle this. Haven't heard anything from him yet. The buyer is a 99.2% positive score with 400 and a pretty blue star next to his ebay name.

We shall see what will happen.

BTW the pic above is one that I posted on flickr for people to view. It is of a 200 cid straight six motor in the mustang. I was asked to post all kinds of pics and I posted everything everyone wanted to see because I wanted full disclosure on this sale. I don't want there to be any question about what I was selling and what condition it was in. Pics of all over the underside showing the condition of things. The pic you see here was the most visited pic on my flickr mustang set. Thought that might make it worth sharing. Everyone's got to open the hood and look at the motor even when they don't know what they're looking at.

Selling the Mustang: Episode VI - The Final Day

No change in the price.. a few more questions, a few more watching, a few more hits.

11 hours left.
$2000
8 Bids
41 Watching
1177 hits

Hoping to get a few more bids tonight. I'll keep you posted.

Selling the Mustang: Episode V - A New Hope

Yes there is a new hope for the Anderson financial situation. We are just under 2 days away from the close of the auction and we have achieved a certain sale. The reserve has been met.

Current Bid: $2000
# of Bids: 8
# Watching:37
site hits: 995

Posted more pics on flickr of the underside of my car.
A person from Ft Worth is new to the area and wants to know how far away Ft Worth is from Lufkin. They would like to see the car before bidding on it.

Maybe, just maybe I'll be able to pay off one of my freakin' credit cards and get a little pad in my monthly budget after the purchase of Hannah's Kia. But then Austin's BMW has A?C blower issues and needs the heater core replaced.. (Heater Core alone is around $750 to repair... ahhh).

Whatever happens, happens but I am glad we will be selling the car. I knew we would have gotten around $500 for it as a trade in so this was a good decision.. I don't have any money in my account yet but again..there is HOPE!

Selling the Mustang...episode IV: Reaching New Lands

Bid of $1975..with 2 days and 11 hours left.
7 bids
36 watching
865 hits


Does anyone know what the heck this means??? It's a new question on the sale of the mustang.

Q: salve volevo sapere se spedite in italia e quanto è il costo grazie

I don't think they're from east Texas...

Selling the Mustang...Episode III. The quest for knowledge

Bid has not changed... I now have 27 people watching the bid...ah no.. 28.

I've had .. you won't believe this.. 666 people visit my ebay selling page. For those of you that know my cell number this is way too strange.

I posted more pics on my flickr account of the front driver side of the car since I had a question from a potential buyer about the head light surround.

Now I get another question....

hi any pix of the 2 frame rails that are directly underseats area ,,where u jack car up from also torque boxes under car where beginning of front doors meet under near sill panel thanx

....Is this too much? Should I just do a full video of the car up on a rack..post it on this blog and direct the bidders to this site? I'm not even sure where some of this stuff is. I'm not a mechanic..and I don't pretend to be.

Besides I'm going to be gone to Dallas for Austin's bowling tourney this weekend. I can't get it done till Sunday late.

It just seems like the more info I give them the more they want.. but then again.. I guess that means they are interested and want the car...maybe .. I hope...

More to come..along with blogging the state bowling tournament.

Selling the Mustang Episode II

Hey, I've got 4 bids and the price is up to 1525. Still has not cleared my reserve but still 4 days + to go. 24 people watching it. Question about the head light surround..if it is damaged.

Encouraging.. You know my buy it now is 3 grand. We're up to 1525 with 4 days left and after participating in a few of these in the past I know the real activity will occur in the last 24 hours... the last 8 hours... even the last hour.

Did I leave money on the table?

Sellilng the Mustang on ebay

Just thought I'd go ahead and blog the ebay experience. I've purchased several things on ebay. Austin's bmw, this mustang you see above, jewelry, Dell computers, power cords (which are way cheaper on ebay than from dell)..

Anyway. This is my first selling experience. Donna has sold something on ebay before..and I'm using her account to sell under since she's already set up.

Setting the page up was a little confusing because I started setting up a page and then found out I was supposed to do a special page for autos.

Finally got it set up and added quite a few pics. Here are a few of them.




Put in a nice description but was very honest about the issues this old car has. I don't want anyone to purchase this without knowing what was up with the car. Body damage from hitting the big yellow pole at the parking lot at Lufkin HS.. some additional damage from when she bumped in to a work truck.. the rear windows that never worked, the passenger window that someone jacked with one night and many other things you can see if you go to the site

Not much happened at first but then I got a bid and a question..someone wants to know more about the frame and stuff. They'd like pics if possible so I post some more pics of the underside of the car (exciting stuff) on flickr. (doesn't cost me more money to put pics there.. it does on ebay. I hope this is ok).

I've received several more questions and one more bid. I've also got 23 people watching. Some people have asked for my phone number but then have not called??

Some want me to "Sell it Now" for less than my sell it now price??? ah the auction doesn't last that long as it is you know?? Just politely said No but thanks for asking.

I'll keep you guys posted on the sale as time goes on.