"If I can't sell it I'll trash it" attitude... Rant

[delfin]

theres always 2 sides to everything. after a while selling parts you become bitter to broke ass college kids juicing you on parts that are already cheaper than they could get anywhere else. and then they hit you with "cant you do better? im a broke college kid on a budget" or "can you do it shipped for that price?" fuck that. do your homework, realize a good thing when you see it and pay the price. if it is indeed over priced then by all means counter offer

But that doesn't mean they should just throw the shit away.

[blunttech]

theres always 2 sides to everything. after a while selling parts you become bitter to broke ass college kids juicing you on parts that are already cheaper than they could get anywhere else. and then they hit you with "cant you do better? im a broke college kid on a budget" or "can you do it shipped for that price?" fuck that. do your homework, realize a good thing when you see it and pay the price. if it is indeed over priced then by all means counter offer

[FredK]

Haha, I know the attitude. They probably don't toss the parts in the garbage, but hang onto them then list them on craigslist in another 6 months, at the same inflated price.

I'd rather just give stuff away than to outright throw it out!

[NOMAD]

Just had to vent about something I've seen many times now in the for sale forum here and on other E30 sites.

People have things that are typically desired or sold often, and they post them up for sale. Often their asking prices are so high that the masses don't jump all over it, or they list it and expect to find a buyer within a week or something.

Either way, they end up saying "if I can't sell these they go in the dumpster". They are usually unwilling to haggle on pricing and in another few days they toss perfectly good parts that will never find a home on an E30 again.

What type of screwed up attitude is this anyway? Seems super selfish and greedy to me. We have an aging group of cars that will never be made again. We say we like the car and value pristine examples but then trash perfectly good parts, many of which are not made anymore and are 100% useable.

Newsflash, you're not going to make a million dollars reselling E30 parts, but you can at least be a good "car community citizen" and pass on parts you don;t need and cannot sell to others who can use them. If you are not willing to hold out for months waiting for someone to give you the right price... lower your price, give them to a local for free or for a few bucks. Sell them for the cost of shipping and $5, anything but trashing them for no reason other than "if I can't sell them then nobody deserves them".

I know E30 owners are notoriously cheap, but stop taking lowball offers personal and if you can't sell it after a time then lower the price or donate it so that we can keep E30's running for many more years.