What's Up with Barrett Jackson Announcers

[JKnight]

Originally Posted by G-Body

Even worse than the idiots calling the show is the idiots that think they will make money selling there cars there.,

People have countlessly lost there asssses there on there cars and people seem to just follow the hype and want to be apart of the experience more power to you i didnt build my car to give it away and thats what seems to be happening at these shows sad is what it is.

And your right they do call them alll wrong and i if i have to here resto rod once more or coupe pe' aswell im going to bitchhhh slap someone.

Yeah...uhh...some people actually do make money selling their cars there, but it's not 90% of people like it was 6-7 years ago. Also, it's a pretty bad generalization that if you lose money on auctioning a car that you're now an idiot. It really boils down to you win some, you lose some.

Mark, your car is badass and I'm sorry you didn't get your number. I'm sure it was worth every penny you were hoping for.

[MarkM66]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

I agree with Mark.

I have two buddies that are in the business -- they'll take 30 + cars to BJ Scottsdale -- and they'll make a killing on some of 'em -- do okay on a few -- and lose on a couple more. Overall.... they do just fine. Their costs of transportation are lowered by taking entire truckloads - one pickup point - one drop off point. They know how to detail to the max - and they know how to pimp to the max. They'll spend months in advance getting the word out on what they're bringing. Beating the drums and getting the marketing done. They don't start that on the day of the show.

Here's the BIG BUTT in the room -- since they're big time customers and know what they're doing - they have prime time #'s - and they have cars that are bought to sell... and bring top dollar. They don't do 'weird' and one off. They do DESIRABLE - MARKETABLE - MAINSTREAM.

The guys that loose - are the single car sellers - non prime time - and they only have one car to apply all their costs too... That's hard to make money on for anyone.

Right. Just about consigner I spoke to had been to a BJ auction before, and they all had more then one car there. The auction had about 120 more cars there this year then last. So the "idiots" are multiplying.

[Tom.A]

Mark,

I am sorry you did not get your number.....but you got guts I mean it must have had less than a 1000 miles on it?
Your car was awesome and while the number is low I would still guess you came out better than others because you did most of the work yourself.
I look forward to your next build.

[MarkM66]

Originally Posted by tom_a

Mark,

I am sorry you did not get your number.....but you got guts I mean it must have had less than a 1000 miles on it?
Your car was awesome and while the number is low I would still guess you came out better than others because you did most of the work yourself.
I look forward to your next build.

Thanks. Probably about 10 miles . I don't like taking a car to a show, so it sat until the auction. I'd say about 10 people saw the car in person, before the auction.

Yeah, I didn't really loose on it, I made, but I was hoping for more. I have no labor cost in the car, and I don't really count my time because it's just something I do because I can, I enjoy it, and it beats watching TV. Getting magazine coverage helps when it comes time to buy parts too, .

[ProdigyCustoms]

Some people do make money.

I just got a market report from my friend Anthony that ran EmptyNest and II Much last year. He takes multiple cars to auctions, especially Barrett Scottsdale and Vegas. It was his stroke which got us the killer run numbers for our cars. He said overall things were strong this year and said he saw your car Mark and thought it went $15K to $20K light.

He made mad stacks though. He took a early C1 Vette, he bought for $60K, had $64K in it at the door at Vegas, it broke the bank and he got $125K. Also had a Mid Vette, had $32K in it at the door at Vegas, got $57K, and a Ferrari made $6K on a $30K car. And he made a nice $5K commission running a friends car. So money is made. He also bought 2 cars which I think he stole one of them, we will see how good he did come Mecum Orlando

On the other side of the coin, his friends (dealers) took a GTO convertible they had $125K in and it brought $57K. So the pendulum swings both ways.

[E.rodz]

been there done that . I to fell for the barret jackson hype. also fell for sun. is still primetime .a very expensive trip to pay for and get your azz kicked.should have taking my money and betting I could put a piece of coal up my but before the auction and turned it into a diamond. prob. would have had better luck. was kinda cool to spend the week there to see behind the scenes as for the auction goes they really need to step up to the plate and know what in front of them and take care of the people that are feeding there greed!got my 1.5 min of enjoyment in the spotlight and then stood back and asked myself what just happened.oh yea and me to have been disillusioned by the bj. experienced. lol.

[speedshftr]

not the car that went into the water
http://ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=298789