27-10-2020, 05:56 PM
OK, have read the Facebook stuff out of curiosity.
I guess Sam is embarrassed having posted your advert in the hope of helping you sell it and finding that it has just started the age old debate of how much is a car worth.
I think the thing I have found in the Austin Seven world is that people are massively protective of the hobby in itself. They want it to exist as an affordable hobby where people can come into the fold at an affordable price. Spare parts are priced very fairly by enthusiasts who own and run cars themselves, which reinforces this 'grass roots' approach of keeping cars on the road to be enjoyed as custodians and then, when the time comes, sold on to another enthusiast at a fair price to keep on the road. When someone pushes the price ceiling for a car it isn't then unusual for comments to be made within the community as to what might or might not support the price tag. As to comments made being 'against the law', I think that is an interesting interpretation of free speech.
Having said all that, it looks like Sam should buy your car, as he clearly believes it to be correctly priced. Problem solved.
Andy
I guess Sam is embarrassed having posted your advert in the hope of helping you sell it and finding that it has just started the age old debate of how much is a car worth.
I think the thing I have found in the Austin Seven world is that people are massively protective of the hobby in itself. They want it to exist as an affordable hobby where people can come into the fold at an affordable price. Spare parts are priced very fairly by enthusiasts who own and run cars themselves, which reinforces this 'grass roots' approach of keeping cars on the road to be enjoyed as custodians and then, when the time comes, sold on to another enthusiast at a fair price to keep on the road. When someone pushes the price ceiling for a car it isn't then unusual for comments to be made within the community as to what might or might not support the price tag. As to comments made being 'against the law', I think that is an interesting interpretation of free speech.
Having said all that, it looks like Sam should buy your car, as he clearly believes it to be correctly priced. Problem solved.
Andy
Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think!