1984 FHP on Ebay....

NoDrama43 · #1 03-27-2007, 09:28 AM

there will be someone bidding at the end. why bid now when there is no reserve?? place a bid with five seconds left and get the car for 2900.00 or possibly more if other snipers chime in. It is a 5k car all day in my book. How many other 84 FHP cars are out there that are in that condition?

svopaul · #2 03-27-2007, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by NoDrama43

there will be someone bidding at the end. why bid now when there is no reserve?? place a bid with five seconds left and get the car for 2900.00 or possibly more if other snipers chime in. It is a 5k car all day in my book. How many other 84 FHP cars are out there that are in that condition?

I too was thinking it was a $5K car all day long. I figure someone will come in at the end but at such a low price I would have expected some people just marking their spot so to speak. The Pro's will wait and snipe it but there are usually others that bid early.

NoDrama43 · #3 03-27-2007, 09:16 PM

seller ended the auction early???? reminds me of the famous FHP bucktag sale that never was.

ImEvil1 · #4 03-28-2007, 12:12 AM

Maybe he was worried about the car not drawing enough interest? It takes two to have a bidding war....

svopaul · #5 03-28-2007, 08:46 AM

The car was sold outside of ebay. I know if I was selling it and there were no bids I'd take an offer rather than sit and hope someone bid on it for less money. It sat for a week with no bids....so it's not like bids were cancelled. I had a set of SN95 tail lights on ebay for $9.99 with no reserve....6 days later I had no bids and got to thinking that it really wasn't worth $10 for me to go through the hassle of boxing them up so I ended the auction. Now if someone had come along and offered me $25 to end the auction and I had no bids on the 6th day...I would have taken it and ended the auction.

Sometimes it pays to "mark your spot" and place a bid....then later go in at the last second.

ImEvil1 · #6 03-28-2007, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by svopaul

Sometimes it pays to "mark your spot" and place a bid....then later go in at the last second.

That's what I was getting at...nothing wrong with placing one bid to show interest. The problem starts when people think that they have to be winning the auction with days left-to-go. It really only matters who is winning when the auction ends.

Who did it sell to and for how much? (if you have that info)

svopaul · #7 03-28-2007, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by ImEvil1

That's what I was getting at...nothing wrong with placing one bid to show interest. The problem starts when people think that they have to be winning the auction with days left-to-go. It really only matters who is winning when the auction ends.

Who did it sell to and for how much? (if you have that info)

I've lost out on a few things because there were no bids and the seller ended the auction because they didn't feel it was getting what it should...but it depends on the item whether I "mark a spot" or not....But I agree...sometimes people go crazy before the end. Of Course that's good for the seller and bad for the buyer. As a seller I love to see it go up....but as a bidder I hate it...so it's a double edged sword.

I don't know who bought it.....I had a friend who was slightly interested in it and emailed him when it was closed and the response came back that he sold it for $3500 I think. If anyone is disappointed they missed it they probably should have emailed him to see if he would take an offer.....but that's another double edged sword. I hate it when people ask me for a Buy it now price when I list something but at the same time if it's something you really want you just want to ask the seller.

NoDrama43 · #8 03-28-2007, 12:15 PM

I think it is great if the car sold !!!! Hopefully the new owner will join up and give the car the restoration it deserves.

svopaul · #9 03-28-2007, 12:34 PM

I don't know who ended up with it...but whoever it was got a heck of a deal!