Re: IML: Great collection of Imperials for sale

[Mark McDonald <tomswift@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, Ebay may be a great place to find Imperials, but I can't say it's such a great place to sell old Imperials anymore!

Over the last year I've run several auctions trying to sell one of my Imperials, either my '68 convertible or my '68 Crown hardtop, and it's been nothing but a waste of time and money.  It could be that my expectations for these cars were too high . . . perhaps . . . but I think it's more a matter of people who use Ebay today have become more interested in skirting the rules and trying to get something for nothing than they are in actually buying your car.

A few examples . . . everytime I run an auction now, I'm inundated with people e-mailing me privately trying to get me to sell the car off of Ebay-- and always for a ridiculously low price.  For every person who puts a legitimate bid in, there are 5 or 6 who try to cut a deal outside Ebay.  And none of these folks ever follow through.

I can't begin to count the number of frantic calls I've gotten begging me to "please don't sell that car, I've been looking for one just like it my whole life, I'll be there Saturday with the money"-- and you never hear from them again.  Or there was the guy from Canada who called, negotiated a price with me, then promised to call me back at 3:30 on a Friday afternoon to finish the deal . . . and still hasn't called.  It's bizarre.  Why bother, folks?  What's the point of calling or e-mailing if you ain't serious?  It's just a waste of time.

Anyway, I think the character of Ebay is slowly changing, and not for the good.  But I hope it goes back to the way it was.

Sorry for the griping,
Mark

On Thursday, September 30, 2004, at 09:45 AM, DONALDDICKINSOND@xxxxxx wrote:

> E-bay currently has the largest collection of Imperial cars for sale that I have seen, a total of 26 cars!? To access these as a group first enter "Chrysler Imperial" as the basic search then sort by "Price: Highest First".???