Subj : Re: 2026 Infrastructure Bill in US; self-driving+
To   : Ogg
From : Adept
Date : Mon Jun 12 2023 11:56 am

 Og> new a few years later.  For some, making the arrangements for  
 Og> the selling of old is a hassle.  It would be for me.

My brother once rented a couch, as he and his wife worked through what furniture to actually get for the place (it was... a challenge).

And I think he phrased it along the lines of, he wasn't paying for having a couch for a short period of time, he was paying for a couch and to be able to have it disappear when no longer needed.

With cars... I've only _really_ dealt with selling one, and that was before moving to Germany, where I posted my car on Facebook, at a price below value, with the intent that someone would take it off my hands at that price.

It worked quite well, though with some stupidity in tow. E.g., first response was, "I'll buy it right now if you sell it for $x less", and my response, either actual or in my head was, "I've had this up for two hours and have 30 seemingly-serious offers. Your offer is laughable."

And then, for the guy who I ended up selling it to, he did his due diligence, then attempted to haggle, at which point I said that I had several fallback offers available while knowing it was worth more than what I was selling it for, and if he didn't want it at that price, thanks for wasting my time but I'll sell it to someone else.

Probably not the best way to sell cars, but when trying to have a car up until 2 or 3 days before leaving the country, it worked pretty well.

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