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StephenSLR:
--- Quote from: raafrebel link=topic=9130.msg1045942433#msg1045942433 --- from experience. People come look at cars and always say " I can buy one on ebay for half that"
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Then tell them to go back to ebay and buy one, fact is they can't. The pictures usually look much better than the car does in the flesh.
Also, I've seen ads for Small Block C2 Corvettes with Big Block hoods and some people think they can sell them at the same price as a BB C2. A BB hood isn't worth 30k, they figure it out soon enough when their car ads get no responses.
All BB Corvettes command much higher prices than their SB equivalents.
Same with TV auctions, the cars all look magnificent under fluoro lights but some are fetching double. They look the same but in the flesh they're chalk and cheese.
Close up you can really pick the quality cars and even the ones that are very similar can vary wildly in price if they're numbers matching and/or have rare specs/options.
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Jethro:
We say it over :tapping:and over :tapping: again:tapping:.... Quality will always draw big dollars regardless of what we are talking about
anychevy:
--- Quote from: StephenSLR link=topic=9130.msg1045942435#msg1045942435 ---
--- Quote from: raafrebel link=topic=9130.msg1045942433#msg1045942433 --- from experience. People come look at cars and always say " I can buy one on ebay for half that"
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Then tell them to go back to ebay and buy one, fact is they can't. The pictures usually look much better than the car does in the flesh.
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As above, anything looks good on TV or in a photo.
It takes time, money, research and alot of patience to buy a good corvette from the US
It took me over a year and around 15 inspections, but I finally found a car that was actually "as described"
In my experience, US car dealers are way overpriced or just selling junk and private sellers more honest in general.
But in all cases "buyer beware" and get it inspected !
raafrebel:
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As above, anything looks good on TV or in a photo.
It takes time, money, research and alot of patience to buy a good corvette from the US
It took me over a year and around 15 inspections, but I finally found a car that was actually "as described"
In my experience, US car dealers are way overpriced or just selling junk and private sellers more honest in general.
But in all cases "buyer beware" and get it inspected ![/quote]
You are correct! The mustang i bought a few years back was from a private seller. much better than a shop. much mor honest, but you have to know what you are looking at. dont trust anyone!!!
I bought this corvette from a dealer, but, it was a consignment car. I spoke with the owner who had the car for 22 years and he had all the paperwork and receipts to prove it.
I think I bought a good one.
I veiwed lots of corvettes that were in great shape, but a matching numbers one IS hard to find.
One guy told me he had a matching numbers car, so i drove accross LA (2 hrs on the 405) to take a look. Yes it was in origonal condition, but matching numbers, well, there were NO numbers on the block at all!! nothing worked and the paint looked nothing like the add.
Man I feel sorry for the guy who will proberbly buy this car site unseen on ebay.
I have bought many cars (and bikes) from the USA, and I think I bought a good car at a very good price!
gtc:
--- Quote from: StephenSLR link=topic=9130.msg1045942435#msg1045942435 ---
--- Quote from: raafrebel link=topic=9130.msg1045942433#msg1045942433 --- from experience. People come look at cars and always say " I can buy one on ebay for half that"
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Then tell them to go back to ebay and buy one, fact is they can't.
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Yep, if the cheap stuff on eBay or carsales.com was any good it would sell the day it was listed. And how many do we see listed as a "project car" -- "needs some TLC" (... plus a boatload of cash, not to mention experience with working on Vettes.)
--- Quote ---The pictures usually look much better than the car does in the flesh.
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Ah, the good ol' twenty footers.
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