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Post Fri Sep 15, 2006 6:44 pm

Am i missing something here or are these bidders not wired up right!!!!!!!!!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Bmw-E30-Short-shi ... dZViewItem
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Post Fri Sep 15, 2006 6:47 pm

typical for ebay mate

very few people seem to check the prices before searching the bay
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Post Fri Sep 15, 2006 6:50 pm

Got to say fair play to seller i spose.
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Post Fri Sep 15, 2006 7:01 pm

how much are the normally then?
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Post Fri Sep 15, 2006 10:46 pm

capatiisation at its best......supply and demand :D
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Post Fri Sep 15, 2006 11:13 pm

FBF wrote:how much are the normally then?
For everything in the ebay pic (1 lever), about Ԛ£30.
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Post Sat Sep 16, 2006 12:39 am

FBF wrote:how much are the normally then?
All genuine parts from your Bmw dealer, everyting is E30 arpart from the gear shaft which is a M3 E36 job.

Here are the parts you need:
25 11 7 525 255 E36 M3 Evo gear leaver
25 11 1 220 600 Gearbox bush
25 11 1 220 379 circlip x2

about Ԛ£30 - Ԛ£35

if you want an even shorter throw go for a Z3 2.8 lever.
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Post Sat Sep 16, 2006 7:15 am

mine cost Ԛ£25 from the stealers

consisting of

lever
bush
2x spacers
2x circlips.

i bought a new intake hose (that goes to the throttle body) for Ԛ£14 from bmw.
a used one sold on ebay for Ԛ£16 and there was postage to pay as well.

they wanna call ebay the stealers.
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Post Sat Sep 16, 2006 9:13 am

I thought i read that description someware before!

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... echnz3.htm

Could it be a zoner then????
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Post Sat Sep 16, 2006 3:46 pm

migfht have to quickly put up a similar ebay ad and sell them as buy it nows... could make 20 quid on each one at 50 quid a pop
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Post Sat Sep 16, 2006 4:15 pm

appletree wrote:I thought i read that description someware before!

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... echnz3.htm

Could it be a zoner then????
That does look very suspcious winkeye

But the buyer needs to investigate first, instead of jumping in feet first...Seller must have been laughing all the way to the bank....

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Post Sat Sep 16, 2006 4:44 pm

Thats a fooking joke!!! Fair play to the seller but I hope I never do business with him, wouldnt think I'd ever get ripped off by a fellow E30 owner.
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Post Sat Sep 16, 2006 4:55 pm

If you can make it sound good in the description then people will buy anything on there, the amount of worthless crap i've sold is a joke :D
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Post Sat Sep 16, 2006 11:41 pm

There is so much stupid people out there buyingstuff on ebay and cant be bothered to do some research on performance upgrades on say.. gear shift levers, i have a Z3 leaver on my E21 and that was done like 4 years ago... i kept quiet about it told a few people after a while and the rest is history, but its all out there on the net anyway, hey if there selling for odd Ԛ£60, daaamn im starting my short shift lever business empire using stealers parts if thats the case .....


but if people are making money for them selfs then goodluck really cos everybodys is trying to make some money for more comfortable living..(or crack pipe smoking) etc :D


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Post Sat Sep 16, 2006 11:46 pm

As they said in my law class 'Caveat Emptor' - Let the buyer beware.

Capitalism at its best. Pure supply and demand.

This is just like the other guy who sells the centre cap emblems for a profit also. People automatically think the 'stealers' are not even worth approaching.
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Post Sun Sep 17, 2006 12:30 am

i modded my original lever for about Ԛ£5 and its fantastic ,so i could in theory sell levers on exchange for Ԛ£15 and make money but its about supply and demand i suppose ,if people are willing to pay there will always be someone willing to sell this is what makes the world go round supply and demand whether its time or products so while we are all complaining/commenting this guy is using his head and making some cash
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Post Mon Sep 18, 2006 8:33 pm

how much difference does this z3 lever make as i am now considering doing mine

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