Posted by Buzzman72 on July 23, 2011 at 07:03:01 from (74.129.195.67):
In Reply to: Some people posted by 730d se on July 23, 2011 at 06:14:46:
Well, sometimes it's greed, and sometimes it's not. For example, I have an old refirgerator I've listed on Craigslist. My new replacement was over $700...so I priced this one at just under $200. I bought the new one because the old one was getting more and more difficult to use, ad I got older...had to get on my hands and knees just to see stuff on the bottom shelf. The new one is a side-by-side, and with the two crisper drawers stacked at the bottom, the bottom shelf is higher, and a lot more accessible.
My old fridge got moved out to my garage, where it keeps my Powerades ice-cold and ready for my consumption at a moment's notice. [Besides, beer is bad for you when it's extremely hot out.] So am I trying to rip someone off by pricing my fridge where I have? No, because I've seen 'em priced higher on CL. And the truth is, if I don't sell it, I'll continue to use it to chill my Powerades and have them handy when I'm working.
Same thing goes for these old tractors, and the parts for them. Few of 'em were one-off production, and while the parts being sold may not be cheap, they end up selling for what people are willing to pay. If that's a high price, good for the seller! And if they're NOT selling for the asking price, the seller can do what I've done with my fridge: he can either keep his price high and keep the part or the unit, or he can drop the price until someone DOES bite.
Ever go fishing? Just because you're casting bait into the water, it doesn't necessarily mean that some fish is going to take it immediately...or at all. On old equipment, some folks think it's ALL gold. But unless it's worth the price I'M willing to pay, I'M not going to buy it. And if I'm the seller, if a buyer's not willing to pay the price I'm willing to sell for--as in the case of my fridge in the garage--I don't HAVE to sell it.
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