I was thinking the same thing. When that one originally listed 4 months ago there were more pictures, can't find them anymore(think it was a craigslist ad). But if I remember right all of the over cab bed interior was missing and couch was pretty thrashed. Everything new in the one looks to match with what was missing in that old ad. Double you money for a a little interior work....
It's useful information for any buyer. I like that people on this forum look out for each other when buying rigs.
If you were walking down the street with your friend, and someone tried to sell him a can of Pepsi for $2.00 when there was a vending machine selling them for $1.00 right down the block, would you say something to your friend? "Hey, just so you know, he bought that can of pepsi for $1.00 down the road and he is trying to flip it to you for a cool $1.00 profit". Or would you keep your mouth shut and just let your friend buy the pepsi?
Most people on Expo look out for each other, consider each other "friends" or "family". The same analogy applies here. Hopefully that clears it up for you
Adam88 wow what a great analogy, and what do you think the guy selling it for $1 paid for that can of Pepsi? And your friend will likely still buy the $2 Pepsi so he doesn't have to walk down the road to find the guy selling for a dollar. When you buy anything at a retail store do you ask what they paid for a product so you know how much they're marking it up? If you were about to buy your dream home but found out the guy selling it bought it in shambles and renovated it would you pull out? For petes sake man have you ever been to Disneyland or bought a beer at a ball game?!
For the record, yes I got this tiger below market value, I offered and paid the seller thousands more than his asking price cause I knew it would sell fast and thats what it was worth to me, if you click on BGritty's link you'll see that 2 other parties actually passed on this tiger cause the interior was absolutely thrashed, systems needed maintenance/replacement, mismatched tires/wheels, pulled HARD to one side, etc. I put countless hours of time, labor, and love over the last 4 months, and paid thousands to get it to the condition it's in now. I never intended to "flip" this rig, but I enjoyed the renovation process and it gave me the confidence to go ahead and build out my dream van from scratch. Do I expect to make my money back AND make some money for all my time/effort I put into it? You bet **************** I do. Do I think I've overpriced it considering the market of these tigers? Absolutely not. BGritty has gone on every forum I've placed an ad and gone as far as create an account just to call me out for "flipping" this tiger. I'm willing to bet he's also the reason why I can't keep an ad on Craigslist cause they're constantly getting flagged. To anyone who thinks I'm doing something wrong here: welcome to the world of free market economics.