[71SportRagtop]

Hey sometimes cash is King.

Just last week I bought a 94 Jeep Wrangler to use as a daily driver. The guy selling the car was from Lancaster PA about an hour and a half from me. I had him email me tons of pics of the underside of the car. We spoke on the phone several times. He made the mistake of letting me know that lots of people had called but no one had shown up. He was asking $2500.00 for the Jeep because the paint is older and faded and he did some minor body work and the cover up paint didn't quite match the old paint. I showed up with $2500.00 in cash in my pocket. The Jeep was everything he said it was. But yes the paint didn't quite match. So I said to him...look in order to make this look right, I'm gonna have to sand that area down and at that point I might as well shoot the whole Jeep. I told him I'd be willing to do the sanding and then have Maaco shoot the Jeep I asked if he'd take $2000.00 cash right now on the spot and he agreed. I think we both feel like we got a good deal. In asking for $2500.00 he probably had some wiggle room and I know that my buddy and I can shoot my Jeep with paint for a lot less than $500.00.

In the internet driven work of wing nuts, scams, and loose screws, I still think that showing up with cash in hand is the best move.