Used 4.2L A6's going cheap-what's up?

Brett Dikeman quattro at frank.mercea.net
Tue Mar 29 13:05:14 EST 2005


Lyle Seaman wrote:
> Why do you say that? It seems to me that mainstream luxo cars go a bit cheap
> on ebay, and ricers go a bit rich, but I've bought cars from private sales
> through, eg, autotrader at prices  lower than what I would expect from an
> ebay sale.

Talk to any economics professor- you almost always overpay in an 
auction, in what is called "the winner's curse".

Good article, if 6 years old: http://slate.msn.com/id/21810/

Brett
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