1986 Dodge B-250 extended bubble-top van for an unconventional guy

[debit.servus]

Just dropped the price to $460 OBO as I can't afford to spend too much more time on this. This van has a lot of potential and I am valuing it to what the market value is and the state it is right now. Not on crack with the asking price, just want to get as much money as possible from the sale.

Let me know if $460 is too high.

 

[GotSmart]

Just dropped the price to $460 OBO as I can't afford to spend too much more time on this. This van has a lot of potential and I am valuing it to what the market value is and the state it is right now. Not on crack with the asking price, just want to get as much money as possible from the sale.

Let me know if $460 is too high.

Use picture #2 as the main one, and delete most if the wording.  It scares off buyers.  Remove the rest of the pictures also

 

[GotSmart]

I agree with GotSmart, why would you switch to the worst picture of the van to lead with?

Ad still says "must be gone by April 14".

Guy

He needs to post a whole new ad, to bring it to the top of the search list.  

One picture

as is, sold as parts vehicle, a project, or even a spare room. Full paperwork. Extras.

$460 or best offer. 

Forget the history.  I have been selling  on CL and ebay for years.  Less is more.

 

[steamjam1]

I got a look at the van today I am going to buy it. I just can't move it until Debit finds the title, or gets a duplicate title. (I can't take it until then. Learnt my lesson that one, my friends... buying cars with bills of sale only.. No go. )

Its not in such bad condition that its beyond repair. My old Dodge RV was in MUCH worse condition when I bought that for much much more. And as a bonus I have all the parts to get it back to road worthiness and looking good sitting around. Including the right color hood.

I wanted to buy a Ford, but bought another Dodge. I'll get a Ford sometime late in the summer for the 4x4 conversion. I guess I'm getting side tracked. Still, its a good way to rid myself of the results of my past Dodge van parts hording problem.

 

[TMG51]

I can't believe this van has a shot at life again. Steamjam if you go through with resurrecting it your mechanical endeavors may transcend to altruism.

 

[Txjaybird]

I got a look at the van today I am going to buy it. I just can't move it until Debit finds the title, or gets a duplicate title. (I can't take it until then. Learnt my lesson that one, my friends... buying cars with bills of sale only.. No go. )

Its not in such bad condition that its beyond repair. My old Dodge RV was in MUCH worse condition when I bought that for much much more. And as a bonus I have all the parts to get it back to road worthiness and looking good sitting around. Including the right color hood.

I wanted to buy a Ford, but bought another Dodge. I'll get a Ford sometime late in the summer for the 4x4 conversion. I guess I'm getting side tracked. Still, its a good way to rid myself of the results of my past Dodge van parts hording problem.

Since I'm older than dirt I do not have too many "firsts" left.     :huh:       SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO    be sure and post lots of pictures we just luv pictures.   Wwas I first?  eye tied to tpye fast    

     Have a good weekend       Jewellann and Killer aka Queenie

 

[Gary68]

yea,without a title it is parts,but it looks rust free,straight and has a hightop and 318 so thats a o.k. start

 

[steamjam1]

yea,without a title it is parts,but it looks rust free,straight and has a hightop and 318 so thats a o.k. start

Exactly.

 

[steamjam1]

Well Im alittle pissed. He sold the van to someone else while I gathered the parts to fix it, evenhough I promised to buy it once I saw a title.. Whatever.

 

[steamjam1]

A LITTLE pissed?

Once again, classic!

Now you can get that Ford like you were wanting in the first place.

Guy

meh Its ok....

 

[TMG51]

As a seller I can understand that the first one to produce the money is your buyer! But that's a reason not to enter any tentative agreement, not to enter one and then break it. Sounds like someone scooped this van up for probably a couple hundred bucks. I doubt they'll do the restoration on it that you would have done. I think after all, this van is still dead.

 

[debit.servus]

I am so shit busy and wanted to close the deal ASAP, ended up selling it for $250 to some poor guys in SF. My mind was shot when you saw it, I would have gladly took a deposit from you Steamjam but we were so busy neither of us thought of that.

I hope you understand how the predecessor sitting on the driveway past the deadline was consuming my time and holding me back from modding the FORD van before June 1st. If you want I can send you the phone number for who bought it and you can try to buy it from them.

After they left I immediately started getting ready to pedicab the Sharks game which started at 4:15, ran up to downtown so I could pull some much needed m-o-n-e-y to buy parts to mod the FORD. Todays van became tomorrows cash reserve...

How could a runner with original trim, camper amenities, extended cab, high-top be such a hard sell under $500?????????? I mean the furnace, 3-way fridge alone was worth $250. I chalk it up to the Main Street Economy, which is a polar opposite to the Wall Street Economy (Economic Recovery exists only on paper, much like in the USSR before it collapsed).

 

[debit.servus]

Also would like to add that I spent 24-48 hours fielding replies, inquiries, talking with people, writing the listing, answering emails, answering phone calls, text messaging potential buyers, while single-tasking. I sold it to them for $250 because I didn't want to spend any more time on the sale process.

 

[steamjam1]

It's just that we had a deal. I had the $400 in my pocket, wasn't going to try and bargain you down, I told you directly that I was going to buy it for $400 but wanted you had to atleast make an effort to find the title for one day. You agreed. I was going to buy it anyways even though its against my better judgement if you couldn't find the title. I even borrowed a huge trailer and truck to get it out of there for you the next day. But you sold it for $250. Yeah o.k its cool.

No worries.

 

[FALCON]

Debit, A brief sorry works much better than paragraphs of explanations.

 

[Gary68]

 

[flying kurbmaster]

Debit, A brief sorry works much better than paragraphs of explanations.

that may be the reason you never got what you should have for that van in the first place, overselling.

 

[debit.servus]

What fucking ever.

I forgot to mention that I would have had to get a duplicate South Dakota title, which would have been a several step process and costing $50 (fuel, postage, notary, SD duplicate title fee, etc.), with no guarantee that Steamjam would buy the van.

Excuse me for working my ass off so hard (so I can LIVE this summer, not survive or exist) that I forgot my word (I don't even remember if I ever promised to hold the van for Steamjam).

There are a lot of little things that people don't think about before the last minute before a trip, I am knocking off as many things as I can off of the list before June 1st. And the DODGE van was a huge weight holding me back from moving forward with modifying the back of the FORD van.

Hell, I haven't even gotten the time to look at the papers the buyer wanted me to send; let alone mail them.

 

[SoulRaven]

Guess what: receiving assistance from the people around you is always going to cost you something in time, energy, and even emotional expenditure--yes, perhaps even some money, too.

You've just burned someone on the forum, and demonstrated that you have zero consideration for all the hassle they went thought to try to help you. How likely do you think it is that others on this forum will help you next time you're in a bind?

I learned long ago that any time I am requesting help from someone else, I need to be prepared for that to add inconvenience to my life. I must "budget" my energy for that beforehand, prior to accepting help, so that I can reciprocate the goodwill being thrown my direction. When it isn't reciprocated, the other person feels sucky for helping you, and are less likely to help you or anyone else in the future.

When I go out of my way to express appreciation and do what I can to make life easier for those helping me, it helps smooth over any rough patches that might come up in the process.

When a local mechanic training program did some work for free that required me to come back a few times, I baked the class 3 dozen chocolate chip cookies. I was feeling like crap, extremely ill, I got 4 hours of sleep that night and the cookie dough cost $12, not including the gas to run to the store and the time it took to bake them all when I could have been sleeping. There was some mix-ups with communication, and some of the work had to be re-done. But because I baked them cookies, everything was smoothed over. They still had a positive impression of me, they asked if I lived in my van by choice (how else could I do things like bring freshly baked cookies?), and I have no doubt they would welcome me back in the future for more mechanical work.

I sacrificed maybe a total of $20 and 4 hours of sleep at a time I desperately needed both money and rest, in order to maintain the goodwill of those who were helping me. And as a result, my safety net is larger and stronger for any future troubles that might arise..

Your reasoning is sound--if you want to live your life completely selfishly. Don't expect anyone to help you twice, though.

 

[GotSmart]

Two years ago, Steamjam came out and tried to help you. FOR FREE.  Has he ever lied to you?  :dodgy:

Has anyone on the forum tried to steer you wrong?  :huh: