A car is only worth what someone is willing to give for it. The moment you put the car on the market you set the value. Because you have to give it a price that appeals and satisfies you bottom dollar. The best way to get your money back is to build something that appeals to the most people. Price, Quality, Detail. The more of each one of these items it has, the more it takes to build and the less people that can afford the car. You can build the most appealing car on the planet but if the Quality and Detail are sky high, There might still a bunch of guys who can afford it, but how many of those that can afford the car, want it and at that price. Find guys who want a car is easy, finding guys who can afford it is a whole other game.
I know a handful of guys who have built cars and on the first outing were offered close to or more then build cost and turned it down only to sell the car for 1/3 of build cost 2 years later. I also know guys who make great money for a very appealing car if they sell it when "THAT GUY" walks up and has to have it.
I had a potential customer call and offer my current customer double his current build cost to sell his project. The Customer kind of agreed ( who would not )but his wife insanely declined to even hear the offer ( She loves this car ). The guy with all the money did not want to wait the time it takes to build the project and liked that he could name the color and have the truck in 1/3 of the the build time and still personalize the project for himself. MUST BE NICE.
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