'MR2's for sale' threads, usually about the price point people choose to market their cars at.A car is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it.
Topics regularly appear in the general section lamenting falling MR2 values in recent times, yet every time an exemplary example goes up for sale on the forum at the higher end of the pricing spectrum a number of members have a habit of steaming in, sucking their teeth saying
'Oooh you'll never get that much mate - thats waaaaay overpriced.'Not only is this disrespectful but it is also as good as sabotaging that for sale thread! Furthermore these negative contributors are creating a self-fulfilling prophecy by driving the average price of cars DOWN!
The reason that values are so depressed is because most MR2's are sheds.
Lets face it - tacky bodykits, high miles, faded paint work. Clean examples with low miles are getting very rare now so why shouldn't they go for higher prices?
Now conversely if there is something glaringly wrong about an advert which someone feels it is their duty to fellow members to make clear this is different.
For example there was a car on here a while back which some gimp was advertising as a limited edition TRD when all it was was a REV3 turbo with a TRD sticker on the back! In these cases for the benefit of less experienced members naturally someone should speak out.If your only input to a for sale thread is
'I think your car is too expensive' then I think you should keep it to yourself or if you are intent on providing constructive advice to a fellow member, send them a PM.In respect of other members I would suggest if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all!
Sorry for the essay but I think this is an important issue that needs to be addressed.
I would welcome the feedback of members and moderators on this matter.
