"SteveH" wrote in message
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Pete M . uk wrote:

It'd retail for around £1600, but that's to the kind of muppet who
buys a 7
year old Escort on finance, £2450 for a private sale is just
ridiculous.

**Sold on 21 Feb for £2000 to local person - was advertising for a
friend who is very happy at the outcome**

If the valuations put on it by the other posters here are anywhere
near correct you'll make a very good car salesman. Keep it up!

Indeed.

Just shows that there's still plenty of people out there who don't have a
clue what to pay for a car. If they'd have had any sense they'd have
bought
an infinately preferable Focus Estate for less money.

It's funny how, when we pull someone up on their price on here, it
*always* sells a few days later for near enough the asking price....

But I'm a cynical old git these days.

What do you mean "these days"? You been a cynical old git for as long as
I've seen you posting1 ;-)

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On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:04:40 GMT, "Richard Colton"
wrote:

It's funny how, when we pull someone up on their price on here, it
*always* sells a few days later for near enough the asking price....

But I'm a cynical old git these days.

What do you mean "these days"? You been a cynical old git for as long as
I've seen you posting1 ;-)

Not only that, but I'd just like to say that, IMHFO, there's nothing
wrong with selling some old shed for 2 or 3 times its "book" value.

The value of an item is not what someone else values it at. Its value
is what it sells for. And I've certainly sold some old sheds for way
more than *I* would have paid for them. But that's not the point.

The value of anything is what someone is willing to actually pay for
it. (period/full stop, depending upon your big pond left or right mind
set.)

Dean Dark wrote:

On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:04:40 GMT, "Richard Colton"
wrote:

It's funny how, when we pull someone up on their price on here, it
*always* sells a few days later for near enough the asking price....

But I'm a cynical old git these days.

What do you mean "these days"? You been a cynical old git for as long as
I've seen you posting1 ;-)

Not only that, but I'd just like to say that, IMHFO, there's nothing
wrong with selling some old shed for 2 or 3 times its "book" value.

The value of an item is not what someone else values it at. Its value
is what it sells for. And I've certainly sold some old sheds for way
more than *I* would have paid for them. But that's not the point.

The value of anything is what someone is willing to actually pay for
it. (period/full stop, depending upon your big pond left or right mind
set.)

It allegedly happens far too often for it to be down to numpty buyers.

I think it's more likely to be people coming back trying to prove us all
wrong.

I don't know *anyone* who would pay £2k for an Escort.
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On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:11:27 +0000, (SteveH)
wrote:

I don't know *anyone* who would pay £2k for an Escort.

Assuming that nobody is telling porkie pies, you do now.

The Fiesta Centre in reading wanted 4K for a 2001 escort estate with 3OK on
the clock. It has now gone! All their escorts are pricey.
regards, Steve
"Dean Dark" wrote in message
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On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:11:27 +0000, (SteveH)
wrote:

I don't know *anyone* who would pay £2k for an Escort.

Assuming that nobody is telling porkie pies, you do now.

"Steve Tames" wrote:
The Fiesta Centre in reading wanted 4K for a 2001 escort estate with 3OK
on
the clock. It has now gone! All their escorts are pricey.
regards, Steve

Yeah, but they probably gave a massively overinflated p/x price on the car
being traded in against it, thus keeping everyone happy.....

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