If the economy keeps going like it is, those prices should start dropping in the next year.
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What in the heck happen to the square body prices
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I feel like I'm already seeing it.....
Whoops! It was around the late 90's maybe the very, very early 2000's that 4WOR came out with that article. I had my years mixed up.
I always wonder how many vehicles just end up wasting away because people won't take less than some unreasonable price. Instead of the vehicle getting to live on and the seller getting some cash, it just gets wasted.
beags86
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It's not the Facebook or Craiglist or any particular Internet site.
It's the internet in general and how connected we are now as a society.
If Craigslist never came along it would have been something else, if Facebook marketplace never came along it would have been something else.
So it's not an individual site.
TV doesn't help either, but basically it comes down to the fact that I can sit in my living room and see what prices are throughout the whole country, I can also see the unreasonable people and what they're asking for. so I get Grandpa's hand-me-down classic car and I want to sell it. I go online I see what people are asking for theirs, now all the sudden I can ask that. even though that car was a rust-free original from Arizona and I live in the rust belt of Minnesota. And my hand me down car is a rusty pile.
Just remember it only takes one person ruin it for everybody. And there is always one person, That thinks his junk is worth gold.
And the auction thing, anybody that's ever bid on anything on an in-person auction knows what it's like to get auction fever. You overpay. That's what auctions do to you.
Now add in the Richard Rawling types that want to prove that their wallet is bigger than yours..... It's just an ego thing... Some of those guys know they are tv too.....
It's the internet in general and how connected we are now as a society.
If Craigslist never came along it would have been something else, if Facebook marketplace never came along it would have been something else.
So it's not an individual site.
TV doesn't help either, but basically it comes down to the fact that I can sit in my living room and see what prices are throughout the whole country, I can also see the unreasonable people and what they're asking for. so I get Grandpa's hand-me-down classic car and I want to sell it. I go online I see what people are asking for theirs, now all the sudden I can ask that. even though that car was a rust-free original from Arizona and I live in the rust belt of Minnesota. And my hand me down car is a rusty pile.
Just remember it only takes one person ruin it for everybody. And there is always one person, That thinks his junk is worth gold.
And the auction thing, anybody that's ever bid on anything on an in-person auction knows what it's like to get auction fever. You overpay. That's what auctions do to you.
Now add in the Richard Rawling types that want to prove that their wallet is bigger than yours..... It's just an ego thing... Some of those guys know they are tv too.....
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I agree Beags,
The reason i referenced fbay as starting it was because when it caught on it suddenly became the reference price for buying anything used.
It quickly changed the haggling opportunities
And now we have countless similar platforms at the touch of a screen
The reason i referenced fbay as starting it was because when it caught on it suddenly became the reference price for buying anything used.
It quickly changed the haggling opportunities
And now we have countless similar platforms at the touch of a screen
The '85 K10 diesel Burb I bought in 2009 with good intentions is suffering that fate I'm afraid,the "I'm going to restore & drive it" syndrome..
I was 51 when I bought it!..and in a lot better shape to do the work it needed,which was not that much really..Now,not so much..
It was a practically rust free truck when I got it,came from WA state and was in VT only 1 year before the PO I bought it from got it..not now,the rockers have completely rotted away--the rest of it is still decent though..
I'd sell it, but I know if I listed it for what the facebook dreamers want,I'd never get rid of it..they'll want it for $500..its worth that in parts to me..
I actually saw one "bargain" on FB marketplace earlier,now I cant find it..a late 80's square body 3/4 ton K20,4 speed.350,runs & drives,frame didn't look horrible,neither did the rest of it--$!500--if it wasn't in Brattleboro VT I'd have been tempted to get it,and sell the Burb..
I was 51 when I bought it!..and in a lot better shape to do the work it needed,which was not that much really..Now,not so much..
It was a practically rust free truck when I got it,came from WA state and was in VT only 1 year before the PO I bought it from got it..not now,the rockers have completely rotted away--the rest of it is still decent though..
I'd sell it, but I know if I listed it for what the facebook dreamers want,I'd never get rid of it..they'll want it for $500..its worth that in parts to me..
I actually saw one "bargain" on FB marketplace earlier,now I cant find it..a late 80's square body 3/4 ton K20,4 speed.350,runs & drives,frame didn't look horrible,neither did the rest of it--$!500--if it wasn't in Brattleboro VT I'd have been tempted to get it,and sell the Burb..
beags86
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I hear ya. I suppose you can point to one website or another.
I just think it was more of a collective movement between TV and the internet.
Take a guy with a classic car in BFE. 35 years ago.
his Market was local classifieds ads and setting alongside the road to sell it.
if he lived in an area with low population he had to find the right guy that was willing to pay him the money for it.
So if you had a population base of 200 people, it would be hard to sell a vehicle that's overpriced. Fast forward to present time, and I can search for vehicles that are 6 hours away from me. Before the internet I would have had to physically go there and buy a local classified ad or see the vehicle sitting alongside the road.
that's why I used to get those car and truck trader black and white classified ads, those covering a broader spectrum of maybe multiple States or multiple zip codes. and anybody that remembers those free car and truck traders will also remember that prices were overpriced in those things.
Of course some of that can be contributed to classified markup, or weeding out the non-serious tire kickers.
beags86
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By rural, you mean Rockford?
I was stationed in Norfolk for the Navy in the 90's. The Tidewater Trading Post was a HUGE deal. I remember buying a selling a lot of truck stuff thru that paper.
Don't forget the impact of new truck prices. In 1985 you could get a brand new K10 for $12k. My dad had the window sticker from his loaded '89 K20 Suburban, which was like $17k. Today these vehicles are more like $65k. So even accounting for inflation the prices have doubled. So when looking into a $1200 monthly payment on a new truck it starts to sound reasonable to drop 4 figures on an old vehicle that needs some work.
It's not that it has to be that way, it's just that people have been willing to pay more and more over the years due to financing options.
It's not that it has to be that way, it's just that people have been willing to pay more and more over the years due to financing options.
That’s a good point, I’m not the type to pay $70,000 for a new 1-ton though lol
Me neither
Recycler classified adds were my favorite back in the day. I would sit at the liquor store at 10am on thursday waiting for it to show up. Got a lot of screaming deals out of there and made a lot of money flipping cars.
I have said that we are screwed as hobby builders because of the TV market. Everything is gold now.
My dad told a story about him and 3 buddies driving 4 model A's to the dump. First one there was driven home. The rest stayed.
I have said that we are screwed as hobby builders because of the TV market. Everything is gold now.
My dad told a story about him and 3 buddies driving 4 model A's to the dump. First one there was driven home. The rest stayed.
At this rate, my 3/4t 91 sub with factory 4l80 is gonna put my kid through grad school.
Prices will start coming down soon with the economy slowing, guys with project vehicles will need to unload them to pay bills. The same thing happens with guns and motorcycles, and those that have a strong financial situation can get some good deals.
