[Z06] Can anyone explain...
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Can anyone explain...
I'm just wondering why somebody would pay $5K for the right to purchase a ZO6 when my dealer will give me $1000 under MSRP right now? I was also in Indianapolis recently for the F1 race and between the two Chevy dealers I went to they had 12 ZO6's on the lot. Can't tell me they are asking more than MSRP?!?!
Maybe I'm missing something, check it out:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6168 :confused:
Maybe I'm missing something, check it out:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6168 :confused:
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Re: Can anyone explain... (hh65flyer)
I read it, and all I can say is that if anybody pays this guy the phrase "a fool and his money are soon parted" comes to mind.
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I'm just wondering why somebody would pay $5K for the right to purchase a ZO6 when my dealer will give me $1000 under MSRP right now? I was also in Indianapolis recently for the F1 race and between the two Chevy dealers I went to they had 12 ZO6's on the lot. Can't tell me they are asking more than MSRP?!?!
Maybe I'm missing something, check it out:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6168 :confused:
Maybe I'm missing something, check it out:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6168 :confused:
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Re: Can anyone explain... (hh65flyer)
LOL!
I notice that dealer is here in Birmingham.
No wonder I had to go out of town to buy my Z.
MSRP plus $877 in "dealer fees" and they have SIX bids! Amazing.
:lol: :yesnod:
[Modified by brewtoo, 10:20 PM 11/26/2002]
I notice that dealer is here in Birmingham.
No wonder I had to go out of town to buy my Z.
MSRP plus $877 in "dealer fees" and they have SIX bids! Amazing.
:lol: :yesnod:
[Modified by brewtoo, 10:20 PM 11/26/2002]
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Re: Can anyone explain... (brewtoo)
Good, I'm not missing anything! I thought maybe it was a chance to bid on the last 03. Now that may be worth something as it will be the last Anniv ZO6. Originally, the bidding was over $10K, I think somebody figured out they weren't actually bidding on the car and retracted it.
Regardless, do these peolple realize a phone call to another dealer will save them thosands? Apparently not. :eek:
Regardless, do these peolple realize a phone call to another dealer will save them thosands? Apparently not. :eek:
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Re: Can anyone explain... (binksZ06)
Kerbeck was offering 4k off sticker price for a yellow 03', they had 4 yellow ones in stock, and as soon as the cold temps rolled in the sales really slowed down from what they told me.
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Re: Can anyone explain... (Zapper)
An uneducated consumer is easy pickings for a less than proffessional dealer. There are "sharks" in every business, just glad that the good guys outnumber them. I stick with forums venders. Bill
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Re: Can anyone explain... (70boss302)
An uneducated consumer is easy pickings for a less than proffessional dealer. There are "sharks" in every business, just glad that the good guys outnumber them. I stick with forums venders. Bill
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Re: Can anyone explain... (hh65flyer)
My guess is that most of these bidders are new to EBAY (most of them have zero's or ones in their Feedback profiles) and don't understand what they are bidding on - I suspect that they think they are bidding on the car itself.
I really don't understand why the dealers list the cars this way, or why EBAY lets them. It's shady and I bet it results in a LOT of people who back out of their bid once they find out what has really happened.
There is NO reason to post it that way.
They could post the car, with a minimum bid of sticker + fees and see if anyone bids. That would be fair, and easy to understand.
Still, anyone who DOESN'T see what is going on there, has been up too late on EBAY or is an idiot.
I just sit back and enjoy the show. The way I figure, it's kind of like watching a battle of idiots to see which one is king. I just wish we could find out what happens!
I really don't understand why the dealers list the cars this way, or why EBAY lets them. It's shady and I bet it results in a LOT of people who back out of their bid once they find out what has really happened.
There is NO reason to post it that way.
They could post the car, with a minimum bid of sticker + fees and see if anyone bids. That would be fair, and easy to understand.
Still, anyone who DOESN'T see what is going on there, has been up too late on EBAY or is an idiot.
I just sit back and enjoy the show. The way I figure, it's kind of like watching a battle of idiots to see which one is king. I just wish we could find out what happens!
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Re: Can anyone explain... (hh65flyer)
I don't understand what this dealer is doing on ebay. They have the same car listed on their website discounted down to $46,170. Doesn't make much sense to me. :confused:
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Re: Can anyone explain... (gcutchen)
I don't understand what this dealer is doing on ebay. They have the same car listed on their website discounted down to $46,170. Doesn't make much sense to me. :confused:
I guess they were right, now that they figured out how to sell it on ebay for $62,000+
:lol: :lol:
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Re: Can anyone explain... (hh65flyer)
It Depends(tm)
I ended up paying about $6k over MSRP, to get me out from under two other cars that were losing value faster than I was willing to pay them off.
Id have a car on the way from the forum dealer(s)..if they were interested in the trades I had..clearly and understandably they were not.
I ended up paying about $6k over MSRP, to get me out from under two other cars that were losing value faster than I was willing to pay them off.
Id have a car on the way from the forum dealer(s)..if they were interested in the trades I had..clearly and understandably they were not.
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Re: Can anyone explain... (Tom Steele)
It's shady and I bet it results in a LOT of people who back out of their bid once they find out what has really happened.
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Re: Can anyone explain... (CP)
It's not shady. Cripes, if the font were any larger Helen Keller could read it. And the instructions are listed twice. Some people are just plain stupid. :yesnod:
It's simply another gimmick from the car dealers' bag of sneaky tricks. It damages what little reputation and good will the dealer has left.
I don't know why these dealers keep doing it. I bet it hasn't worked out for one of them yet.
So the question is not, how stupid is the consumer. The question is, can you trust a car dealer?
Personally, any dealer who pulls these stunts loses my potential business immediately. How many other ways will they try to screw you and God help you when you get in with the F&I guy!
[Modified by brewtoo, 11:10 PM 12/3/2002]
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Re: Can anyone explain... (CP)
It's not shady. Cripes, if the font were any larger Helen Keller could read it. And the instructions are listed twice. Some people are just plain stupid. :yesnod:
I still think it is shady. I can't see ANY reason to list the car for sale in that manner except to try and fool someone - even if it is a stupid person you are trying to fool.
The bid had a ton of retractions already - and I suspect that was from people who weren't stupid, but hasty. They - as you mention - eventually read the Hellen Keller-friendly "coarse print" and figured out they had slipped up and retracted their bid.
But depending on the size of your monitor, not all that "coarse fine-print" shows up on your screen until you scroll down.
And in the end, if the seller goes through all the trouble to list and put the car up for auction, and the buyer backs out saying, "I thought I was bidding on the CAR, not a markup." Then who is the really stupid one? I'd say the guy wasting his time.
I think I'll e-mail the high bidder and see if they really bought the car.