I live, write, and garden in the PNW with my husband of 27 years, disabled daughter, college-aged son, and my 84-year-old mother. We have paid off $250,000.00 worth of debt (if you include the interest) in the last fifteen years and as of 6/12/2020 are 100% DEBT FREE!!!!My Mom's handyman is interested in our old car. The other people who had expressed an interest in it have been trying to "come up with" the money for months. The handyman, who is a painter by trade, but far more than that by knowledge and experience (knows construction and electrician stuff), is ammenable to painting the entire inside of our old house in exchange for the car. I don't know if anything will actually come of this or not, but I definitely think it is a fair trade and certainly better than waiting on someone to have money they might never have to buy it. There was never any deal made that we would wait on selling the car for the other people, just the interest was expressed and price given.
You hear about good barter situations like this, but I never expected one to fall in my lap. He still wants to check out a couple of things about the car first before committing, but I feel he is far more likely to carry through than these other people.
Possible Chance to "Sell" the Old Car
July 5th, 2012 at 11:35 pm
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I sold a used car once, and a couple came to look at it for their teen-aged daughter. I was asking $1200 for it, and they said they had borrowed $600 from their parents (!) and were trying to get a loan for $600. They called a few days later and said $1200 was too much, but offered me $600. I guess the loan didn't work out. I don't know why they volunteered that info in the first place, I certainly didn't ask them exactly where the $1200 was coming from.
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