2001 astro van, acquired just less than a month ago

purchase price for van in DIRTY condition, wont upshift into 3rd: $520
used transmission w/35k: $700
other assorted parts: $150
gas/carwash: $60
title/tax: $150
ebay listing: $45

subtotal: $1625

sale price: $4000
minus what it cost me to date: $1625
minus what it cost me for winshield/NCSI: $30

total profit: $2345

11/30/2005 12:41:10 PM

nice nice

11/30/2005 12:50:06 PM

gg

11/30/2005 12:53:36 PM

nicely done

11/30/2005 12:55:05 PM

hey primer - i could use a loan this close to the end of the semester.

11/30/2005 12:58:16 PM

I dont do loans, and dont offer financing.

11/30/2005 5:06:34 PM

step 1. collect underwear
step 2........
step three. $profit$

11/30/2005 7:03:11 PM

word...

11/30/2005 7:28:08 PM

whered you get a $30 windshield

11/30/2005 7:33:54 PM

the mexican on the corner of poole rd.

[Edited on November 30, 2005 at 7:35 PM. Reason : and mlk]

11/30/2005 7:35:21 PM

I told you not to ask $3500...so where is my $500???

11/30/2005 8:31:34 PM

That is true, it was you that put the 4000 number in my head, but im not giving you $500.

The winshield and inspection together is costing me $30 out of pocket. I have connections, and no I wont share them.

There are no mexicans involved in this deal at all.

I haven't done all the checking yet, but I think I just set the record for the highest selling price on a high mileage late model Astro (178,000 miles) haha. This totally makes up for the bad experience I had trying to sell my old '67 Volvo on eBay.

11/30/2005 9:17:08 PM

Well done Joel

11/30/2005 9:22:11 PM

till you get a non-paying bidder and have to do it all over again, people like you are why i would never buy a vehicle off ebay

12/1/2005 10:57:07 AM

that makes no sense

12/1/2005 11:31:52 AM

he never does.

12/1/2005 11:35:52 AM

patched together shit like that, you never know what kinda things have been done to a car and then sold dirt cheap on ebay

12/1/2005 11:52:54 AM

replacing a windshield and transmission is "patching shit together" now? or maybe you mean the carwash and gas?

12/1/2005 12:16:36 PM

Yeah I don't see how this is "patched together shit". He was upfront about the mileage, and the transmission being replaced, as well as some other wear items. The only thing he didn't disclose is how ridiculous a deal he got on the van in the first place--and who would?

It's amazing how differently a dirty vehicle with one major and a few minor problems is perceived as opposed to a clean vehicle with the major problem repaired, even if some of the minor ones are still there.

12/1/2005 3:05:36 PM

It is a damn good little van, wish I could keep it. 69 you just dont know what you are talking about here bud.

12/1/2005 9:52:20 PM

i dont understand why you spent $100 replacing every light bulb

[Edited on December 1, 2005 at 10:42 PM. Reason : maybe that was the other car]

12/1/2005 10:42:02 PM

^^ shoulda put a disco ball and mattress in the back, and a mexican flag in the window, it woulda sold quick

12/1/2005 10:58:31 PM

^^ On the Astro, I actually only replaced the front turnsignal/sidemarker bulbs, the glove box lamp bulb, and 2 of the 3 courtesy/step lamps that I think blew when I was pressure washing the joor jambs/sills. All the rear bulbs, with the exception of the LED CHMSL assembly, had been replaced shortly prior to me getting the van.

^ You see though, it did sell quickly.







FYI, because it was an ebay auction, and I had a few other details I wanted in the bill of sale, I chose to use http://www.lawdepot.com ($9.50) instead of the little free generic bill of sale forms found online- it came out pretty damn well.

12/1/2005 11:33:55 PM