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Old 09-27-2013, 08:36 AM
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Default How To Sell A Car - Friday Funnies...

Feel free to add....I am sure we have seen a lot in ads. Here are a few pet peeves.....

1) Spell check is your friend. Use it often

2) That empty coke bottle and box of diapers? yeah- may wanna remove those before
you take photos.

3) "My Buddie,friend,aunt, uncle,grandpa" Is not a reference for originality or rarity.

4) See # 1

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Old 09-27-2013, 09:23 AM
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#5) Turn CAPS off.

This guy could use your advise...
http://charlotte.craigslist.org/cto/4068861234.html

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Old 09-27-2013, 09:29 AM
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OH YES, TURN CAPS OFF!!!!!!!

And I want to know what you want for it. I don't want to have to call and ask. Nope, don't even want to email and ask. Give me a starting point.

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Old 09-27-2013, 10:20 AM
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#6) Survivor Car! Repainted non original color, and wrong motor.

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Old 09-27-2013, 10:26 AM
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#7) Just because you proclaim it "rare", doesn't make it so. Please use that word sparingly, and not 4 times in every sentence.

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Old 09-27-2013, 10:35 AM
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#8) DONK! Equals No Sale!

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Old 09-27-2013, 10:49 AM
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#9) "Don't need to sell"

I don't "need" to buy either...

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Old 09-27-2013, 11:01 AM
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#10) Calling it a "re-creation" or "tribute car" do not automatically make it worth more than a "clone".

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11. Easy fix!
12. Mostly rust free! (only 49% rust!)
13. "Survivor" '65 GTO model with a repaint in 1980, a Tremec 5 speed and a chevy 350. Numbers matching, too!

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#9) "Don't need to sell"

I don't "need" to buy either...
Must be that he doesn't need to sell but wants to give others the privilege and honor of owning this car.

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#14) "don't offer me no b.s. trades" for my b.s. junk!

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Old 09-27-2013, 12:51 PM
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#15) "NEEDS BOBDED TITLE.PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE TITLE.FIRM PRICE. (Bonded title price is approximately $350-$500)". Translation - salvage and perhaps you'll graciously offer a "BOBDED" title hookup w your pals?

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Old 09-27-2013, 01:28 PM
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A matching numbers car. Engine and tranny long gone.

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Old 09-27-2013, 02:35 PM
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"Only needs a tune up."
"400 horsepower"
"full race cam"
"ran when parked"
"needs restoration"
"better hurry"
"won't last"
"carefully maintained"
"pampered miles"
"woman owned"
"never driven in rain"
"fastest one in town"
"serious only"

I wish they would just say:
"Trolling for mindless idiots who will buy anything"

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#16) Motor, trans and rear end not for sale. (but they're still in the car)

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Old 09-27-2013, 03:01 PM
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#17) It was brand new when we bought it

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Old 09-27-2013, 03:29 PM
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#18) "BIG BLOCK Pontiac"

#19) "Includes Nifty "400 Ram Air" sticker on air cleaner"

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Old 09-27-2013, 07:32 PM
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Use proper grammar and punctuation when writing the ad. Nothing worse that a full page ad that's one sentence long with words that make on sense at all.

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