I sunk so much money into my wife's 300D. Dollar after endless dollar. One day she decided she wanted to buy a trailer and we needed to sell the MB, so I asked for 5k, no bites.... 4k, no bites. Dropped the price to 3500, got a chick who offered me 3k. Sold it. I put probably close to 6k, not counting one minute of my labor into it, and it was beautiful... but in the end it was my fault.
Never expect anyone else to see the value of what you've done. You can't count on that at all... All they see is the stuff that still needs to be done. Like that truck, no miles listing on it so you know it's high. All the usual suspects will be worn, like plastic parts, bearings, bushings, etc...
Every time I list one of these "must be smokin crack" ads I get universally flamed by the "i've sold them for much more" and "it's worth every penny of what they're askin" crowd so I've stopped posting them. Not everyone has my sense of humor, that I can understand (since I am fairly deranged)...
What gets me is the "just putting out the feelers" crowd who are hoping that at just that moment the unwitting schmuck with the stack of cash sitting around collecting dust suddenly feels the inclination to buy someone else's money pit, who write the comments like "don't low ball me" and "I know what it's worth"
They almost always end up pulling the ad and running it later... Or listing it every day in like 30 different cities hoping to find the money-slathered schmuck...
