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45psi 08-26-2007 12:36 AM

a lesson in growth based economics
 
I had a wrecked 91 civic si for sale:

this is email correspondance with an individual who thought i was in a hurting for cash...

From: paulwright1@comcast.net
To: sale-401006054@craigslist.org
Subject: wrecked 91 SI hatch - $500
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:17:47 -0700

$500 seems pretty high for a car that needs some pretty extensive work on the front end. Will you take $150

Paul

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From: Mista Pimpsta
To: Paul Wright
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 10:00 PM
Subject: RE: wrecked 91 SI hatch - $500


the car is for parts only, which all parts are great. the price is firm. deal with it

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From: paulwright1@comcast.net
To: mad_bandit@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: wrecked 91 SI hatch - $500
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:01:35 -0700


its not worth your asking price.

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From: Mista Pimpsta
To: Paul Wright
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 11:25 PM
Subject: RE: wrecked 91 SI hatch - $500


try to find a COMPLETE d16a6 swap for less then $500. you wont. anyway, im keeping it unless someone ponies up. thanks


(not to mention complete interior and suspension but whatever)
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From: paulwright1@comcast.net
To: mad_bandit@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: wrecked 91 SI hatch - $500
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:05:24 -0700


when you decide to lower it to a reasonable price then let me know and maybe other people will be interested in it. Ive found plenty of swaps that I could get the whole car for around 500 and there no where near the shape that yours is in. Im not some young punk kid who will fork over 500 for a piece of ---- so when you decide to sell it at a reasonable price then I would purchase it from you.

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From: Mista Pimpsta
To: Paul Wright
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 7:48 PM
Subject: RE: wrecked 91 SI hatch - $500


you must be a punk kid... there is no other way you could think a complete and stock 91 SI that runs and drives is worth less than $500(minus the front end collision) oh, not in a hurry to sell, so i can afford to hold onto it. and if YOU want to change your mind and get it from me, your price is now $600.

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From: paulwright1@comcast.net
To: mad_bandit@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: wrecked 91 SI hatch - $500
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 22:35:23 -0700


ive been in the import scene for about 15 years now so Im probably quiet a bit older then you and Im sure I have more knowledge then you when it comes to the value of a car with a swap. Only some young dumb punk ass kid would try to sell a car that is not worth more then $200 for anything more. Ill still give you $150, so when you realize that your price is way to high then let me know and I will take if off you hands.

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From: Mista Pimpsta
To: Paul Wright
Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 1:44 PM
Subject: RE: wrecked 91 SI hatch - $500


ok man, check the add again. you might be surprised

(I edited the craigslist add to say; "If your name is Paul Wright, you can't buy this car.")

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From: paulwright1@comcast.net
To: mad_bandit@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: wrecked 91 SI hatch - $500
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 15:48:46 -0700


ive already emailed craigslist and they said they are going to remove your add and not allow you to post again so go ahead and put what you want but it just proves my point as to who the young dumb punk ass kid is.

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From: Mista Pimpsta
To: Paul Wright
Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 7:26 PM
Subject: RE: wrecked 91 SI hatch - $500


the bottom line is: what something is worth to you does not mean its worth the same to me.

i have no problem holding out for what its worth to me. what its worth to you is irrelavant. jackass

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That's the lesson kids. buy low sell high. And craigslist didnt remove my add.



MikeJ-2009 08-26-2007 12:50 AM

Re: a lesson in growth based economics
 
"the car is for parts only, which all parts are great. the price is firm. deal with it" <--that would have been my last email. I'm not sure why he felt the need to email you so many times. Maybe he thought he was gonna talk you down. When I clicked the thread, I thought for sure the happy ending would be a low balling douchebag buying the car for the asking price.

If I was a movie critic, I would tell people not to see your movie. ;D

45psi 08-26-2007 12:56 AM

Re: a lesson in growth based economics
 
at least you keep it real...

the happy ending for me is not losing money

southwest2118 08-26-2007 01:08 AM

Re: a lesson in growth based economics
 
confucious see Mista Pimpsta selling car for $150 in futua :P

45psi 08-26-2007 01:19 AM

Re: a lesson in growth based economics
 
its not for sale anymore. i got a shell and am swapping parts.



sucka

Dr.Boost 08-26-2007 01:43 AM

Re: a lesson in growth based economics
 
You should have told him it's his for $150 and when he comes to get it, kick him in the nuts and tell him to kick rocks.

Any ------- car that starts up and drives is worth $500. :3
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MikeJ-2009 08-26-2007 01:55 AM

Re: a lesson in growth based economics
 
Not actually. The neighbor had a 96 626 with a fucked tranny that he gave away for $150 last week. Runed great.... the problem was that every 626 at the junk had everything but the tranny, so that basically meant fixing it wasn't worth the time.

Dr.Boost 08-26-2007 02:03 AM

Re: a lesson in growth based economics
 

Originally Posted by Stealthmode
Not actually. The neighbor had a 96 626 with a fucked tranny that he gave away for $150 last week. Runed great.... the problem was that every 626 at the junk had everything but the tranny, so that basically meant fixing it wasn't worth the time.


I said "start up and drives". :P
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stenseltizm 08-26-2007 04:55 AM

Re: a lesson in growth based economics
 
dude deffinately deserves a kick in the nuts,

I always love people that assume the type of person they're dealing with is some smuck when they're really talking to some real pipe hittin ------

Tom-Guy 08-26-2007 06:11 AM

Re: a lesson in growth based economics
 
Does this Si have good tail lights?


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