Scenario:
Lifelong family friend and widow asks me to sell her RV. Offered me a 5% commission to which I responded that I would take $500 maximum (I detailed it and did some minor repairs.)
Going market rate, based on book values along with me searching for similar models on the internet indicates the RV is worth about $17,000.
Widow insists that nothing below $20,000 is acceptable.
I field quite a few inquiries but most won't even look at it unless it is more reasonably priced.
All along, I have advised this widow that real valuation is more like $17,000.
After one month, and three reminders that the value is too high and people are checking to see if there was some flexibility in pricing, widow complains about how nobody is looking at it and decides to take the RV to a dealership. She receives $12,000 in total.
I recently saw her and she was a bitch.
I had to advise her of her conditions of sale, told her that I wasted a considerable amount of time only for her not to follow my advice and take a minimum of a $5,000 loss.
She will never get a second's worth of my time ever again. I also invited her to never call upon me for assistance. I think I may have mentioned that people with alcohol problems aren't the best people to deal with anyway 😲
My seeing her ever again will only be coincidental. I have also since found out that her mother has been financially mistreated by her a few times... She receives over $10,000 a month because her husband was a law enforcement officer who died from a job-related issue.
I'm done with this whole empathy and charity shit. Family included.
