Why can't I sell my Smart for what I paid for it??

[cubefx]

Originally Posted by mnext02

its a pure with 6000 miles.
its perfect.
still has plastic on the seats.

Maybe it is just me, but who is driving 6000 miles with plastic on the seats?


CUBE

[Sunnyhere]

Originally Posted by cubefx

Maybe it is just me, but who is driving 6000 miles with plastic on the seats?


CUBE

LOL, IIRC, Wisconsin is full of grandmothers who buy brand new furniture, then have custom made plastic covers made to protect it.

[fmaxwell]

Originally Posted by rawlus®

i hope this happens to everyone who buys an orphan while keeping their reservation intact.

I took an orphan that was not the color I wanted and that lacked some options that I will be configuring on mine (comfort package, alarm, tach/clock, fog lamps). I intend to sell the orphan for a fair price -- not a profit -- when the car I order comes in. The orphan has no aftermarket add-ons and I paid sticker price for it.

What's so immoral and unethical about buying an orphan to drive while I wait a year for my car to be built? It's not like I am trying to flip the car for a profit when mine comes in.

[chieftmc]

Originally Posted by mnext02

....

MSRP WAS $14K, $15K AFTER TAX.

I would be happy getting $15k for it.

I may have to try ebay. I need it gone by next week, when my challenger comes in.

9.3% tax?

[mnext02]

Originally Posted by chieftmc

9.3% tax?

the car was like 14200. I am approximating.

[mnext02]

Originally Posted by cubefx

Maybe it is just me, but who is driving 6000 miles with plastic on the seats?


CUBE

me. its an orphan and I knew I was going to sell it eventually.

[mnext02]

Originally Posted by fmaxwell

What's so immoral and unethical about buying an orphan to drive while I wait a year for my car to be built? It's not like I am trying to flip the car for a profit when mine comes in.

Exactly! I am not trying to make a profit either.
I just hear how bad people want these things and its not really true.

[forestacademy]

Like we used to say in sales. Cheep, Quality, Fast. Pick two

You seem to what full price NOW. Pick one

[Sunnyhere]

Originally Posted by mnext02

Exactly! I am not trying to make a profit either.
I just hear how bad people want these things and its not really true.

The people who follow these forums seem to favor Passions, especially when the price of Pure is very "Passion"-ate. I also can't imagine why people would want to pay your sales tax and then pay sales tax, again, when they register their vehicle. And all this is to buy a used car, when they could buy a brand new car for the same price.

[rawlus®]

Originally Posted by fmaxwell

I took an orphan that was not the color I wanted and that lacked some options that I will be configuring on mine (comfort package, alarm, tach/clock, fog lamps). I intend to sell the orphan for a fair price -- not a profit -- when the car I order comes in. The orphan has no aftermarket add-ons and I paid sticker price for it.

What's so immoral and unethical about buying an orphan to drive while I wait a year for my car to be built? It's not like I am trying to flip the car for a profit when mine comes in.

personally, i just think that you should have to forfeit your place in line if you take delivery on an orphan today. it'd be nice if the seedier, greedier profit-side of things didn't always have to creep and crawl in.

when you make a reservation, you're waiting for a car to become available, presumably because you want a car, not because you want to make a quick buck. when you take an orphan, you decide to take an available car now instead of waiting. in my world, that would mean that you no longer get the other one.

i realize i don't have control over that.
and that it's a capitalistic society.
i just wasn't brought up that way.