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> Online Porsche business for sale?, Anyone we know?
Steve
post Dec 26 2016, 07:45 PM
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http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/pts/5924768273.html
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post Dec 27 2016, 09:56 AM
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There are a couple of these "turn-key" businesses for sale right now. I've seen enough of these to know that normally the stuff guys have left when they want to sell out is the stuff that doesn't sell. There was a well known parts dealer in Maine who wanted me to buy him out about 5 years ago. We made a trip up there and did a full inventory. it was stuff like he had 100 rusty coupe doors, I already had 30 in my collection, did I need 130? Or my favorite, he had 275 356 B/C steering columns, he said, "I get $100 each for those?" I countered with, "I would be able to sell 5 in my lifetime, so that leaves me 270 to make an Effiel Tower in my front yard."

If you are thinking of buying into one of those businesses do your homework and don't get wowed by the quantity, look closer at the quality. This stash looks like a lot of empty engine and gearbox cases, 914 Targa tops, and door shells. Try selling some of those items before you spend thousands to own a building full of them.
It's also important to look at who is selling the stuff. If the guy is in good health and just wants out of the business be wary. Most people get into this business based on their passion for the Marque and they normally only want out of a dream job if they aren't making any money. Now if the guy is in bad health and still passionate, that makes a deal more interesting so it's not the business that is sick, it's him, which means you can take the baton and keep the race going.
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Steve   Online Porsche business for sale?   Dec 26 2016, 07:45 PM
mb911   http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/pts/59247682...   Dec 26 2016, 07:49 PM
Chris914n6   Same guy that thinks bare 914 trans cases are wort...   Dec 26 2016, 07:58 PM
Steve   Is this the remainder of Otto's stash? I visi...   Dec 26 2016, 08:02 PM
pete000   Doesn't look like 1.8 Million worth of parts ...   Dec 26 2016, 11:41 PM
Krieger   Doesn't look like 1.8 Million worth of parts ...   Dec 27 2016, 09:48 AM
iwanta914-6   Doesn't look like 1.8 Million worth of parts ...   Jan 25 2017, 01:44 PM
mepstein   Doesn't look like 1.8 Million worth of parts...   Jan 25 2017, 01:52 PM
Unobtanium-inc   There are a couple of these "turn-key" b...   Dec 27 2016, 09:56 AM
Garold Shaffer   There are a couple of these "turn-key" ...   Dec 27 2016, 03:49 PM
Unobtanium-inc   [quote name='Unobtanium-inc' post='2437887' ...   Dec 27 2016, 04:15 PM
Blue6   Steve, From the pics, it looks like the guy in San...   Dec 27 2016, 10:06 AM
rhodyguy   Selling a biz on Craigslist for $1.8m is one ...   Dec 27 2016, 10:11 AM
Unobtanium-inc   Selling a biz on Craigslist for $1.8m is one...   Dec 27 2016, 11:10 AM
Harpo   Not that I have 1.8M to invest in a company but ch...   Dec 27 2016, 10:18 AM
sixnotfour   Maybe AA will buy it and call it their new used lo...   Dec 27 2016, 02:59 PM
Perry Kiehl   My guess is that is David Buhain, I don't reme...   Dec 27 2016, 03:00 PM
Mikey914   How valuation is done is everything. Even at .10 o...   Dec 27 2016, 05:20 PM
Unobtanium-inc   How valuation is done is everything. Even at .10 ...   Dec 27 2016, 05:38 PM
ClayPerrine   The headline says 1 dollar. Maybe some lawyer typ...   Dec 27 2016, 05:45 PM
Mueller   The headline says 1 dollar. Maybe some lawyer ty...   Dec 27 2016, 06:01 PM
Mikey914   Some things best just to steer clear of   Dec 28 2016, 12:15 AM
Unobtanium-inc   He is now down to 1.2 million and he is pumping it...   Jan 24 2017, 06:06 PM
Chris914n6   Oh, Carrara6... he offered to sell me a cookie for...   Jan 25 2017, 02:35 AM
mepstein   Oh, Carrara6... he offered to sell me a cookie fo...   Jan 25 2017, 07:39 AM
gereed75   Looking at the size of this part lot (see the lis...   Jan 25 2017, 09:22 AM
Unobtanium-inc   Looking at the size of this part lot (see the li...   Jan 25 2017, 12:34 PM
mepstein   Looking at the size of this part lot (see the li...   Jan 25 2017, 01:34 PM
Unobtanium-inc   Here are some real examples of the "double...   Jan 25 2017, 02:48 PM
billh1963   Here are some real examples of the "double...   Jan 25 2017, 02:56 PM
rhodyguy   Nice stash of jacks and horns. :huh:   Jan 26 2017, 12:20 PM
Unobtanium-inc   Nice stash of jacks and horns. :huh: Thanks, yo...   Jan 26 2017, 06:00 PM


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