Anyone an expert in hearse sales, looking for wholesale/private party on a mint 2022 Lincoln MK Legacy Hearse - Silver w/ Black top. 13,000 miles.
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Backstory please when ready.
Thank you.
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Quite boring, unfortunately- liquidating a funeral home.
COVID changed the bell curve of death and population outflows, plus a shift to cremations vs. full service. Harder environment to operate now for the older traditional funeral homes. Real estate value can quickly outstrip the location’s ability to function as a profitable funeral home.
Funeral home operators are notorious for claiming a funeral home real estate is worth 50% of market value, and the lowballs are incredible. The cognitive dissonance that there are plenty of other uses for a property with the appropriate zoning is astounding.
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Sounds like “Six Feet Under” in real life. A family member’s friend was in the business and it was exactly what you described as they had to wind the business down for sale.
Thx for the info and good luck!
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Need the body count for an accurate estimate
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Any skeletons in the closet?
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What’s the dead weight of the hearse?
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Great show.
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If loaner cars have a fart depreciation, a hearse must be astronomical
Would checking the MMR be your best bet, OP?
Pics or it didn’t happen?
So underrated. It was really outstanding and easily had one of the finest endings of a series of all time.
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So here’s what we learned -
Black hearses make up 80% of the market; white/silver make up 15%; custom colors make up 5%. Black carries the price premium and depreciates very slowly.
Minivans can be customized (body removal, etc.), but if they are stock, regular wholesale applies; same with lead cars. Hearse dealers will usually not be interested in wholesaling. I quote, “Carvanna is your friend on those”
Hearse dealers will consign cars for 10-15% of the sale price. They also buy wholesale but are going to leave significant margins and do a fair bit of reconditioning because no one buys a bad-looking hearse.
End-of-year accelerated depreciation purchases drive a lot of demand.
Body count is higher on the minivan than the hearse when you include the pickup.
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