ebay 'BARGAINS'

[RoverFolkUs]

2 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Hence that is why it is posted in this thread...... "Bargains"

I do know that, I was just saying I don't understand why people are bidding such an amount. There's a difference between asking price (determined by the seller) and bids (determined by prospective buyers) i.e why is someone actually willing to pay £6k .... 👍

[anonymous user]

45 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

why is someone actually willing to pay £6k .... 👍

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[RoverFolkUs]

52 minutes ago, anonymous user said:

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Could be true !

[Remspoor]

13 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said:

I do know that, I was just saying I don't understand why people are bidding such an amount. There's a difference between asking price (determined by the seller) and bids (determined by prospective buyers) i.e why is someone actually willing to pay £6k .... 👍

A fool and his money are easily parted.

[camryv6]

11 hours ago, Remspoor said:

A fool and his money are easily parted.

I still have some 😕

[somewhatfoolish]

That looks not too bad for 2250 BINs...

... oh. The vendor is one of those people.

[RoverFolkUs]

MK6 Esgrot with a short MOT (less than 3 weeks to be precise) in a very dull green/brown...

Can't possibly imagine why they haven't put a new MOT on it before sale ......

I know £800 doesn't sound a lot, but with a high chance of it only being worth £250 as bean tins in a couple of weeks I don't somehow think its value for money

https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/1996-ford-escort-16-lx-5dr-ac-hatchback-petrol-manual/1426533773?

[J W Pepper]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154880031726

 

 

[Remspoor]

On 3/10/2022 at 1:52 PM, RoverFolkUs said:

MK6 Esgrot with a short MOT (less than 3 weeks to be precise) in a very dull green/brown...

Can't possibly imagine why they haven't put a new MOT on it before sale ......

I know £800 doesn't sound a lot, but with a high chance of it only being worth £250 as bean tins in a couple of weeks I don't somehow think its value for money

https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/1996-ford-escort-16-lx-5dr-ac-hatchback-petrol-manual/1426533773?

 

On 3/10/2022 at 3:08 PM, J W Pepper said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154880031726

 

 

In the present pricing surge both of those cars seem to be priced OK. It is a little off putting that the Ford does not have much of a ticket. But at that price it would be worth a punt for someone with some skills. Both are not worthy of a "bargain" post IMHO

[Jerzy Woking]

Both should be in the ebay tat thread.

I fear sarcasm is not something recognised at times.

[RoverFolkUs]

1 hour ago, Remspoor said:

 

In the present pricing surge both of those cars seem to be priced OK. It is a little off putting that the Ford does not have much of a ticket. But at that price it would be worth a punt for someone with some skills. Both are not worthy of a "bargain" post IMHO

It's a MK6 Escort which will probably never be desirable enough to be considered a good investment, if it has a new MOT then for sure £800 is a good price, even £1200 wouldn't be outrageous. But it could be totally rotten so that's a risk. £500 is a lot to lose in the space of 3 weeks if it fails miserably and is nothing more than scrap

34 minutes ago, Jerzy Woking said:

Both should be in the ebay tat thread.

I fear sarcasm is not something recognised at times.

The sarcasm was very much taken into account, someone is asking £800 for a car that is realistically only worth £300 unless it has an MOT 🤔

[AnnoyingPentium]

On 3/10/2022 at 12:52 PM, RoverFolkUs said:

MK6 Esgrot with a short MOT (less than 3 weeks to be precise) in a very dull green/brown...

Can't possibly imagine why they haven't put a new MOT on it before sale ......

I know £800 doesn't sound a lot, but with a high chance of it only being worth £250 as bean tins in a couple of weeks I don't somehow think its value for money

https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/1996-ford-escort-16-lx-5dr-ac-hatchback-petrol-manual/1426533773?

Jesus Christ, just about as rough as Govan. 😆

[RoverFolkUs]

1 hour ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Jesus Christ, just about as rough as Govan. 😆

Well it is in Croydon!

Does Govan have a Farmfoods? 😅

[RoverFolkUs]

What can you get for a snip under £1500?

Drumroll.......

https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/2001-ford-galaxy-19-tdi-zetec-5dr-mot-fail-but-drives-very-good/1421899128?

An MOT fail 2001 Ford Galaxy 🤔

"You're in safe hands" - don't know if that's supposed to be the car in the safe hands, because I don't think it's going anywhere for the moment at that price !!

[Mrcento]

I know it's clean, original, unmolested and form a 'classic' dealer throwing a speculative price on it....

BUT HOW FUCKING MUCH M9?!?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125186925053?hash=item1d25b8e1fd:g:B5EAAOSwQHhiJkhQ

I especially like the fact they haven't even put a new timing belt on for that money because it was done it 2020.... it is genuinely a 45 minute job on these.

If that's the going rate for one, my soon to be for sale, rust free 16v must be worth near 5k if i put a years MOT on it 😏😂

[grogee]

MK3 Mondeo, £3500 for some reason. It's an auto so it won't be cheap to tax, either. It's in Warwick, where it is likely to stay for some time. 

https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/2005-ford-mondeo-20-ghia-estate-auto-with-mot-and-excellent-service-history/1426705073?utm_source=com.atomczak.notepat&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialbuttons&utm_content=app_android

[RoverFolkUs]

1 hour ago, grogee said:

MK3 Mondeo, £3500 for some reason. It's an auto so it won't be cheap to tax, either. It's in Warwick, where it is likely to stay for some time. 

https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/2005-ford-mondeo-20-ghia-estate-auto-with-mot-and-excellent-service-history/1426705073?utm_source=com.atomczak.notepat&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialbuttons&utm_content=app_android

Are GHIA seats really that naff in the Mondeo!? They look like they've come out of an LX!

[grogee]

22 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Are GHIA seats really that naff in the Mondeo!? They look like they've come out of an LX!

We had a similar era C-Max Ghia auto, there were some real mingebag omissions on it. No wonder Ford ditched the name, they'd cheapened it so much nobody wanted to pay for it. 

[georgeinabz]

Jesus Christ, just about as rough as Govan.

I wouldn't give you 800 pence , horrible things , the mk3 escort was okay but this is just plain ugly , tinny ,a crap dash terrible engines ,I had enough of orions as company cars.Good job someone in Ford had the sense to develop the Focus. I believe this piece of shit was still being produced in the 2000s in China and other parts of the world

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[Austat]

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"The car is in remarkable condition."

No.

No it isn't.

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£4,695.00

Oh do fuck off

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325102172529?hash=item4bb1997971:g:~JoAAOSwun9iB~B1

[jmsguzzi]

Chavved 750i with 162,000 miles??

that’ll be 15k pls

[sierraman]

On 3/11/2022 at 3:59 PM, Remspoor said:

 

In the present pricing surge both of those cars seem to be priced OK. It is a little off putting that the Ford does not have much of a ticket. But at that price it would be worth a punt for someone with some skills. Both are not worthy of a "bargain" post IMHO

Those Escorts used to rot like fuck, especially the late ones. I’d be wanting to see if it had actual rear chassis legs left before parting with cash.

[sierraman]

On 3/23/2022 at 4:09 PM, grogee said:

MK3 Mondeo, £3500 for some reason. It's an auto so it won't be cheap to tax, either. It's in Warwick, where it is likely to stay for some time. 

https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/2005-ford-mondeo-20-ghia-estate-auto-with-mot-and-excellent-service-history/1426705073?utm_source=com.atomczak.notepat&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialbuttons&utm_content=app_android

Ugh, the JATCO in the mk3 is about as desirable as syphilis. Tax costs a fortune, it’s slow as shit and it’ll go through unleaded like a Worthingtons at a Darts Match. 

[Poweredbyhopealone]

On 3/23/2022 at 6:22 PM, grogee said:

We had a similar era C-Max Ghia auto, there were some real mingebag omissions on it. No wonder Ford ditched the name, they'd cheapened it so much nobody wanted to pay for it. 

No no "Titatium X" was more inkeeping with the brand identity! Or some other bollocks.

[UltraWomble]

 

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/342423694565835/?ref=browse_tab&referral_code=marketplace_top_picks&referral_story_type=top_picks

The bose weight on that

[Rod/b]

Love how they’ve retained the original backbone and handbrake tbf. 😂

[Ian_Fearn]

The glossy classic car magazines often give me some good entertainment. Quentin says it’s really worth £15k but wait…. LOOK! Somebody is selling it for less than that later in the magazine. BARGAIN!!

 

[Poweredbyhopealone]

2 hours ago, Ian_Fearn said:

The glossy classic car magazines often give me some good entertainment. Quentin says it’s really worth £15k but wait…. LOOK! Somebody is selling it for less than that later in the magazine. BARGAIN!!

 

Those price valuation thingys make me so cross. It seems that they are either wildly low (looking at you Parkers) or completely and incorrectly inflated to make Quentin seem like he's in the know.

Fifteen minutes on car and classic/ ebay/ car purchasing medium of your choice and you can get a real idea of what prices are

[Ian_Fearn]

1 hour ago, Poweredbyhopealone said:

Those price valuation thingys make me so cross. It seems that they are either wildly low (looking at you Parkers) or completely and incorrectly inflated to make Quentin seem like he's in the know.

Fifteen minutes on car and classic/ ebay/ car purchasing medium of your choice and you can get a real idea of what prices are

Quentin most definitely has a vested interest in his advice! Don’t get me wrong, I find him entertaining and I enjoy reading his columns. I met him once, he was warm and engaging. He was always my favourite Top Gear presenter in the good old days.

When it comes to buying advice, I prefer listening to this chap. Solid gold words from the current Car Mechanics mag.

[Herr Bruce]

On 5/29/2019 at 10:51 PM, NorfolkNWeigh said:

I'm sure there must be an £11,000 MklV out there, but it's definitely not this one.

The awful half arsed interior and jammed sunroof would be enough to discourage me from looking at it as anything but a project, but those "new" tyres  look fucking ridiculous , presumably the proper size were too expensive, like doing the interior properly. Makes you wonder what's under the new paint.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FORD-ZODIAC-MK4/202656909173?_trkparms=aid%3D333200%26algo%3DCOMP.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D20171012094517%26meid%3D11210e6e3d7c4fcf879b204c155504af%26pid%3D100008%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D133058849098%26itm%3D202656909173&_trksid=p2047675.c100008.m2219

Oh God, they're awful, truly an awful abomination of a car, my dad had one he didn't die in it but I'm sure it took 10years off his life !!