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pulsarboby
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noticed an interesting thread going on on the modifiers site in cars for sale section regarding the value of the gtir.
a lot of people are saying that people are selling their cars too cheap which is knocking the resale value of these little cars we own.
they are also saying that everyone should stick together and demand what the car is worth or not sell it at all:roll: :? which is the biggest croc of shite ive ever heard tbh. how can people stick together on something like that:der:
here is a reply i wrote which i believe sums up the situation, would be interesting to hear peoples thoughts on this one
at the end of the day it all depends on the person thats selling the car! if there skint and in trouble with money then they have to lower the price to sell quickly! but if your just selling up and have the good fortune to be minted then you can ask silly money for the car.
its the same with anything in life that you buy (a cars no different) there will always be bargains and overpriced items and those at correct price, and your own finances dictate what bracket your item ie be it car! is sold at.
with the parts i sell i try to hold a steady but fair price, but the parts i sell are not the cheapest, there will always be someone willing to undercut you so their item sells quicker. i do however believe that my prices are used as a marker for everyone else. but if i drop my prices then thats the beginning of the end for the gtirs value as a secondhand car (believe it or not), because people will still undercut you know matter how cheap an item is, this in turn lowers the value of the car as a sought after item untill it becomes a kind of xr3, scooby or whatever!
go back 2 years and prices of secondhand gtir's and parts were double what they are today because there were not so many spares available, but soon as people like me started to break them everyone else thought 'hey there worth more in bits' so they started to break there cars rather than sell them complete, and this was the inevitable beginning of the end regarding value of the gtir.
but people that say i want say 9k 'for arguement sake' are living in cloud cuckoo land:roll: :lol: (even if the money they have spent warrants that figure), and to think that everyone else is or should demand the same value for their car are even more insane than the guy who was initially asking the price in the first place.
ive lashed out between 15-20k on my heap but if i sold it, it would be worth no more than 6k tops as a complete car (and i would be very lucky if it achieved that figure). it really is about time that people realised that when they lash out loads of money on their cars that they WILL NOT get it back when the day comes to sell, the value of these cars is now finished, it will be years and years untill there ever worth any money again, and even then i think it will only be the complete standard mint examples that will be worth any money, all the modded examples such as mine and many others will be luck of the draw with what value they achieve.
this is just my thoughts btw would be interesting to hear what others have to say!
a lot of people are saying that people are selling their cars too cheap which is knocking the resale value of these little cars we own.
they are also saying that everyone should stick together and demand what the car is worth or not sell it at all:roll: :? which is the biggest croc of shite ive ever heard tbh. how can people stick together on something like that:der:
here is a reply i wrote which i believe sums up the situation, would be interesting to hear peoples thoughts on this one
at the end of the day it all depends on the person thats selling the car! if there skint and in trouble with money then they have to lower the price to sell quickly! but if your just selling up and have the good fortune to be minted then you can ask silly money for the car.
its the same with anything in life that you buy (a cars no different) there will always be bargains and overpriced items and those at correct price, and your own finances dictate what bracket your item ie be it car! is sold at.
with the parts i sell i try to hold a steady but fair price, but the parts i sell are not the cheapest, there will always be someone willing to undercut you so their item sells quicker. i do however believe that my prices are used as a marker for everyone else. but if i drop my prices then thats the beginning of the end for the gtirs value as a secondhand car (believe it or not), because people will still undercut you know matter how cheap an item is, this in turn lowers the value of the car as a sought after item untill it becomes a kind of xr3, scooby or whatever!
go back 2 years and prices of secondhand gtir's and parts were double what they are today because there were not so many spares available, but soon as people like me started to break them everyone else thought 'hey there worth more in bits' so they started to break there cars rather than sell them complete, and this was the inevitable beginning of the end regarding value of the gtir.
but people that say i want say 9k 'for arguement sake' are living in cloud cuckoo land:roll: :lol: (even if the money they have spent warrants that figure), and to think that everyone else is or should demand the same value for their car are even more insane than the guy who was initially asking the price in the first place.
ive lashed out between 15-20k on my heap but if i sold it, it would be worth no more than 6k tops as a complete car (and i would be very lucky if it achieved that figure). it really is about time that people realised that when they lash out loads of money on their cars that they WILL NOT get it back when the day comes to sell, the value of these cars is now finished, it will be years and years untill there ever worth any money again, and even then i think it will only be the complete standard mint examples that will be worth any money, all the modded examples such as mine and many others will be luck of the draw with what value they achieve.
this is just my thoughts btw would be interesting to hear what others have to say!
