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<blockquote data-quote="OKCShooter" data-source="post: 3878876" data-attributes="member: 9994">I don&#039;t think I&#039;ve really ever gone to a garage sale, but years ago (20ish) my Grandmother&#039;s neighbor was going to have a garage sale and as I was leaving my Grandmother&#039;s house the neighbor (also an older woman) asked me how to sale a vehicle at a garage sale. I walked into her garage and it was a red (oxidized) 190E Mercedes. I asked her if it ran and she said it had been in garage for 5 years or so and wasn&#039;t sure and it didn&#039;t have a title and it was sitting on flat tires. Long story short, she said first person with $100 takes it and I said no less than $500 but if she got it running she could look at a market value and Title 42. She said &quot;Nope, I&#039;ll just put $100 on it&quot; to which I replied &quot;SOLD&quot;I went back the next week with a battery and basic tools. Got it running in about 2 minutes. All tires aired up and held air and I drove it around the block...it drove great. I tried to give her another $400 and tell her that it was better than expected and worth the $500 minimum but she wouldn&#039;t take it. Polished it up over a few hours and before I could apply for Title 42; my Grandmother tells me she got the title from neighbor as she found it.Total investment was under $200. Time spent was maybe 5 hours. Sold it for $7.5K</blockquote>

[QUOTE="OKCShooter, post: 3878876, member: 9994"] I don't think I've really ever gone to a garage sale, but years ago (20ish) my Grandmother's neighbor was going to have a garage sale and as I was leaving my Grandmother's house the neighbor (also an older woman) asked me how to sale a vehicle at a garage sale. I walked into her garage and it was a red (oxidized) 190E Mercedes. I asked her if it ran and she said it had been in garage for 5 years or so and wasn't sure and it didn't have a title and it was sitting on flat tires. Long story short, she said first person with $100 takes it and I said no less than $500 but if she got it running she could look at a market value and Title 42. She said "Nope, I'll just put $100 on it" to which I replied "SOLD" I went back the next week with a battery and basic tools. Got it running in about 2 minutes. All tires aired up and held air and I drove it around the block...it drove great. I tried to give her another $400 and tell her that it was better than expected and worth the $500 minimum but she wouldn't take it. Polished it up over a few hours and before I could apply for Title 42; my Grandmother tells me she got the title from neighbor as she found it. Total investment was under $200. Time spent was maybe 5 hours. Sold it for $7.5K [/QUOTE]

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