Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 14:03:11 -0600
Reply-To: Max Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
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From: Max Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
Subject: Re: Be careful what you buy on eBay, or did we get lucky?
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Wierd or not, ass the buyer, that bid looks really suspect. It is possible
that that was the most the bidder would've been able to pay, but from my
side of it, a schill bidder(ie friend of the used car salesman) could've
made the bid and if he or she won and had no intention of buying the car,
then the salesman forgives the friend and relists in a week or
two............. hmmmmm.
DM&FS
At 01:23 PM 10/26/2003, Jeffrey Schwaia wrote:
>Max,
>
>That bid of $5678.90 isn't too strange. As a matter of fact, I often make
>bids that are a little off kilter. I do this for two reasons: 1) I don't
>have to worry about tie bids (you'd be surprised how many times my wierd bid
>became the winning bid), and 2) I'm a little off kilter.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Jeff
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
>Of Max Wellhouse
>Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 1:05 AM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Fwd: Re: Be careful what you buy on eBay, or did we get lucky?
>
>
> >To: >, vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >From: Max Wellhouse <maxjoyce@ipa.net>
> >Subject: Re: Be careful what you buy on eBay, or did we get lucky?
> >
> >>FWIW, we researched pretty hard before we bought a really cherry 94 Audi
> >>100CS Quattro Wagon on ebay. Car was only 4 hours away. Not sure about
> >>the schill bidding on this car, but once the reserve of $5k was reached,
> >>I bid $5980 as a max. Before the auction ended, someone bid $5,678.90
> >>for the car. What kind of serious bid is that??? That bid cost me about
> >>$700. Seller was a used car dealer, but this deal beat the hell out of a
> >>very similar 100CS we looked at via ebay that was only 2 hours away from
> >>an"individual" posing as selling the car for his son, when he was part
> >>owner of a used dealer in MN. I guess the kicker was that he used
> >>walmart oil in the engine and JB additives in the motor and auto tranny
>@100k.
> >
> >Anyway, this car has no rust, no cracks in the leather and drives like a
> >brand new car. Wife loves it. Contacted the previous two owners and they
> >both traded it in on newer Audis. New this car sold for over $36k. End
> >of story, at least until it's time to go through the tranny and do the
> >timing belt job on the 2.8
> >
> >DM&FS
> >
> >
> >>
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