I'll apologize in advance if this is too long a post...
On Friday afternoon I was just browsing through kijiji.ca looking for Porsche related stuff for sale when I came across this ad that was recently posted earlier that day:
1982 Porsche 911 Turbo, all original, mint condition,
asking $35,000 CDN obo:
Being a long time Porsche guy I knew right away that this seller obviously wasn't aware of the current 930 market. Someone would buy this car and flip it for sure. So I responded to his ad:
"Beautiful car! FWIW your car is severely underpriced. Original 930s are going for an average of $65,000.00 USD in the US currently. If I didn't already have 2, I'd gladly take this one off your hands for $35,000.00!"
Not more than 5 minutes later he responds:
"What?!?!? Has the Calgary Porsche market changed a lot? I sold it to the very first guy that emailed me about 3 hrs ago. He's from Vancouver and didn't even take a look at it, nor did he give me any instructions on how he's going to pick it up. The whole deal sounded really strange as he didn't ask many questions about it but I guess I know why now! I wish you would have responded first!...starting to drink heavily to forget...bring on the Tequila!
I respond back:
"I'm pretty sure your buyer is going to turn around and flip it to a US buyer for $65,000.00+.....are you sure it's "sold"?
At that point my wife is asking me what's going on so I tell her about what I did...she flips! Why did you that? You just made him feel like *****! You should have STFU!....men!
OK, so I felt a little bad and responded to Jerry (the seller):
"Sorry to rain on your parade Jerry...my wife is giving me shyt for getting involved in this....I'm just an old Porsche nut so I just thought you should know bro!.....enjoy the Tequila!"
He responds back:
"My wife is giving me shyt for trying to get out of the deal. Funny!. Have a good night and thanks for the advice!"
So should I have:
1. STFU?
2. Bought it and flipped it?
3. Dude, you are a good man...you did the right thing!
Alex