Ebat seller Shrive Cars

[Zetomagneto]

Hi gene,

I didn't say it was over priced.

The point is austin 7 people on the forum never point out the cheap items on eBay.

Tony.

We don't know it's going to be cheap until a few seconds before the end,I was watching the rad shell it went for more than I could afford at the moment, but less than the £500 being asked for one at Beulieu

[Colin Reed]

HI All,
         Admin need to close this thread before it gets out of hand.
          No body has to buy anything if they think the price is to high.

Cheers and merry Xmas to all
 Colin

[Phil Kingdom]

Unless the seller is asking silly money at the start of the bidding you cant really blame them if the bidding goes sky high, the trouble is people jump on the bandwagon and the price of the item tends to stay high and that is bad for everyone in general and forces prices up. As most A7 spares are fairly easy to obtain it is always worth checking the sold and completed listings before bidding and that applys to everything on E-bay if you are buying or selling.
There is not much you can do against a couple of I must have it bidders, but if more people did their homework we would see more reasonable prices for all, also it pays to know what you are buying or selling, I did not know for example that there are at least two versions of the Source Book, the reprint is not as good a quality as the original, this was pointed out to me when selling one of each and the difference is quite noticeable when you compare them, the guy who bought them both paid the asking price for the original and got the reprint at a lower price, both cheaper than the E-bay prices at the time, when I pointed out how much they sold for on E-bay, his reply was yes but this aint E-bay!

[Zetomagneto]

HI All,
         Admin need to close this thread before it gets out of hand.
          No body has to buy anything if they think the price is to high.

Cheers and merry Xmas to all
 Colin

Colin, why would admin need to close this, no one is arguing,using abusive language, or being unfriendly.I for one am certainly not having a pop against anyone.

Some useful information has been given, I didn't know there were various copies of the scource book,I have had mine for years don't know or really care which one it is. 

Ian has made a good point re old radiators, I can confirm what he says 
I had mine recorded out of a car standing for 40 years it was full of unseen rubbish and remains of hazel nuts.
For me this in all just friendly banter

Rgds to all, Gene

[Tony Betts]

Don't worry Colin,

Nothing is getting heated.

As I sed I love it when this subject comes up on the forum, and it often does.

People fall into the same trap of pointing out what is " felt " to be a high price.

Rather than enjoying the things that sell for " less " than hoped for.

And Phil, you are correct in saying that most parts are fairly easy to obtain. But again I always point out condition.

When it comes down to condition of used parts, even some of the common parts are getting harder to get.

Has nobody worked out this is why sertain heartless dealers are breaking perfectly good cars.

This way They don't have to deal with the damaged or worn out stuff that comes with clearing a shed.

Also the same for those heartless buyers, they get a good rolling chassis that was on the road 5 years ago. They don't replace any part warn parts, just try to throw a sports body onto it.

Tony.

[Nick Salmon]

I don't have any issue with any seller making money on an item and taking as much as possible off a buyer. That's business/life and the onus is on the buyer to do their homework. Nor is there anything wrong with low start auctions that eventually go through the roof. That's the exercising of a market place.

My point is that I don't like seeing naive A7 owners getting fleeced by opportunistic sellers who are overtly taking advantage of ignorance. When threads like this percolate out to the wider internet then there is a chance that in the course of doing their homework some buyers may be suitably alerted and avoid getting totally ripped off.

Speaking of which, I see that latest offering on ebay from the 'sell it mega expensive' outfit is a £500 stator tube. And the car doesn't even come with it...

[bystander]

What baffles me is how someone who is computer literate enough to buy on Ebay, and pays anything up to 10 times or more too much for run of the mill stuff than can be easily got from the cherished suppliers, does not have the simple common sense to google 'austin seven parts' when the whole range of suppliers, with costs and advice and back-up thrown in for free, will be instantly revealed to them.

[David Cochrane]

Quite agree - I have also been saying this for years!

[Michael]

Perhaps most of these purchases occur later in the evening after a glass or two of something...it has been known to happen.

[JonE]

If all the cherished suppliers were to embrace the marketplace there, then the sacrifice of the occasional 10% ebay plus 2 or 3% paypal fees on a sale would far outweigh the positive advertising space for promoting the business subtly to new people outside of this hallowed circle.

If it were done on high value or specialist items (like say, a steering box or Sports steering arm), then people see the ad but don't necessarily buy. Many businesses DO promote their contact details rather than being invisible, known only to to people by their ebay name.

And there is no reason why 'special ebay prices' have to be low. If the 12-3% is added on, then you still get the free advertising. i.e. you don't necessarily want to encourage the sales occurring there, as people will quickly see if they do go direct they can get a better price as they cut out the middlepeople.

What is irritating is those orgs (I'm not referring to Austin 7 related) who do sell new/common things on ebay at their lowest price, as they are plainly netting less per item when selling there after costs, than if people make direct contact.