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Old Mar 20, 2011 | 12:36 PM
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Anyone else having some fun with selling their used cars lately?

The last two I've sold were a pain in the ass. I try and take care of my people, but when it starts to cut into my wallet I have to draw the line. . I know a few of you buy sell and fix them up!

Last one was the 1997 Taurus SHO. Sold fairly quickly, fairly cheap, $3,000. A week after I sold it the guy says it's stalling all the time. Now it's a used car so I don't have to do anything but I decide to take care of it because that's how I do business. Ended up having a bad coil on plug so I replaced the whole set of them. I gave him the option then to take the 3g's back and I'd take the car back so there's no bad feelings, he says he'd get back to me. The stalling goes away, he never gets back with me on the refund. Two weeks later the guy says it's hard to start, check it out, fuel pressure is low and not holding over night, and she needs a fuel pump. I went ahead and bought a pump to put in the car, he doesn't call me back for another month and is now asking for his money back ...WTF?!

I really don't feel like replacing the pump in that car now, so I think I'm going to call it quits and let the guy take care of it himself. Does that sound fair?

I'm not an ass, but I don't warranty cars. I buy them, get them running and ship them. I don't sell them for a lot so that way I don't have to deal with the nitpickers.

This last one still books at well over 3,000 in poor running condition.

Just a rant no one actually has to reply if they don't want to
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