List there cossies week after week after week

Cant they get the message that its far to bloody expensive ,,or its a shitter

it seems as tho its the same 15 cars on there every week

GET A GRIP PEOPLE AND LOWER THE PRICE

I love a good old bloody moan

 

Know what you mean, some silly sod's been listing his Impy blue Escos for the last three months at the same price without any joy.

 

add together all the listing fees and he might as well have knocked that off the price!!

thinking of selling soon myself - whats the comission charge ebay take on vehicle sales??

 

think you get a fixed price Matt, Ł6 iirc.

 

If Ebay's site ran slower i dont think they would be re listed as often

 

you keeping a eye on them all Paul.

 

so true, when i was looking there were the same old shit on all the time

 

thats pretty good!

 

What I cant understand about Ebay is why some people who use it all the time dont grasp the concept that many other people dont.

So this week some people will be looking at it, and next week a disjoint set of the overall set of ebay members will be looking at it, and likewise the week after.

So to get good exposure to as many of them as possible it makes sense to try a few times

 

Chip
I agree , but some of them cars have been on there for months and not one bid ,,that would tell me it isnt worth what im asking

Dave

correct mate ,,,im just pissed because there all to expensive

Dave ( yum ) has sussed me out

 

Paul,

you cannot always get a bargain,especially as 99% of most people know how much the cosworth parts are worth.

just the ones who cannot be arsed breaking the car themselves is where you would get a cheap car.

keep looking.

 

like me -

quote me happy paul!!

 

you going to break it then Matt.

oh....your one of the lazy ones.

 

definitely lazy!!

unfortunately its just a relatively clean one without large amounts of trick bits like most - so dont think breaking would return a lot for me! autotrader then ebay for me i reckon!

 

mattbibs

pay the money and put it on here.

 

may well do that evemtually - but doesnt seem much sells on here.

 

3 doors do well on here....well...anywhere really.

what next then?

 

moving career to london - dont need cars there and dont really want a 7k + asset sat in lincolnshire!! may well tuck it away for a few years if no interest!

 

Good luck on the move Matt,the car...tuck it away.

how about this one Paul.


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1991-FORD-SIER...QQcmdZViewItem

 

Dave

the way e/bay is lowering the value of parts these days i wont be doing this for much longer ,,im going more into buying and selling complete cars

That one in the link will have fook all left on it , and as said with the parts now worth fook all i dont bother with damaged stuff unless its very very cheap

 

Matt

pm me details if your looking for a no hassle quick cash sale

 

NORTH YORKS RS SPARES

sorry to hear that Paul,hope it works out.

thats why JC got out of it a while back,just cannot get people to buy things,especially at the shows etc...

not the same anymore.

 

Ebay is definately a double edged sword against you Paul.

Raising the price of cars for breaking
Lowering the price of spares from them.



Not a good market to be in, if you didnt have such a good reputation i would say you had no chance, I certainly wouldnt want to start up a cossie breakers these days!

 

how can lowering the price of the spares be a bad thing

 

Honest opinion, what would you value this at? Anywhere near the 'buy it now' of Ł1500?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1988-FORD-ESCO...QQcmdZViewItem

 

Well i wouldnt give more than 700 for it

 

i would not give that.

 

I am finding it hard now ,,i defo wouldnt start up now as you say

I think i have 6 months left and thats it

People want more for cars now than they did 2 years ago and yet 50% of the car is scrap when you strip it , and the 50% thats left people want for nothing ,,, as we say ,," you cant have it both ways " want top money for your car and then on the other hand want parts for nothing

 

from the ebay listing

Jenuine reason for sale arrival of baby need to settle down no hot heads

 

Because that also lowers the value of the cars

The amount of cars that are being broke on e/bay isnt good for the cossie values as they now are seen as just a way to make a quick buck , rather than a quality fast old car that people want to own

Cheap parts for cheap old cars that people feel are only good for spares these days

Roll on jap breaking

 

500 at the most

 

think it a supply demand thing more so on the sapps where so many have been broke up now people all of the sudden have relised good ones r bloody rare now

 

Good ones are rare now , yet still arnt bringing top money like they did

People look at the cossie as an old banger that just get used for there spares now

 

Different people have different amounts of money to spend on different cars at different times.

Whether the cars have been on for weeks or not, doesnt mean its not worth it in my opinion. Some probably are over-priced as you get with any car, but maybe it just shows that the sellers are not interested in letting them go for peanuts? And rightly so, maybe the sellers realise they'll sell eventually for what they want for them.

Just take a look at some of the cars for sale on here and rsoc as examples. Some have been advertised for months and months and then all of a sudden, they sell for the asking price. Its all about when the right buyer comes along.

Im sure theres loads of people looking at the cars on ebay that really want the cars and would buy them if they got rid of their car first and/or got their finances sorted out in time. Its alot to do with timing.

 

HHmmmmmmm white sapph 4 sale. Paul you no my car.

5000k I think is a good price. anyone who buys it wont have to spend owt really. all been done. shell is mint, all brakes done engine done turbo done etc etc.

Hope things are okay with you though paul. businees etc.

 

fucking hate e-bay really,its killing so any businesses off.from pauls line to normal independent retail shops.soon people wont even get face to face at all. it will all be done by email and the like

i think saffs and thier parts are in a slump at the mo but they will change round soon enough when all the good stuff gets hard to get.escort and 3dr bits pull good money still and will end up like mk1 and 2 parts soon.

 

there is a PM on its way to you shortly Paul

Bri.

 

Some good points , and i agree .
I oftern tell people to hold out for the money they want as they have a good car and its worth the money ,,but,, Most of them on e/bay are total shit boxes and you can see that by the piccs , and they want the same money they see cars sell for in Rallye news etc ( top spec MINT condition cars )

The problem is now that a good cossie still brings quite good money but a shitter is now worth next to nothing as its only fit for breaking , and with the very low value of the parts now ( e/bay ) its not worth a lot , but some people think there car is a good example so want good example money when the actually have a worthless shitter

I go and look at a lot of cossies every week and can tell you that 75% are rotten beat up old smokers that the owners think are very good examples

I also feel that a good example cossie thats a reasonable price always sells quick and never gets on e/bay because it sells to somone who knows the car , or sees it on a website like this etc ,,e/bay i feel is always a last resort

This is one reason why lowering the value of parts , lowers the value of the cars ,,,but people will just say im bitter because its effecting me well it is ,,but i can move on and do somthing new ,,its you and your cars its effecting more ,,just look at how saffs etc have droped in value ,,you can hardly give them away now unless its a low miler or massive spec car