The degree of serious interest is proportional to amount invested
(buyer or seller). Half of the internet sellers who pay no listing
fee haven't bothered doing any research and ergo have no clue of
fair market value. Or they are just fishing and hoping for that
long shot stupido buyer.
That's why ebay works a little better. Not only u pay a listing
fee (read investment), but as part of the ebay community your
performance is rated. Sure u can rig it, but it's easier to get
honest feathers.
Like a lawyer once said "free advice? - that's exactly what it's
worth"
Mike L.
60A,67E,59Bug
----- Original Message -----
From <type79 at ix.netcom.com>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: January 20, 2001 10:50 AM
Subject: Internet Car Ads was Re: Bugeye F/S
> For what it's worth, I'll relate my experience with internet car
ads.
>
> I find that most sellers don't take internet ads and responses
> seriously. Maybe they post the ad and forget about it as the ad
lingers
> on the net.
>
> I have responded to numerous on line ads and most sellers aren't
> prepared to send pics, provide details, or in some cases, the
email
> address links to someone who posted the ad for a friend and
therefore
> has no real info on the car.
>
> I recently contacted a seller of a Midget in Rhode Island. Car
sounded
> like an extremely good car in the ad. Email responses took days
or a
> week. Responses were very vague. Finally he informed me that he
posted
> the ad for a friend in New Jersey. I contacted her and i guess
she
> didn't know enough about the car to respond to me. I tried to
arrange
> an appointment to go there to see the car but finally gave up
due to her
> lack of response.
>
> I am familiar enough with Sprites that I can determine how solid
and
> complete a Spridget may be if i'm given proper answers and pics
of key
> areas. But most sellers that respond with pics, send 3/4 shots
of the
> entire car from 15 feet. Most every car looks good from 15 feet.
>
> I usually don't tell sellers of my location so that they are not
> skeptical of my commitment to travel or ship the car. When I do
inform
> them of the distance involved, I honestly tell them that
distance is not
> a problem.
>
> As a seller, I posted an ad last year on the Hemmings site and
while the
> eventual buyer wasn't a respondent to the internet ad, I found
it a very
> efficient sales tool. I had one very serious prospect to whom I
was able
> to send pics in response to his specific requests. He was 60
miles away
> and it was useful for both of us that he had a very good idea of
what he
> was surveying before he made the trip.
>
> But again, I think that most sellers that post internet ads do
so just
> for the hell of it. I will continue to investigate internet ads,
but I
> think they are largely a waste of time for the buyer.
>
> I would be interested in hearing other listers experiences with
internet
> car ads.
>
> Jay Fishbein
> Wallingford, CT
> Sprites & Innocentis
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