Comment by pcthrowaway

Exactly. Maybe the top-level poster says something like "Oh if you're going to clean it and re-sell it for a profit, I'd rather hold out to see if another coworker actually needs the car, because I also like the warm fuzzy feeling of knowing it's helping them.

"Oh, well what if I told you the $500-1000 I think I can get from taking that work off your hands and re-selling it would really help me out"

"That makes sense. Sold"

See how easy this is without the sleaziness of lying?