MK1 Golf Show car back on the market .........

Well do you remember this Golf Show Car

Its back on the market again , thats 4 times in a year with a different seller    {same man just different user id ,Why ?}  

Golf show car

Annoying thing is that its not just the MK1 but a hole host of other cars as well  8O Its the poor old joe public that gets duped .

 Cheers……..

Seems no one wants it, the ?2000 starting price may be putting people off . Yet another one claiming that just ?300 spent on it would instantly make it worth ?4500 - sounds so easy makes you wonder why the seller hasn't done that  :dontknow:

markwon said

Seems no one wants it, the ?2000 starting price may be putting people off . Yet another one claiming that just ?300 spent on it would instantly make it worth ?4500 - sounds so easy makes you wonder why the seller hasn't done that  :dontknow:

I really do hate talk like that. People that think they will make all the money thats ever been spent on a car back upon sale.

 

Oh dear! I see he's removed the pictures in case someone notices it's the same car  

THE CAR IS IN SUPURB CONDITION WITH JUST MINOR FAULTS LIKE A SCUFF AND A FEW MINOR BITS OF SURFACE RUST BUT DONT GET ME WRONG THE CAR IS IN AS GOOD CONDITION AS A 4 YEAR OLD CAR

if i bought a 4 year old golf i certainly wouldnt expect ANY rust??? 8O

Hmmmm, Invalid Item. It looks like he's delisted it from eBay!!!

paul_c said

Hmmmm, Invalid Item. It looks like he's delisted it from eBay!!!

chudd do you have anything to do with taht :roll:

It may have been blocked by eBay as it technically been sold before by the same person!!!

Its a common scam and one which is difficult to detect, I think its called 'shrill' bidding:

1. A seller lists their car on eBay with their real ID
2. They go to work (another computer, another network/IP address, etc) and 'bid' on the item to artificially raise its price
3. The sale goes through, either at a higher price than it should have been to another buyer, or the seller (under his false ID) 'wins' it.
4. It gets listed again and again until the buyer is someone other than the seller!

The problem is, that so many sales for cars on eBay fall through, for other reasons (normally because the buyer is unreliable or changes their mind). So eBay are unable to trap the sheer quantity of items which are in fact relisted items.

It would end up costing a mint relisting it again and again, especially with a ?2k end price! I don't know what the ebay final value fee is exactly, but it was something like ?13 for my car that ended at ?200.

So if that's right then he must be paying over ?100 each time it's listed and sold! One born every minute

paul_c wrote:
Hmmmm, Invalid Item. It looks like he's delisted it from eBay!!!

chudd do you have anything to do with taht

Nope but i will have a butchers when i am back at work next week and find out what happened to it . Perhaps as Paul says Ebay has caught up with them and presented them with a big bill for listings  :?


Cheers……….

Shortstuff said

So if that's right then he must be paying over ?100 each time it's listed and sold! One born every minute

Not quite :wink: It costs ?15 up to ?2000 then a max of ?30 for prices over ?4000, plus the listing fee of ?6.

If they did it like the normal items when you sold a ?10000 car it would be very expensive ?500 (No would use it 8O ), as it stands it would cost ?36 which competes with auto trader etc :wink:

Ah,my mistake! So if you sell a cheap car on there you really get fleeced!

Yep thats right, I felt the same when I sold my Hillman imp shell and it cost ?20 only got ?230 for it and it was mint 8O

its back again!!!!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VOLKSWAGON-GOLF-GTi-MK1-3-DOOR-EX-SHOW-CAR_W0QQitemZ4606183835QQcategoryZ9873QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

He says the engine is 'original' and then states that it's a performance engine?!? I might be being stupid, but did VW ever make a performance engine for the Golf? And now it only needs ?200 of work to make it mint

i think it looks quite cool  8)

of course I wouldnt buy it, but i'd have a looky at it in a car park :mrgreen:

In fairness, I looked at the Golfs on eBay a couple days back, and it was 'troubled' cars for not a lot, 'apparently show' cars which were at unrealistic prices, and that one, which has no paintwork. bodywork, or mechanical issues and could be used straight away with plenty of life left in it. Yes its modified but its relatively tasteful.

Hmm….
 bet he had to hack the arches to get those 17" on ??
Makes you wonder why he doesnt spend the day on it as suggested? I know i would for an extra ?2000!!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4612496360&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AVRI&rd=1


3RD relisting now  :dontknow:

Turned down my offer  8O so it's still for sale but only worth 1/4 of the asking price . Make a nice project all the same if it was cheap . I don't like seeing a MK1 go to waste ……….