Record for speedy sale

[VRSS]

Have a look at this from the "sell" page. The Red GTS and the White R8 came on the market this afternoon and someone is already trying to make a killing.

<snip>
Date Sent: 26-Sep-02 02:59 PM WST
Name: Michael bowiin@hotmail.com
Area: Sydney
What is it?: SELL
Buy/Sell/Swap: SELL

SELL AS A SET:
1.
*RED GTS 300kw (MIB)
*BLACK GTS 300kw (MIB)

AND
2.
*RED CLUBSPORT R8 (MIB)
*WHITE CLUBSPORT R8 (MIB)

AND

3.
*TRUE BLUE XD (unopened)
*GREENS TUF XE (MIB)
*SIERRA RS500 (unopened)
*1999 AU FALCON (MIB)
AND
4.
CLASSIC CARLECTABLES 1/18
*Bowe CAT racing 2000
*Seton FTR 2000
*Baird Pirtek 2000
*Richards Kmart 2000
*Johnson/Johnson Bathurst 2000
*Perkins/Ingall Bathurst 2000
*Murphy/Richards Bathurst winners
This set is a bargain at $190

MAKE AN OFFER ON EACH SET (SELL ONLY AS SET) DONT ASK HOW MUCH.
<snip>
(he had other stuff advertised here)
SYDNEY ONLY.
THANKS

What a joke. Probably asking $600 for the R8 pair! Wonder what his reply would be if I offered him $300 for that pair!

This is the kind of moron we need to stop.

He wouldn't even have the white R8 or the red GTS in his possession yet!
:mad:

[Aussiecollector]

Its very simple don't buy from people like this, wait 6 months even twelve months most things com down or some of these guys sell cheap to get rid of cars to finance other greedy deals.

If you wait or buy it retail from the shop you will be in front.

Glenn

[loste_treasures]

do you know what drives a person like this to place ads like that?

WE DO !!!

i mean people who miss out on a particular model and then go ballistic trying to find one. if we all stopped and thinked about what we were doing instead of going nuts on auctions sites and various other places people like that would not try and capitalise on others misfortune.

of course its only human nature to get that illusive item which is just out of reach.

i only human myself and ive done similar things. not long ago i was trying desperately to obtain the R8 Clubsport and was willing to pay over $300.00 for it. i then stopped and thought (actually it was my wife who made me). why pay $300.00 on a single model when the two other HSV were going to come out in the near future? so, in the end i didnt get one. im placing an order for the two HSV's which in the end will cost less then the R8.

And who knows. With the other two coming out it might 'reduce' the price of the R8.

Not everyone is made of money. I hope that person with the ad doesnt get a single response and is therefore stuck with models he doesnt want.

[terrine]

Gee Wizz guys you are being a bit hard on poor old michael from Sydney.....

......i dont see any mention of price in his ad.....

buying and selling is as much fun for some collectors as is the collecting itself.....wheeler dealers

r/peter

[loste_treasures]

i dont think theres anything wrong with a bit of free enterprising as long as its reasonable.....

i think where he lets himself down in his as is when he says "email me - dont ask for price"......

especially when the two holdens he is selling are still being sold on the website.

c'mon, i think thats abit stupid.

maybe i should put in an ad in the for sale section as well which would read like this:

For Sale:

Brock/Mezera 05 Holden Commodore.

Mint in Box

Offers over $600.00 taken.

Delivery to be done when i have the actual model in my hands....

[passenger]

Maybe one should email this michael and see if the set
(gts , R8 ) can be picked up tomorrow (saturday) and see if it can be supplied,and see what the answer is.


....... P.S. maybe he has a " star trek transporter system"
thats why he can advertise so early he !he ! :p