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[Grit dog]

got 2 diff ppl coming to look at my truck today for $12.5k you fkin yapper lol stfu. Why are you still yapping?

So I had to go back and look at your pics…lemme get this straight…
It was a red and metallic gray truck it appears (attractive popular 2 tone for sure) that you basically shut the doors, taped off the glass and sprayed it BLACK? Not to mention painting black on something that isn’t flat and smooth?

You got what according to you is a clean straight rust free TBI C10, which, credit where it’s due, it looks like a clean truck. And then you mucked it up by spray bombing it black.
But you are trying to maximize “value” on your “sentimental” truck and you decided to do the above to it?
Good luck with the sale.

 

[Grit dog]

To bring it full circle, I’d say BAT is not a reliable source for pricing a vehicle. There is no way to verify the legitimacy of the bids, nor if any actual exchange/agreement was made.

Pricing is fluid. The market is softening on squares, and rather quickly in some locales. The peak was 2-3 years ago, though there still may be some residual “covid effect” on pricing.

Regionally, a decent condition longbed R10 may fetch $5-8k, though in some areas (or on occasion where someone may overpay—though even “overpaying” is subjective) it could sell for more.

In my area, $6-8k would be about right for a decent condition, late model, longbed half ton. In areas where decent rust free trucks are more scarce, I could see it being higher—basic supply and demand principles in play here.

Of course there are always outliers, and a number of reasons why a particular truck may be more desirable. Some are unpredictable such as, “It’s exactly like grandad’s truck I remember riding in with him.”

I guess he is doubling his perspective market of “just like grand dads truck” buyers since grandad could have had a black truck or a red 2 tone….because this one is actually both!

 

[Grit dog]

lol nice job of spending 20 minutes responding when 2 seconds of reading would have showed your dimbass is wrong again lol keep making assumptions that fit your narrative. Proving yourself to be a troll time and time again

Ok maybe it wasn’t your paw paws truck, my mistake. But you’re the one who said it’s the best Maaco job out there.
(FWIW, seen plenty of gooood paint jobs and collision repairs come out of Maaco. You get what you pay for and they will do nothing or everything depending how much $ you plop down).

 

[TotalyHucked]

For everyone saying 15k for a long bed in general is unreasonable this was some of the info BaT sent over on why it will fetch more than the 12k I wanted without reserve -

3 R10 long bed trucks have sold in the past year and a half on BAT. All 3 sold for more than $27k

Here are some pics of some long beds (different years but still good for comparison) that sold on BAT for more than my truck with half the remaining interior, lots of body damage and rust all over

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So yeah it’s easy to say “well it’s only worth x” and “you didn’t fix the dents or make the paint perfect” but **** I guess I should have just taken a sledgehammer to it first and sprayed rust colored paint all over it instead.

Look dude, you asked. Don't go all tough guy when we start pointing out where you messed up. So just for good measure, I went onto BAT (cuz I'm on there ALOT) and found the 2 trucks you referenced here. The blue one is a 4x4 and the white one is a lowered/hotrodded shortbed. Both are automatically more valuable than your truck was right off the bat.

Honestly dude, you don't really know the market. Take your losses and move on. Next time, stick with the OE paint colors if you're gonna respray (and pay for a better quality job) or better yet, leave the patina alone. Patina is HOT right now.

 

[Trucksareforwork]

I finally got to take a look.

Good example of only modifying a truck if YOU want it modified. The market would have loved that 2-tone survivor much more than its splash-sprayed alter ego.

There are a lot of small items that generally add up to a whole lot of value, beyond body work.

- dash pad
- Seat upholstery
- headliner
- door jamb paint
- reconditioning door panels
- freeze plugs replaced? why?

Even that short list is probably a couple thousand dollars for a buyer to bring the truck up cosmetically, and that doesn't include reworking the bad paint job. You also nicely disclose that it had crash damage, but that alone would scare off some internet buyers.

Bottom line is the truck looked pretty nice as a survivor with patina. It's good that you made it your own (I did the same with the one in my avatar...also a longbed), but I'd probably be pretty happy with 7 - 8K for that truck as painted if I were the seller.

Now, as to the "no reserve" listing and then no selling it? I think that approaches dishonesty. The site literally has reserve pricing so you don't have to welch on a sale you don't like.

 

[TotalyHucked]

lol I asked about feedback on my listing not trolls to keep arguing about how BAT works and then picking little arguments when he’s wrong

I have yet to see where he's wrong...

 

[TotalyHucked]

@Grit dog Was I arguing? I never saw where I was arguing...

 

[TotalyHucked]

Dude you're getting you panties in a bunch over nothing. Ya messed up with your investment, it happens. Take the L and move on

 

[hoagster]

Here's what I get out of the whole conversation. He's asking everyone for their opinion on how he should approach the sale of his truck but he's not honest about anything he say's and in his bio it's the same way "Location The internet, Name Txt"

 

[TotalyHucked]

No one messed up you guys want to be correct so bad lol. Sorry in your markets it’s different than Texas.

Wait wait wait. Honest question here, no BS. Were you looking at this truck as just a truck? As in, to use to haul and work, etc? Somebody buying it to use as a truck? Or were you looking at it as a collectible/classic vehicle?

That may be where the disconnect in this conversation is

 

[Grit dog]

@Grit dog Was I arguing? I never saw where I was arguing...

No, but did you see that shortbox 2 tone blue truck like yours that he posted? That thing is beautiful!

 

[Grit dog]

No one messed up you guys want to be correct so bad lol. Sorry in your markets it’s different than Texas.

Ok last question, maybe lol…
Why wouldn’t you sell it for $15k when you had that offer on the table? I mean, in the Texas market and all…

 

[TotalyHucked]

I use all of my vehicles for their intended purposes. I bought it with the intent to keep it forever and gut the interior but based on the high demand I got locally I figured I didn’t want to ****** anything and would sell it to get a truck with no interior or drivetrain and start from scratch on a build I was not worried about cutting things up. Ls swap and all

Originally this truck was my DD but that changed earlier this year giving me a chance to have more of a project

I gotcha, I get that. I still work my '85 like a truck even though it's lowered with an LS swap and a T56. I've got helper bags specifically cuz I'm loaded alot.

I know we were taking shots earlier, but my original post was sincere. The paint job is really what did it, had you left the patina, it woulda sold for more. And BAT is the wrong place for that kinda truck cuz it's a collector's site. People on there are looking for either originality, or awesome/high end builds.

Your truck would sell for better money on marketplace or craigslist for someone that's looking for a truck to do truck things. They'll see the value in something that they can fix and it'll be reliable even if it's not pretty vs the people on BAT looking for a toy.

 

[Grit dog]

You guys are a rocking trip lol. And you wonder why new members are always posting about how ****** the experience is on the forum and why they don’t participate.

I changed my location and name bc someone on these forums who got banned already doxxed me on this site using the info but thanks for knowing exactly what you are talking about

Are you @RanchWelder long lost brother?

 

[Grit dog]

I gotcha, I get that. I still work my '85 like a truck even though it's lowered with an LS swap and a T56. I've got helper bags specifically cuz I'm loaded alot.

I know we were taking shots earlier, but my original post was sincere. The paint job is really what did it, had you left the patina, it woulda sold for more. And BAT is the wrong place for that kinda truck cuz it's a collector's site. People on there are looking for either originality, or awesome/high end builds.

Your truck would sell for better money on marketplace or craigslist for someone that's looking for a truck to do truck things. They'll see the value in something that they can fix and it'll be reliable even if it's not pretty vs the people on BAT looking for a toy.

^This. And I’m sure we all learned that at some point. Myself included. And now @TX87R10 has as well.
Schitty original paint or no paint is better than schitty questionable unsightly new paint. IF it’s a vehicle that is reasonably worth more with good paint (like a classic car or truck)
And @TX87R10 the paint job in and of itself does not look bad per se. It was just a mistake.