[hvychev]

Here is what I am saying and PLEASE don't take personal offense to this. This could have been anybody as I don't even know you. I was just talking with a friend about this this morning. He does not know how "the game" works but he called me and said "hey, your car is up to $15,000!" I had to tell him that the bidders that are bidding now are not REAL buyers. There is a certain psychology that some e-bayers posess that they bid on cars that they have no intention on buying. The curious motivation for bidding is to see their "e-bay name in lights." It seems strange to me because I personally would NEVER bid on an item unless I knew 100% that I was going to follow through with it. It even baffles me more because what I want out of the car it fully stated in this thread and at least a few of the bidders are members of this site. Don't get me wrong, I guess I appreciate it because it lends the illusion that there is some activity on the car that maybe a real buyer might see while surfing e-bay. It is like this though, does a bidder who bids $15,000 on the car actually think they are going to get it for that even though I have stated that the price is $27,500, which is already a $7,500 loss for me? I can tell you first hand that it ain't happening, which brings me back to my original question, why even bid? I will state this again. Jim this is not a personal slam to you are anybody else on the sYc. This happens with just about every car that is for sale on e-bay.

Here is my thoughts about selling a car on e-bay. I look at it as the same as taking out a 10 day ad in a newspaper. The car is NOT going to sell though the auction, but I will get leads that may possibly buy it as a result of seeing it listed on the site. That is the way I sold my Yenko Deuce, 70 Chevelle SS 454, and 69 Mach 1 Mustang. List it, people see it, call me, and we work something out and the auction gets ended. My other thought is that there is NO WAY that someone will just put in a winning bid without calling me and discussing the car. The car is nearly 40 years old and although my description is pretty thorough and the pictures are ok, a REAL buyer is going to call me to ask at least a few questions. So the way I look at it is no calls, no buyers.

Again, no offense Jim, I guess I appreciate you bidding for illusions sake, but just thought I would share my thoughts on this perplexing subject. So to answer your question, do I think you have the money? Yes. Do I feel you are a real buyer? NO. I can say one thing though, hopefully someone is going to get a great car for a relatively cheap price.