[Rick H]

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I some of the auctions
highlighted the sad thing is that the items are still available
from GM and at a fraction of the final auction price.

How do you explain this?


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Because they do not do their homework before bidding. Using key words such as rare, NOS, etc.. gets the uneducated to bid. If I see a GM part advertised as rare, NOS or discontinued, I search sites such as gmpartsdirect.com. All you do is punch in the number and if it's available it will show up and give you the cost.

For example I saw an auction for the bowtie center caps for the 1970 and up rally wheels and he stated they were rare and discontinued. He was asking $400.00 for the set. Even though I knew they were still available I punched in the part number he listed (3989479) and not only were they available but they were only $53.22 a piece through gmpartsdirect.

Always best to do your homwwork before hand.

Rick H.