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Sept 21, 2013 22:16:53 GMT
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1974 Lancia Beta Saloon
1975 Mazda 929 Coupé
1986 Mazda 929 Wagon
1979 Mazda 929 Hardtop
1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica
1977 Toyota Carina TA14
1989 Subaru 1800 Wagon
1982 Hyundai Pony 1200TL 2-dr
1985 Hyundai Pony 1200 GL
1986 Maserati 425 Biturbo
1992 Rover 214 SEi 5-dr
2000 Rover 45 V6 Club
1994 Peugeot 205 'Junior' Diesel
1988 Volvo 760 Turbodiesel Saloon
1992 Talbot Express Autosleeper Rambler
2003 Renault Laguna SPEARS OR REAPERS
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Sept 21, 2013 23:53:10 GMT
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Just came on here to post this myself, That chaps laughing all the way to the bank!
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Sept 22, 2013 11:19:47 GMT
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damnnnn! BS ad, he bought to sell we know it. but hey why not i suppose.
i would have bought to keep.
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84 mazda 323 gt (twr) b6t engine
85 mazda rx7 s3 12a
90 mazda 323 estate
90 mazda 323 estate (for the mrs ;-) )
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MK2VR6
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Sept 22, 2013 14:17:54 GMT
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I wonder if the OP and the seller are actually one and the same? Whatever the case, you think he'd at least sort the pog in the arches to justify the £1300 price mark-up.
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Sept 22, 2013 14:44:12 GMT
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If it was the same person though, I can't see the sense in telling everyone the original price. More likely someone's just hoovered it up before OP could, and lobbed it straight on the bay with a big mark-up.
Nice car, I'd love to cruise around in something like that.
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Last Edit: Sept 22, 2013 14:46:20 GMT by BenzBoy
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Sept 22, 2013 17:38:20 GMT
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i doubt it was the OP, he mentioned it was gone the next day he went. someone snapped it up knowing its "ebay" value, its worth more or less what its being sold for but i couldnt pay that knowing it was sold for 200 just a few days before.
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84 mazda 323 gt (twr) b6t engine
85 mazda rx7 s3 12a
90 mazda 323 estate
90 mazda 323 estate (for the mrs ;-) )
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stealthstylz
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Sept 22, 2013 17:52:05 GMT
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Why not? It's how dealing with second hand cars works.
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Sept 22, 2013 18:55:56 GMT
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because i couldnt personally shake off the thought of feeling like a mug paying 1k more than that guy paid litterally days before. if i didnt know, it wouldnt be as bad.
even then i nearly bought one of these a few months back for 1.2k and i knew the original owner paid little over 400 for it... but that was years before and he added a new set of (minilite) wheels and looked after it well.
like i said its worth what hes asking. don't deny that, id still buy it if he was selling for 800-1000 as its a bargain to me aswell but hes asking top dollar for the effort of listing it on ebay, with a bs story to boot.
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84 mazda 323 gt (twr) b6t engine
85 mazda rx7 s3 12a
90 mazda 323 estate
90 mazda 323 estate (for the mrs ;-) )
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Sept 22, 2013 19:30:27 GMT
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£1500 is far from a ridiculous price for a rwd pillarless 80's J motor in decent nick. This one looks about 100 times better than the metallic blue one that has been doing the rounds.
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1974 Lancia Beta Saloon
1975 Mazda 929 Coupé
1986 Mazda 929 Wagon
1979 Mazda 929 Hardtop
1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica
1977 Toyota Carina TA14
1989 Subaru 1800 Wagon
1982 Hyundai Pony 1200TL 2-dr
1985 Hyundai Pony 1200 GL
1986 Maserati 425 Biturbo
1992 Rover 214 SEi 5-dr
2000 Rover 45 V6 Club
1994 Peugeot 205 'Junior' Diesel
1988 Volvo 760 Turbodiesel Saloon
1992 Talbot Express Autosleeper Rambler
2003 Renault Laguna SPEARS OR REAPERS
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MK2VR6
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Sept 22, 2013 20:19:49 GMT
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£1500 is far from a ridiculous price for a rwd pillarless 80's J motor in decent nick. This one looks about 100 times better than the metallic blue one that has been doing the rounds. I agree it's a fair price. I totally get the point being made above though; I wouldn't be able to convince myself to buy a car regardless of true value, knowing that I could have potentially bought it for £1300 LESS a few days before. As for the blue one on here, I reckon it's probably more solid that this one; rear arches look great and it was left in dry storage for 15 odd years iirc. |
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Sept 30, 2013 19:01:26 GMT
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So some of you would miss out on a decent car at the right sort of price because the seller was making a nice profit on it? The phrase cutting ones nose of to spite ones face springs to mind  if the price is right I couldn't give a monkies what the seller paid for it, if he's making good profit on it then fair play to him |
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MK2VR6
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Sept 30, 2013 19:11:57 GMT
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So some of you would miss out on a decent car at the right sort of price because the seller was making a nice profit on it? The phrase cutting ones nose of to spite ones face springs to mind if the price is right I couldn't give a monkies what the seller paid for it, if he's making good profit on it then fair play to him Clearly the price wasn't right. He's dropped 300 notes from the asking and it still ain't shifting. |
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Sept 30, 2013 20:05:20 GMT
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I wonder if the OP and the seller are actually one and the same? Whatever the case, you think he'd at least sort the pog in the arches to justify the £1300 price mark-up. It's not me. I missed out. |
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Sept 30, 2013 22:51:31 GMT
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So some of you would miss out on a decent car at the right sort of price because the seller was making a nice profit on it? The phrase cutting ones nose of to spite ones face springs to mind if the price is right I couldn't give a monkies what the seller paid for it, if he's making good profit on it then fair play to him Clearly the price wasn't right. He's dropped 300 notes from the asking and it still ain't shifting. At no point did I refer to the car in question in my post, it was more of a general question People were saying that they wouldn't buy a car that they knew the seller was making a big profit on. Which is their choice but its all a little short sighted imo. Hence my question "So some of you would miss out on a decent car at the right sort of price because the seller was making a nice profit on it?" |
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Clearly the price wasn't right. He's dropped 300 notes from the asking and it still ain't shifting. At no point did I refer to the car in question in my post, it was more of a general question People were saying that they wouldn't buy a car that they knew the seller was making a big profit on. Which is their choice but its all a little short sighted imo. Hence my question "So some of you would miss out on a decent car at the right sort of price because the seller was making a nice profit on it?" yes a far sighted person may be able to shrug off the feeling but I couldnt... ***edit mind you if the seller had genuinely owned it for a while and cherished it an looked after it then maybe*** mind you I'm not much of a beer drinker either so you wont see me paying £3 plus for a pint down my local knowing it costs less than 30p to make. if you got money to curse word up the wall then fair play to you. its a bit better proced now he has dropped the price, I just don't want to be the mug who pays him massive profit for doing nothing with a bull sh** story..... if he had been honest it woulda been better, or if he wasnt so greedy and put it up to auction. be a mug all you want mate but ill gladly miss out and keep my eye out for another going at £200. what would I feel like buying that and then finding one for 200 weeks later. |
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Last Edit: Oct 1, 2013 14:25:32 GMT by smurph323
84 mazda 323 gt (twr) b6t engine
85 mazda rx7 s3 12a
90 mazda 323 estate
90 mazda 323 estate (for the mrs ;-) )
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p.s. i offered him £200 buy it now. he didnt like my offer.
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84 mazda 323 gt (twr) b6t engine
85 mazda rx7 s3 12a
90 mazda 323 estate
90 mazda 323 estate (for the mrs ;-) )
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Whoever buys that isn't a mug. It's perfectly reasonably priced for its condition and for what similar examples go for. If you didn't know what he'd paid for it, you'd probably say the same.
He's not ripping anyone off, he found something for sale cheap, and took an opportunity to make some money. Why should he sell it on cheaper than what the market rate is? It's akin to someone selling you a £10 note for a pound, and you going into a shop and saying "I only want to buy £5 worth of goods in exchange for this £10 note, because I didn't pay £10 for it."
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MK2VR6
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At no point did I refer to the car in question in my post, it was more of a general question People were saying that they wouldn't buy a car that they knew the seller was making a big profit on. Which is their choice but its all a little short sighted imo. Hence my question "So some of you would miss out on a decent car at the right sort of price because the seller was making a nice profit on it?" yes a far sighted person may be able to shrug off the feeling but I couldnt... ***edit mind you if the seller had genuinely owned it for a while and cherished it an looked after it then maybe*** mind you I'm not much of a beer drinker either so you wont see me paying £3 plus for a pint down my local knowing it costs less than 30p to make. if you got money to curse word up the wall then fair play to you. its a bit better proced now he has dropped the price, I just don't want to be the mug who pays him massive profit for doing nothing with a bull sh** story..... if he had been honest it woulda been better, or if he wasnt so greedy and put it up to auction. be a mug all you want mate but ill gladly miss out and keep my eye out for another going at £200. what would I feel like buying that and then finding one for 200 weeks later. I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks like this. Well said. It'll be interesting to see whether he can shift it for £1200. At the end of the day, although we like it, it's not a mainstream car, it's clunky looking to someone who doesn't 'get' it, and it's certainly not scene. I wouldn't have thought it'll be the easiest car to shift. |
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Down to £995 now.
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It's worth a look now at that kind of money, even knowing what he paid for it.
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