Now this is what I call a mark up!
Now this is what I call a mark up!
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anonymous-user

Original Poster:

70 months

Wednesday 16th February 2011
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This old M3 has gone up in value by over a grand in one week, amazing! smile

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/2508767.htm

andy43

11,750 posts

270 months

Wednesday 16th February 2011
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He who has the ebay balls.... Wins.
But by the time he's paid his taxes, business rates, paid for a warranty, got the dentmaster guy round and maybe changed the oil, there's not a lot of profit there - and that's before a buyer starts chipping away at the screen price.

SubaruSteve

546 posts

207 months

Wednesday 16th February 2011
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News Flash! Dealer sells car for more than it was advertised privately.

If this worries you then you would have a heart attack if you visited your local BCA.

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

70 months

Wednesday 16th February 2011
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SubaruSteve said:
News Flash! Dealer sells car for more than it was advertised privately.

If this worries you then you would have a heart attack if you visited your local BCA.
Noted.

Flintstone

8,644 posts

263 months

Wednesday 16th February 2011
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andy43 said:
He who has the ebay balls.... Wins.
But by the time he's paid his taxes, business rates, paid for a warranty, got the dentmaster guy round and maybe changed the oil, there's not a lot of profit there - and that's before a buyer starts chipping away at the screen price.
Such faith, how touching biggrin

It's a me

246 posts

188 months

Wednesday 16th February 2011
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andy43 said:
He who has the ebay balls.... Wins.
But by the time he's paid his taxes, business rates, paid for a warranty, got the dentmaster guy round and maybe changed the oil, there's not a lot of profit there - and that's before a buyer starts chipping away at the screen price.
And stamped the book for all the services it missed.... Funny how it went from some service history to full!!

pinchmeimdreamin

10,430 posts

234 months

Wednesday 16th February 2011
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I wonder if the guy selling it has a friendly mechanic called Edd biggrin

JeS10

375 posts

182 months

Wednesday 16th February 2011
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A strange world this, businesses trying to turn profits and stuff.

southpaw

5,999 posts

241 months

Wednesday 16th February 2011
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Bit deceptive describing it as a 1999 B reg in the ad text, when it was imported to the UK in 99 and was first registed in SA in 94...

MX7

7,902 posts

190 months

Wednesday 16th February 2011
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What does "Hell Rot Bright Hell Red" mean?

And as has been said, FSH sounds like 'ollocks.

arfur daley

834 posts

182 months

Wednesday 16th February 2011
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I think Edd and Mike would have several phone calls, and it would have sold the same day as it was tarted up.

Six Fiend

6,067 posts

231 months

Wednesday 16th February 2011
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MX7 said:
What does "Hell Rot Bright Hell Red" mean?

And as has been said, FSH sounds like 'ollocks.
Hell Rot is the German colour name. Rot being Red in German.

SubaruSteve

546 posts

207 months

Wednesday 16th February 2011
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southpaw said:
Bit deceptive describing it as a 1999 B reg in the ad text, when it was imported to the UK in 99 and was first registed in SA in 94...
To be fair if you typed the reg into the Autotrader automated advert thingy it would do that. It is probably not anything more sinister than that.

jazzybee

3,056 posts

265 months

Wednesday 16th February 2011
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That's not a mark up, This is a mark up:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1695069.htm

I was keen on this car when it was on eBay, but was a bit rich for me to go for when the care was being sold by a non specialist dealer and I could not view beforehand. Good luck to the buyer, I thought, looked a nice car. Then I saw the PH ad.... Wow! I am all for profit, but wow! was not expecting that.