Heads up: Not my bus, but a good deal seen on craigslist

[Movingon]

Good Evening. This is not my bus, so I have no interest in the sale. It just seemed too good to pass up of it is in as good a condition as the seller says it is. It is brightly colored with "Funmobile" on the outside. It is probably the remnant of a failed kids art and craft or entertainment business. It does not have many details, but it is an 11 window bus. Asking price, $2500. It can be found in Craigslist ads for Baltimore, MD. I was tempted, but this is way too big for my needs. The ad reads as follows:
It is a 1986 diesel bus that runs perfect. We completely built the inside of this bus from scratch. It is a great way for a small operation to make extra money as it is very unique. It comes with the games and art stations. I just lowered the price. It will be scrapped soon and that will be a shame.
It is located in Pasadena, Md The ad went up 12 days ago (it is now 3/5/18) Good Luck

 

[Twigg-SKO]

If they are thinking of scrapping it, they will take $1500, maybe less.

 

[Movingon]

I agree on trying to reduce the price. It might be worth calling a few scrap yards or used parts yards to find out what the going price is for a scrapped bus and making an offer a little above that. The price for a scrapped car is $250 in this area. I don't think the scrap price for a bus would be all that high.

 

[Twigg-SKO]

I agree on trying to reduce the price. It might be worth calling a few scrap yards or used parts yards to find out what the going price is for a scrapped bus and making an offer a little above that. The price for a scrapped car is $250 in this area. I don't think the scrap price for a bus would be all that high.

It can be $200 per ton.

 

[o1marc]

Scrap iron here is at like $4/100lb, a 2000b car would net you $80. I think cars and truck salvage price is slightly different, didn't read the prices when I went by today, just saw the sign with current pricing posted.

 

[marlinangela]

So we checked into this one and it has a Detroit 8.2 with an Allison tranny. Good? Bad?

 

[Gdog 5651]

The 8.2 was an ok powerplant in its time its time has come and gone fairly hard to get parts for pretty hard to get a good mechanic for it I'd pass.

 

[Gdog 5651]

Good Evening. This is not my bus, so I have no interest in the sale. It just seemed too good to pass up of it is in as good a condition as the seller says it is. It is brightly colored with "Funmobile" on the outside. It is probably the remnant of a failed kids art and craft or entertainment business. It does not have many details, but it is an 11 window bus. Asking price, $2500. It can be found in Craigslist ads for Baltimore, MD. I was tempted, but this is way too big for my needs. The ad reads as follows:
It is a 1986 diesel bus that runs perfect. We completely built the inside of this bus from scratch. It is a great way for a small operation to make extra money as it is very unique. It comes with the games and art stations. I just lowered the price. It will be scrapped soon and that will be a shame.
It is located in Pasadena, Md The ad went up 12 days ago (it is now 3/5/18) Good Luck

If you have no interest in it how did you lower the price on it?

 

[o1marc]

If you have no interest in it how did you lower the price on it?

The ad reads "I just lowered the price." The seller said that, not the poster here.