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May 20, 2007 20:16:09 GMT
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Listed my car on ebay, £1100 or best offer. So far, had one crappy offer via ebay from a dealer and had umpteen people phoned and wanted to view. They either don't bother turning up or ask such stupid questions i lose interest. The offers ive had from viewers who did show up were also very low. Believe me the car isnt a bad one!!! Everyone tells me "youll sell it easy mate" yet here it sits on my driveway. Why is it that when i buy something i have to pay top dollar. When i sell, i cant get a monkeys armpit? Ive had a few swaps offered. Mainly rusty seventies stuff with no mot and tax. I love seventies cars but i like them to at least have some bodywork on their rust.  Ive got over 60 people watching my car and its had well over 1500 hits. So are you telling me there are 60 genuinely interested buyers?  I doubt it somehow. I'm guessing they are mainly people i chat to on various forums wanting to see how much it sells for. This will probably be the last vehicle i list on ebay unless its free listing day. Its a waste of cash. |
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Dez
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ebay - waste of time?Dez
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May 20, 2007 20:18:45 GMT
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and the car is........?
i find with ebay, if its something desirable and the price is good, it sells. i sell more parts than complete cars though. ive sold over 2.5K of parts so far this year!
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May 20, 2007 20:20:34 GMT
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have you got a link?
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May 20, 2007 20:21:24 GMT
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The car is a 67 Sceptre. OK not the most desirable car in the world but for £900 its a good daily driver. Item number: 330120363988
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May 20, 2007 20:27:33 GMT
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Keep it Steve! Its a good car.
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'82 944 Lhasa green
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May 20, 2007 20:29:47 GMT
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It is a good motor Mitch but ive got this vision of a modded FD Victor or a Reliant Scimitar in my head and i cant seem to shake it off.......:-)
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Dez
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ebay - waste of time?Dez
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May 20, 2007 20:32:15 GMT
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wel, the unfinished sunroof and broken o/d would put me off for starters. so fix em. its not up at a praticulalry cheap price, so you need to offer something thats good for the money.
with ebay, the market is saturated, theres loads of different classics around the 1k mark, and as i doubt hardly anyone will go specifically looking for a sceptre, like they would say a beetle or a mini, you need to tempt them your way by making your car appealing to them. a car than needs work and is really hard to find parts for isnt appealing.
youre more likely to get a swop than an outright sale, but I think youll find 90% of people don't class a car with an MOT as a project if you see what I mean.
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Last Edit: May 20, 2007 20:35:20 GMT by Dez
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ebay - waste of time?BenzBoy
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May 20, 2007 20:32:28 GMT
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I've found eBay has turned to sh!t lately. With cars there are just millions of ads offering "finance". Other stuff is just flooded with cheap sh!t from China (ever tried looking for an MP3 player or digital camera? Nightmare!) Also, eBay's clever marketing has conviced people that you can list any old wibblepoo on there and someone will buy it at a ridiculous price. Clever as they get at least 30p per listing. That last comment wasn't aimed at your car BTW, I'm just going on a rant ;D Maybe other avenues would be worth a try? I've successfully sold cars in my local paper quite a few times, amd I'm starting to look in those kinds of places for cars and parts nowadays.  |
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May 20, 2007 20:36:39 GMT
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Point taken Dez, but the low mileage and solid structure must be plus points. Cant see why people fall over themselves to buy a car with no T&T, but seem to umm and aarr over a car ready to drive away. If i get the o/d and the sunroof fixed i wont sell for £900!!!
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May 20, 2007 20:46:41 GMT
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It is a very good example. keep it, lower it, moon discs, whitewalls and drive it. Get the idea of the Scimitar straight out of your mind!! You can make anything look good, its amazing what whitewalls and a bit of lowering will do to your car. I'm lowering my humber this week so will tell you how much to trim the springs once i've done it. Sceptres can be kool  |
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'82 944 Lhasa green
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May 20, 2007 20:49:01 GMT
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How low ya goin Mitch?
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May 20, 2007 20:51:11 GMT
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well, its going to be a daily driver, and my wifes daily driver at that. But not too sure as i'm just going to cut the springs and see how low it is!
fingers crossed eh!
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May 20, 2007 20:53:08 GMT
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eBay is dead on it's  at the moment, it's a great buyers market but as a seller I'm making curse word all money all of a sudden on items i've sold before for wads of dosh. I've stopped listing things as of this weekend. |
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Dez
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ebay - waste of time?Dez
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May 20, 2007 20:53:53 GMT
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right, before you read this, bear in mind I'm not trying to offend you, I'm trying to help you get a sale. low milage means pretty much nothing on a classic, especially as you don't have FSH (and lets face it who does on a car like this). I don't even care what the speedo says the milage is when I look at a classic car for sale- and ive bought and sold a few, at least 10 a year for the past 5 years, all but about 4 were tax exempt classics. oh and ive made cash on all of them. how? buy cars with bad descriptions, sort the minor propblems that people tend to put off, and sell them with good descriptions. the car may be solid, BUT its had a fair amount welding and a respray in the past as you attest to in your description, as well as the sides recently being sprayed white. someone more cynical than me would see a car with white sides as a quick cover up job to fix dodgy door bottoms or wings, etc. or poor previous work coming through, without having to colour match paint. any decent classic buyers guide will tell you to watch out for this as well, so everyone knows about it. this si no reflection on your car, ive not seen it so I cant judge. youve put in your description its really hard to find parts for it. not exactly a plus point that is it. might be worth skirting round that in the description  also, you come over as a bit TOO keen to sell it in the auction..... might be an idea to tone it down a bit so it looks like youre less desperate to get rid? oh, and your photos aint too hot either, find someone with a better digital camera to take some pics for you. also youve got 5 general outside pics that are too low quality to see detail, and 3 pics of the interior, but none of the underneath, sills, arches, etc. if its as good as you say, take pics of the usual rust spots to proove it. hope that wasnt too harsh for you..... |
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May 20, 2007 20:54:30 GMT
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Keep me posted with piccies, ill pm you my email addy.
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May 20, 2007 21:19:01 GMT
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May 20, 2007 21:28:02 GMT
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i'm just going to cut the springs and see how low it is! fingers crossed eh! That's all Mike did when he lowered the Rapier a couple years back, don't ask me how or what he did exactly as I don't do oily bits. Steve as for spares being hard to come by, I've a friend in Norwich who has a spare car. I think you know Gillberry. And anyway, we keep being told by the Humber club that Mark 2 Septics are rare beasts.  Keep in touch Steve and don't be too dishearted sweetie. |
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May 20, 2007 21:29:30 GMT
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tell you what...that is a gorgeous car, i wish i was brave enough to own a car like it.
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May 20, 2007 22:17:17 GMT
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Cheers all for the comments. ;D No dez, not too harsh at all mate. Thats the strangest thing, I'm not desperate to sell it. The white (ivory actually ) is there because i like it, no other reason. The doors were replaced because i didnt want to trowel the old ones with filler, they are rust free doors in brilliant condition. If people were interested they surely would have a look. If i wanted to cover up a wad of pudding id surely choose a dark colour?? Thats what I'm led to believe anyway. As far as parts hard to source, I'm not gonna lie and tell people the parts are easily found. Id rather be honest than "skirt around" something. The paintwork isnt the greatest but i don't have a garage unfortunately. If i keep it ill spend more time on the paintwork, finish the roof and fix the overdrive. Paint the door shuts and jams and its basically finished.  Its had a lot of welding, but thats new metal. Any 40 year old car will be welded but theres no plates all over the floor. \its literally new panels, but then again, only telling the truth. A car should be described properly or the seller doesnt have to buy it. Id rather be up front and sell rather than bend the truth a bit and get into arguments with a buyer who's travelled perhaps 150 miles to collect it. |
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Dez
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ebay - waste of time?Dez
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May 20, 2007 22:30:39 GMT
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nah mate, anyone can make a white car look good, but getting a dark coloured one straight and shiny is an art. white hides everything. I agree if someone was genuinely interested, they get off their ass and come look. I always do, ive done thousands of miles to look at and buy cars, nowhere is 'too far' if you really want it. not ALL 40 year old cars shave been welded- but ile admit it is a mission finding those that havent been!! ive done may miles trying to find them and so far only found one(which happened to be 53 years old) and a couple that have had only one repair. if its new panels fitted correctly and not bodged and wagged in, the trained eye will be able to spot that its been done right so that shouldnt be detremental to the value. paintwork is though, it can make or break a car. of you don't think the paints good enough, maybe its worth spending time on to improve the car as a whole? if I were you, seeing as the car isnt perfect or a particulalry rare model (just a fairly undesirable one), id crack on with modifying it. they're a body style that would lend itself fairly well to custom touches. mild roof chop, flake roof and scallops, grilles a bit fugly in the millde so sort that out and tunnel the lights, fender skirts, wide whites, bellflowers or fishtails, abit of smoothing and stuff, and a rv8 if you want power |
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Last Edit: May 20, 2007 22:36:24 GMT by Dez
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I doubt it somehow. I'm guessing they are mainly people i chat to on various forums wanting to see how much it sells for. This will probably be the last vehicle i list on ebay unless its free listing day. Its a waste of cash.
