Wow, was this car really worth this??

[ProdigyCustoms]

Well, I have sold cars on E Bay for years, and NEVER have I had one die, come up short, and then have someone call and buy because they saw it there. I do not know of one single car that has been on E bay that brought more later, or sold because someone saw it. What i have had happen many times is someone sees that it died on E bay and then they remind me I must be off on my value because it didn't sell. I have even had people that seen the car other places then E bay, watched it die on E bay, and want to know if I sobered up yet!

As for advertising, I get more stupid fricken phone call from guys with $50K wanting to build a $150K car from my E bay adds.

E bay sucks for high end cars. Now $35K to $60K cars, perfect place!

[HRBS]

Originally Posted by ProdigyCustoms

I get more stupid fricken phone call from guys with $50K wanting to build a $150K car

I am glad I am not the only one.
I agree with Franks earlier comment.
The car is very nicely built by a reputable builder and can not be duplicated for the $125k stalled bid. Scott puts out very nice pieces.
With that said, all of you need to re-read the desciption.
This is NOT a 5 year old build. It states "This car is built and presented by Scott Whidby the Year One Cup Winner of 2005 and Top Five for Good Guy’s Street Machine of the year of 2005, with previous Camaro’s he has built."
This car is FRESHLY built. Maybe thats worth something, maybe not.
IMO its a great car for that price.

[MarkM66]

Originally Posted by HRBS

With that said, all of you need to re-read the desciption.
This is NOT a 5 year old build. It states "This car is built and presented by Scott Whidby the Year One Cup Winner of 2005 and Top Five for Good Guy’s Street Machine of the year of 2005, with previous Camaro’s he has built."
This car is FRESHLY built. Maybe thats worth something, maybe not.
IMO its a great car for that price.

I don't. I already pointed that out.

[HRBS]

shoot... i was speed reading thru the thread.... LOL. Sorry.
Anyway... there is a great link to build pics that show the attention to detail in the Ebay ad.
I always tell people who call me wanting (to quote frank) a $150k car for $50k that a turnkey build yields $50k to $60k+ in parts alone. And with that I havent even turned a wrench yet.

[Novelli]

This is a topic that always gets interesting. I used to see cars for big money like that and think the people were crazy.........that was when I built cars out of my garage on the side. Now that I own a shop that I pay a lease on, insurance, EPA regs, and have tons of money tied up in tools, spray booths, metal fab equipment that is needed to do the type of work we do I realize how the price of a legit shop built car from the ground up can add up. My shop rate is $75 dollars an hour, 1000-2000 hours into a ground up build is nothing. So do the math on just the labor cost. Now add parts and 15k interior to that and the bill gets up there. Can it be done for less.......yes, It just depends on what you want in the finished product. There is no magic way to do it, you get what you pay for.

[MarkM66]

Originally Posted by Novelli

This is a topic that always gets interesting. I used to see cars for big money like that and think the people were crazy.........that was when I built cars out of my garage on the side. Now that I own a shop that I pay a lease on, insurance, EPA regs, and have tons of money tied up in tools, spray booths, metal fab equipment that is needed to do the type of work we do I realize how the price of a legit shop built car from the ground up can add up. My shop rate is $75 dollars an hour, 1000-2000 hours into a ground up build is nothing. So do the math on just the labor cost. Now add parts and 15k interior to that and the bill gets up there. Can it be done for less.......yes, It just depends on what you want in the finished product. There is no magic way to do it, you get what you pay for.

I saw the '67 on ebay a few weeks back. Did it sell?

[Novelli]

Originally Posted by MarkM66

I saw the '67 on ebay a few weeks back. Did it sell?

Nope....He was asking a pretty penny for it!

[96z28ss]

Originally Posted by ProdigyCustoms

Well, I have sold cars on E Bay for years, and NEVER have I had one die, come up short, and then have someone call and buy because they saw it there. I do not know of one single car that has been on E bay that brought more later, or sold because someone saw it. What i have had happen many times is someone sees that it died on E bay and then they remind me I must be off on my value because it didn't sell. I have even had people that seen the car other places then E bay, watched it die on E bay, and want to know if I sobered up yet!

As for advertising, I get more stupid fricken phone call from guys with $50K wanting to build a $150K car from my E bay adds.

E bay sucks for high end cars. Now $35K to $60K cars, perfect place!

Didn't IImuch fail on ebay and sold for more at BJ. Even sold for more at BJ then what it was advertised for on mulitple web sites.

I think Greg said it best. You need 2 people that want it at an auction, Ebay or BJ.

[Vegas69]

Busted Frank....

[GregWeld]

The other thing I think we all kind of "forget about" when selling - or buying.

If the prices are lower "in general" for cars... and you're seeing lots of pretty damn nice cars that have asking prices FAR lower than they might have asked 2 years ago... but if you can sell your 150K car for "only" 100K now - but you can BUY the car you wanted to upgrade to for a lot less... then everything is good! Like houses - yeah - you can't get what the thing was worth at the peak - but you know what - you're not buying your new place at the peak either - so it's a wash in my opinion.

THANKS FOR POINTING OUT THE CAMARO ISN'T FIVE YEARS OLD -- I didn't see that detail either - my bad!

The point I was trying to make on the PRO BUILT uber high dollar cars -- Ring - Trepanier - et al - is that when I spend half a million bucks on a car - I want it to be MY CAR - not someone else's car - and I want the glory and the trophies that come with a build like that... I was not saying that they shouldn't cost that much - or that they should be built cheaper... In fact if we didn't have cars like that - we'd have nothing to shoot for and nothing to dream about. I was just sayin' that if I spent that kind of dough on a car - or anything else for that matter - I want it to be MY WAY... I want it the color I want - the interior I want - the wheels I want - and I want the FUN that goes with dreamin' and schemin' with the builder etc.