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Re buying online through the Imperial Club: I
found my '62 Southampton Custom on IML, and am very pleased with the car.
Jim Brown is the member from whom I bought this car, and the deal was above
board and straightforward from the get go. As to eBay, "buyer beware --
caveat emptor --" is the rule to follow just as it should be followed in
every other transaction in life were property is being transferred -- any kind
of property. Just my 2 cents worth!
Vince in Boston
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 2:34
PM
Subject: Re: IML: Great collection of
Imperials for sale
I think that the point of ebay is being missed. It is a marketplace
that, like an all-you-can-eat buffet, encourages certain behavior. The
buffet business model attracts people that gorge and get their money`s
worth. The Auction model conditions people to expect a bargain.
The IML and Ebay are not the places to sell something like your Imperial
if you ask me (you didn`t). People that are in the know will wait for
deals, and Imperials are currently under-valued for what they are. I
think that the fuselage cars are an especially attractive segment, as you can
get a nearly perfect car with good body, interior, and OK mechanicals for
under 2000 dollars. I would die if I could get an exner car for that,
but those days ended 20 years ago.
Put it on the corner with a sign. Sell it to someone that does not
know the market sees it, and falls in love with it. It takes
longer, but may be more satisfying.
-Kenyon
Mark McDonald <tomswift@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
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".
>
Kenyon Wills
http://imperialclub.com/Yr/1970/Kenyon1970/index.htm
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