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palwing · 5th October 2007, 19:36

There's a nice blue V8 in SMC with 16k miles for £15,495 with warranty and no shill bidding.

Couple other V8's too on Autotrader around the £14.5k - £15k mark. So, if the one on e-bay is a genuine "no reserve" auction, it shouldn't go for anywhere near dealer prices. £10k-£12k tops?

In the past they start off with bids on day one, but have changed their tactics of late to listing with £20k figure and then open the bidding after a day or two. Bidding starts straight away and pushes the price up to an attractive level on roughly day 3 or 4. Goes quiet for a while and then pushed up near the end to what they are willing to let it go for. Early bidders rarely win if ever. Also, look at the bidders history and you will see they bid on lots of different cars but never win any auctions. Make up your own mind.

In fairness though, cars seem good. It's the honesty of the "auction" process that grips. Plenty of other posts on the Rover Forum ref this.

Anyone know more about it's history? Not sure about the different colour doors too.

5th October 2007, 19:36	#14
palwing Avid contributor None Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Posts: 140 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	To e-bay or not to e-bay? There's a nice blue V8 in SMC with 16k miles for £15,495 with warranty and no shill bidding. Couple other V8's too on Autotrader around the £14.5k - £15k mark. So, if the one on e-bay is a genuine "no reserve" auction, it shouldn't go for anywhere near dealer prices. £10k-£12k tops? In the past they start off with bids on day one, but have changed their tactics of late to listing with £20k figure and then open the bidding after a day or two. Bidding starts straight away and pushes the price up to an attractive level on roughly day 3 or 4. Goes quiet for a while and then pushed up near the end to what they are willing to let it go for. Early bidders rarely win if ever. Also, look at the bidders history and you will see they bid on lots of different cars but never win any auctions. Make up your own mind. In fairness though, cars seem good. It's the honesty of the "auction" process that grips. Plenty of other posts on the Rover Forum ref this. Anyone know more about it's history? Not sure about the different colour doors too.