[V8] Re: NADA reserve not met

[sdewitt at stx.rr.com]

Ebay is not the place to get a reasonable amount for a vehicle. Vehicle sales on ebay typically go much less than blue book.Every car I have bought has been misrepresented on Ebay, and this is why prices are so low.

Try advertising in Auto Trader. I've had good luck getting respectable prices for my cars on autotrader. It may take a few months of advertising on Auto Trader to get the price you want, but it's well worth it.


----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Kalbskopf <gbmarc at cox.net>
Date: Saturday, November 20, 2004 12:58 pm
Subject: [V8] Re: NADA reserve not met

> Roger,
> 
> You're an optimist!
> You appreciate the fine details of your car, the improvements, the 
> hidden and not so hidden qualities.
> But with respect to a sales price it all means nothing if the 
> potential 
> buyers don't want to pay for it!
> Your car sounds great to me, but no matter what the qualities, 
> $4000 is 
> what I would want to spend too!
> As soon as I get to $8000 I start looking at another bracket of 
> vehicles.
> I remember back in the UK, I had this beautiful NSU Ro80. I loved 
> that 
> car. I loved the shape, It made me feel good just to look at it.
> I was forced to sell it because I was fresh out of college and 
> broke. A 
> greasy used car dealer came to my girlfriends house in Chislehurst 
> Kent 
> and offered me £250. I was devastated but he was the only person 
> who 
> called and I had no money and no place to keep it.
> So off he drove in my beloved NSU. He couldn't even work the 
> clutchless 
> shift!!
> 
> Mark K.
> 
> 
> > Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 18:51:26 -0500
> > From: "Roger M. Woodbury" <rmwoodbury at downeast.net>
> > Subject: [V8] Well, I asked.  And I didn't like what I found out....
> > To: <v8 at audifans.com>
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> >
> > I just finished with the auction of my '93 V8 on eBay.
> >
> > It was a ten day auction and at first I thought it would be a 
> good one.
> > MANY watchers, and some bids early.  Quite a few good questions, 
> and 
> > one
> > bidder actually called to speak with my mechanic.
> >
> > My car is a very, very good example, and early this year ALL the 
> work 
> > was
> > done that the car needs...timing belt, water pump, hydraulic 
> pump and 
> > lots
> > and lots more little thingys under the hood.    98000 miles.
> >
> > Now the NADA Guide shows the retail value of this car at a 
> whopping 12
> > grand.  What dreamers!  Still and all, I KNOW that my car is 
> really a 
> > good
> > one and "everything"...just about, has been "done".  I reserved 
> a LOT 
> > lower
> > than the NADA Guide, Kelly Blue Book or anyone else's "book".  
> The 
> > result?
> >
> > NADA.  and I don't mean N.A.D.A., I mean nothing.  Bidding ended 
> > somewhere
> > near half what my reserve was.  Wow!
> >
> > So, I guess I'll justkeep driving my car, even though it is not 
> what I 
> > need
> > to drive on a daily basis.  It's too good to give away, so I 
> think 
> > I'll just
> > drive it until someday...well, maybe they'll bury me in it!
> >
> > $4,000?  I don't think so.
> >
> > And my advice to anyone else with a V8 is to drive it until the 
> wheels 
> > fall
> > off, and then put them on and drive it some more.  For whatever 
> it 
> > costs to
> > replace it with anything, a LOT of work can be done on it.
> >
> > Spend your children's inheritance.  Enjoy the guilt!
> >
> > Roger
> 
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