Advice on potential LJ Rubicon "Rubihara" purchase
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I’m on it. Just a question of getting greedy and offering less. If I’m smart I’ll throw the whole $12,500 at her
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Well there’s an envelope here with 12.5k. Just have to get her to get the pink slip. She’s never sold a car so this is a mess. Totally unprepared she was.
Nice solid foundation to begin with. Looking forward to seeing what you do with your future Jeep
I think her not knowing what she’s doing is to your advantage here.
You are getting a tremendous deal. Just because it sounds to good to be true doesn't always matter, especially when factoring in the good being sold and the Sellers situation.
If she went to trade this into a dealership she probably would get $8k for a 165k mile jeep that is 13 years old.
She may need cash to buy another vehicle so she wants a quick sale and doesn't want to sit on it.
Could she get $20k if she sat on it and cycled through many potential buyers who are all trying to haggle the price down, possibly yes, but in the Sellers eyes $12.5k cash and be done with it.
Every Seller is in a different situation, and I do GENERALLY agree with @Chris prior comment about if it seems to good to be true it most likely is....but diamonds in the rough do exist, and you just found a mint one.
If she went to trade this into a dealership she probably would get $8k for a 165k mile jeep that is 13 years old.
She may need cash to buy another vehicle so she wants a quick sale and doesn't want to sit on it.
Could she get $20k if she sat on it and cycled through many potential buyers who are all trying to haggle the price down, possibly yes, but in the Sellers eyes $12.5k cash and be done with it.
Every Seller is in a different situation, and I do GENERALLY agree with @Chris prior comment about if it seems to good to be true it most likely is....but diamonds in the rough do exist, and you just found a mint one.
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That wouldn’t sell for anywhere close to 20k tho lol. It’s alot of miles. I would say 15-17k in that range somebody might have paid...that’s top of the mark. It’s a good deal no doubt tho. Frame is super clean
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For that price I could have bought it and put it in storage until the wedding was over hahaha
I could care less about mileage. All I care about is rust.
But from a selling standpoint, yes, higher miles is always a harder sell, because most people just don't know any better.
But from a selling standpoint, yes, higher miles is always a harder sell, because most people just don't know any better.
This is what you need to do... buy one, put it in a storage unit, and then don't tell your wife. Say you bought it after the wedding
While I would never pay that much, I do believe one could fetch $20k if they sat on it for a year, as I stated, and like you, I would also laugh at that price tag. Eventually a Buyer that wants an unmolested Rubihara with clean frame will pay up for it.
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