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Can you explain the sudden surge of interest in my '63 Volkswagen?

Asked by Dutchess_III (46832points) February 7th, 2015

I’ve posted this puppy for sale several times in the last months. Get interest, but no buyers.

We had one couple who wanted to come look at it at 10:30 this morning (Saturday.) However, between Rick and I, it turns out that 10:30 just wasn’t feasible. Neither he, nor I, got home from being out of town until late last night. Didn’t have time to check everything over. Rick went out last night to do what he could do (aired up one tire,) and it turns out it won’t start. Not surprising since we haven’t driven it in several months.
So I went to contact the couple to ask if we could push the time back….but I could not find where I corresponded with them.
So I put the following plea out on each of the 16 fb buy/sell/trade sites I posted the ad on:

I need help! I recently listed a 1963 Volkswagen Beetle for sale, and someone was going to come look at it at 10:30 tomorrow. I’ve had so many calls on it I don’t remember if I talked to them on the phone, but if I did, I didn’t save their number in my phone in such a way that identified it. I can’t find any messages we exchanged either.
I need to get a hold of them, if someone can please help. We are holding the car for them.

Thank you so much.

That was at about 8:00 last night. Since then my inbox had just exploded with people wanting to have a shot at it. I got more responses in the last hours than I have in the last months.

This is interesting to me. Is it because someone else wants it that suddenly everyone wants it?

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