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Tue May 04, 2010 10:11 am

Hi, I was advised badly to have high reserve on this car listed on ebay. I have now dropped reserve to £9102 which is a pound higher than current bid, I could not remove it or I would have!! Cheers
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Tue May 04, 2010 10:28 am

Pardon?
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Tue May 04, 2010 10:32 am

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Tue May 04, 2010 10:39 am

It is easy to remove / end a listing, just go to the help section at the top right and enter 'end listing'
Make sure to tick the box that cancels all bids and job jobbed. If the car is as described with no issues I do believe it is worth more than 9k but definately not the 20k that you allegedly had as your reserve !

You really need to try harder re the ad, more detail, better pics, under bonnet shots etc.

In your position , I would speak to WLN or Old colonel cars re sale or return as they being recognised and well regarded specialists will be able to get a far better price than you.
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Tue May 04, 2010 10:44 am

or you could quit yer wingein n get on with it, car like that aint hard to sell.
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Tue May 04, 2010 10:47 am

graphixbylou wrote:Hi, I was advised badly to have high reserve on this car listed on ebay. I have now dropped reserve to £9102 which is a pound higher than current bid, I could not remove it or I would have!! Cheers
Not for me to judge, but I wouldn't be too happy with the bidding pattern on your auction. If there are any irreglarities that you know of, I'd cancel all the bids and close the auction if I were you, and advertise it as a classified ad on Ebay and elsewhere.
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Tue May 04, 2010 10:50 am

You mean you wanted to remove the reserve price or the listing itself?
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Tue May 04, 2010 10:59 am

I think keep it on auction, still plenty of time left and you've reached a healthy 9k+ which ain't bad at all if you want shut of it (plus it's over your revised reserve anyway) and it appears your not really an enthusiast anyway. If i was you i'd be buying it off your mum!

I think people will go mental in the final minutes, it's one of those 'once in a life-time moments' and i predict people will go ape sh1t :mad:


Relisting stuff on ebay is a bad idea as i've noticed people actually loose interest in things as they think the item is either going to be removed again, something is not legit or it appears a friend is bidding stuff up etc... people get bored and find other things...
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Tue May 04, 2010 11:25 am

Z3I wrote:
graphixbylou wrote:Hi, I was advised badly to have high reserve on this car listed on ebay. I have now dropped reserve to £9102 which is a pound higher than current bid, I could not remove it or I would have!! Cheers
Not for me to judge, but I wouldn't be too happy with the bidding pattern on your auction. If there are any irreglarities that you know of, I'd cancel all the bids and close the auction if I were you, and advertise it as a classified ad on Ebay and elsewhere.
Shill, you never know it could sell.
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Tue May 04, 2010 12:35 pm

If it really is mint id say you will get more than 9k if you use WLN or the likes 8)

Theres a good chance most people bidding are trader types anyway
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Tue May 04, 2010 12:42 pm

A car like that should sell its self with good photo's of absolutly everthing. So stop you moaning and do a proper advert for such a good car.
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Tue May 04, 2010 1:03 pm

town325i wrote:A car like that should sell its self with good photo's of absolutly everthing. So stop you moaning and do a proper advert for such a good car.
+1 spot on. got a bawbag on our hands here i think
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Tue May 04, 2010 6:43 pm

MadE30mike wrote:
town325i wrote:A car like that should sell its self with good photo's of absolutly everthing. So stop you moaning and do a proper advert for such a good car.
+1 spot on. got a bawbag on our hands here i think
Sorry but how is he moaning?!

All hes done is inform us that he tried to cancel the auction but couldn't.
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Tue May 04, 2010 6:45 pm

bss325i wrote:
MadE30mike wrote:
town325i wrote:A car like that should sell its self with good photo's of absolutly everthing. So stop you moaning and do a proper advert for such a good car.
+1 spot on. got a bawbag on our hands here i think
Sorry but how is he moaning?!

All hes done is inform us that he tried to cancel the auction but couldn't.
By the title of this and the first few lines sounds to me like moaning. He is not trying to cancel the auction he is trying to cancel the reserve price
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Tue May 04, 2010 7:14 pm

Whatever he is trying do hardly constitutes to moaning, shit you wanna hear my mrs when she's found out how much i just spent on the E30.

Now thats moaning!
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Tue May 04, 2010 7:36 pm

bss325i wrote:Whatever he is trying do hardly constitutes to moaning, shit you wanna hear my mrs when she's found out how much i just spent on the E30.

Now thats moaning!
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Tue May 04, 2010 7:44 pm

bss325i wrote:Whatever he is trying do hardly constitutes to moaning, shit you wanna hear my mrs when she's found out how much i just spent on the E30.

Now thats moaning!
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mine doesn't give two hoots! v v v v v :teehee:
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Get a f* grip,we are talking about 20+yr.old sub £10k cars here,NOT the crown jewels!
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Your married to you dog?!
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Tue May 04, 2010 10:13 pm

bss325i wrote:Your married to you dog?!

ha ha ha :D
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Tue May 04, 2010 10:15 pm

bss325i wrote:Whatever he is trying do hardly constitutes to moaning, shit you wanna hear my mrs when she's found out how much i just spent on the E30.

Now thats moaning!
Now that's just careless Barry, how on earth could you let your missus find out what you're spending :)
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Tue May 04, 2010 10:18 pm

E30BeemerLad wrote:
bss325i wrote:Whatever he is trying do hardly constitutes to moaning, shit you wanna hear my mrs when she's found out how much i just spent on the E30.

Now thats moaning!
Now that's just careless Barry, how on earth could you let your missus find out what you're spending :)
Overhead a telephone conversation! :banghead:
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Tue May 04, 2010 10:21 pm

bss325i wrote:
E30BeemerLad wrote:
bss325i wrote:Whatever he is trying do hardly constitutes to moaning, shit you wanna hear my mrs when she's found out how much i just spent on the E30.

Now thats moaning!
Now that's just careless Barry, how on earth could you let your missus find out what you're spending :)
Overhead a telephone conversation! :banghead:
that's not good, not good at all ,

but serves you right for bragging the figures on the blower ! :snigger:

:D

if mine found out there would be trouble... :roll:
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bss325i wrote:
E30BeemerLad wrote: Now that's just careless Barry, how on earth could you let your missus find out what you're spending :)
Overhead a telephone conversation! :banghead:
that's not good, not good at all ,

but serves you right for bragging the figures on the blower ! :snigger:

:D

if mine found out there would be trouble... :roll:
Next time someone asks me how much a part is, ill tell them to phone their nearest dealer.
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Tue May 04, 2010 10:51 pm

Get them to text you next time Baz, it's quieter :mad:
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Tue May 04, 2010 10:52 pm

bss325i wrote:Your married to you dog?!
The affection he shows scrumps sure makes it look that way. :chuckle:

Although do people leave their missus tied too doors?
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Wed May 05, 2010 12:13 pm

Get a mate to put a 10 grand bid on, but don't forget the absolute raping Ebay will give you on final value fees - it's 10% isn't it?

That's a BIG cheque you need to write out.

I would give it to WLN or Old Colonel to sell. They'd want a couple of grand comission for the aggro and would put it up for around £12'000.

White with blue cloth isn't that bad - you wouldn't have ordered it new, but it's very unusual. I've never seen another white sport with blue cloth so it could well be unique.
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Wed May 05, 2010 9:02 pm

if that e30 with 23k is going so well 9k plus how much would i expect to get for my e30 exactly the same as his on ebay but 56k, not that id sell anyway but its nice to know ?
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airborne_7 wrote:if that e30 with 23k is going so well 9k plus how much would i expect to get for my e30 exactly the same as his on ebay but 56k, not that id sell anyway but its nice to know ?
Another white 325i Sport with blue cloth?
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Wed May 05, 2010 9:08 pm

Should i be shot for liking the blue and white combo :o:
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Wed May 05, 2010 9:15 pm

My mrs HATES my e30......and wont let me spend a penny on it......so i buy things without her knowing!!!!!!
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Wed May 05, 2010 9:53 pm

no black leather interior
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Wed May 05, 2010 10:34 pm

Not exactly them same then is it?
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Thu May 06, 2010 6:15 am

To the OP.

To end the auction go into my ebay against the listing. On the right theres a drop down menu and in there it should give you the option of ending aution.
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