'what's the lowest you'll take for it' is surely human nature. It's probably a bit clumsy as an opening gambit, but certainly cuts out all the messing about and gets straight to the point...... No one ever says 'what's the most you'll take for it, let me pay over your asking price'.........🤷🏻♂️ A cheeky initial offer is a better opener I think, it at least opens things up for a counter offer from the seller and gets negotiations moving.
One sellers 'timewaster' is another sellers buyer. Surely it's the job of the seller to do their best to sell the car....
It is now, more than ever before, a buyers market. Not just Morgans, all classic or 'hobby cars' are affected, the market is dead. Even MMC are struggling. There is choice out there in the market. If a buyer really wants to sell in this market they have to advertise and be prepared to sell for a fair and current price.
Hanging on for 'what it was worth' is foolish, the market decides what it is worth not the seller. I accept it's disappointing if someone's pride and joy isn't worth what it was several years ago, but it's worth what it's worth now.
The market will probably keep going down so an offer today might look pretty generous next spring.......
If owners only bought a car as somewhere safe to put some pension money for a few years that's surely a risky strategy. Morgan's have done well over the years and held on to their values pretty well, but as with all 'investments' values can go down as well as up.......
See any loss in value as the cost of fun..... Any hobby has a price, owning a Morgan is no different. Sell and put the money in to something else that brings as much or more, fun, enjoyment or satisfaction and put it down down to experience...........
