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Kevin M · 2005-08-18, 02:20 AM

Okay, so monday night I posted one ad on miata.net for the hardtop that came with my car. Within 48 hours, I've got 5 people throwing the $900 asking price at me... one from Oregon, one from SF, a couple local, dunno where the other one is. 3 emailed replies, one called and emailed, and a local just called. There's no "fair" way to decide who gets it is there? And with this much interest this fast, from one obscure (or so I thought) ad, am I way underpricing it? I checked the rest of the classifieds there; no hardtop was offered for less than $800, and some of the rarer colors (like mine) were going as high as $1300!

So, what do I do? Eeny-meeny-miney-mo to pick the guy that gets it? Do I ask them all to place a higher bid? Or maybe just tell them it's not for sale and re-post it in a month or two for more money?

2005-08-18, 02:20 AM	#1
Kevin M EJ22T Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Reno Posts: 9,445 Car: '93/'01 GF6, mostly red Class: 19 FP	Advice needed, quick! Okay, so monday night I posted one ad on miata.net for the hardtop that came with my car. Within 48 hours, I've got 5 people throwing the $900 asking price at me... one from Oregon, one from SF, a couple local, dunno where the other one is. 3 emailed replies, one called and emailed, and a local just called. There's no "fair" way to decide who gets it is there? And with this much interest this fast, from one obscure (or so I thought) ad, am I way underpricing it? I checked the rest of the classifieds there; no hardtop was offered for less than $800, and some of the rarer colors (like mine) were going as high as $1300! So, what do I do? Eeny-meeny-miney-mo to pick the guy that gets it? Do I ask them all to place a higher bid? Or maybe just tell them it's not for sale and re-post it in a month or two for more money? __________________ FWD is the new AWD