Mike, the reserve was $9,500 and the sale price took it to a new owner.

This one is now listed on ebay -

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ford-...item3a722e46a6

I wonder if the previous deal fell through or if it is being flipped? The phone number is different, but there is a reference about a previous buyer backing out over shipping. At least the new listing has better pictures that can be added to the VIN Project ;)

Yes, the deal fell through. I talked to the seller tonight, and the auction winner decided that he did not want to pay the $1,600 shipping to Galveston, TX (and the seller let him out of the deal).

Seems like you would know that additional costs are going to come into play when buying a car out of state. You either need to fly and in and drive it out incurring all of those related costs, or you need to spend the dough to have a carrier bring it to you. The auction, as I recall, had a couple or more 0 and 1 feedback type bidders in the mix. Assuming it was really the buyer, this would be just one more ePay/Craigslist dreamer out there that can't finish a deal...

It didn't cost half that much to have my car come up from Austin to CLE!? Seems strange.

I agree, I think the buyer got cold feet and fabricated the high shipping cost to get out of the deal.