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Scirocco for sale, was: ebay rant (short)
I'll up it to $10
Dan
Tam-pa, FL
'87 16v Scirocco
'81 Rabbit Sportruck
'00 jEtTa
http://home.earthlink.net/~danws69/index.html
-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Christian Els
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 22:22
To: Larry; '84 Scirocco; VW List
Cc: jester@westfailure.net
Subject: Re: Scirocco for sale, was: ebay rant (short)
Friggen mercenaries, the lot of you's...
My Scirocco is for sale for a number of reasons: I have too many cars to
keep licensed and insured and maintained; I am competing in my rear-drive
car this year so the Scirocco is now 'extra'; I have to take folks to lunch
occasionally for work and asking a client to fold himself into the backseat
is a cruel joke; I am not a show car kind of guy but this Scirocco is nice
enough to become a show car - more on that...
I bought my Scirocco from it's original owner, a VW nut who loved the car to
death, then found a girlfriend who was jealous and convinced him he needed a
New Beetle so he'd 'have something reliable.' His loss, my gain. She's never
been in an accident except that somebody pushed a shopping cart into her
hood which scratched the paint but failed to dent anything. I rebuilt the
engine two years ago, and replaced or refurbished most every component under
the hood. She is setup to run in Stock class AutoX, all she needs is a new
set of stickies and away you go. I have the luxury of not *having* to sell
her so I want to find a good home for her, somebody who wants a Scirocco and
not the next 16 year-old with a wad of cash. She has a few small issues that
need to be looked after but all in all she is a very nice example of the
marque. If you know anybody who is looking for a good clean car to start a
project on, point them my way. I don't think they'll be disappointed. And
the bidding is now at $5.50...
Inquire for more details, see some pics here:
<www.schnellpc.com/scirocco.htm>
Don't worry, I still have two more A1's that aren't going anywhere, and I
always have my eye open for the next $100 roller...
Cheers,
Christian Els
Columbia, MO
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry" <rocco16v@netzero.com>
To: "'84 Scirocco" <scirocco@macslut.org>; "Christian Els" <tiAn@usiw.net>;
"VW List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Cc: <jester@westfailure.net>
Sent: Tuesday, 26 March, 2002 18:20
Subject: Re: ebay rant (short)
> I'll give you $5.25. :)
>
> Larry sandieg16V
>
> > Dude
> >
> > Since when are you selling your car?
> >
> > I'll give you $5 on the 6th when I come out, nobody snipe me!
> >
> > Greg
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > '84 VW Scirocco
> > '01 Ford Focus ZX3
> > St. Louis, MO
> >
> > > From: "Christian Els" <tiAn@usiw.net>
> > > Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 16:45:51 -0600
> > > To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > > Cc: <jester@westfailure.net>
> > > Subject: Re: ebay rant (short)
> > >
> > > <Sigh, how did I get sucked into this...>
> > >
> > > I agree that what you illustrate does happen, pretty frequently even.
> > >
> > > I'm just saying that person with the $31 bid (in your example) is
paying
> > > more than the item is worth. That mentality leads to big credit card
> bills
> > > and no groceries at the end of the month. Dumb.
> > >
> > > Bid what it's worth and forget, any other way is a money trap.
> > >
> > > Waiting to post your first bid until the very end is effective but
> you're
> > > going to lose to a person with a big checkbook and overblown sense of
> value
> > > no matter when that person bids, if they want the same thing you do.
> > >
> > > The real key is bidding on crap nobody else wants ;) Speaking of,
> somebody
> > > buy my car...heh.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Christian Els
> > > 1987 Scirocco 16V, For Sale
> > > www.schnellpc.com/scirocco.htm
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <jester@w...>
> > >
> > >> hate to say it, but i have gotten some great deals through sniping.
> > >>
> > >> Thing is, many people on e-bay are willign to go up and up and up
just
> to
> > >> win something, I'm not.
> > >>
> > >> What my experience has been, if i decide its worth $30 to me, and the
> bid
> > >> is at $15, if i put in the 30, the other guy that wants it will see
my
> $30
> > >> and decide he's willing to go $31 to beat me.
> > >>
> > >> If i snipe at $30 with 3 seconds left, and the $25 bidder had his max
> bet
> > >> set qat $20, he doesnt have time to go back and change it to $31, I
won
> at
> > >> $30.
> > >>
> > >> I have actually seen this happen in real life when i did my sniping
at
> 5
> > >> minutes instead of 5 seconds.
> > >>
> > >> My e-bay policy. If i kinda want it, i put in my max price & sit back
> and
> > >> see what turns out. if i really want it, i wait until 5 seconds left
&
> > >> place my bid then. My max price doesnt change, its just kept a secret
> from
> > >> other bidders until its too late for them to change their bid to beat
> > >> me... In other words, a guys max price may be $20, till he's loosing
> then
> > >> his irrational testosterone complex kicks in & he goes to himself
"ill
> sho
> > >> you" and puts in $40... i'm avoiding all "i'll show you" bids by
> sniping.
> > >>
> > >> not arguing, just telling you that i truly believe sniping is better
> > >> because that way i am the only guy that can know a) i am even
> interested
> > >> and b) what my max bid bid is.
> > >>
> > >> take care,
> > >>
> > >> Steve
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
>
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> > >>
> > >
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