[W126 Coupe] To Ebay or not? UK '89 560SEC

[Mike R.]

I've sold two cars on eBay and they went well.

Make sure you have a realistic minimum for the car and a decent amount for 
each bid (maybe $50 per bid increase). When I did the cars, I put them on 
eBay so that they ended on a weekend, at a reasonable time for the target 
area. In your case, before 10PM GMT. EBay is set up on Pacific Standard Time 
(PST) so make sure you understand the difference between what you want for 
an ending time and how to get eBay to do it. The best bidding is generally 
in the last two minutes and you don't want that to be 3AM in your area.

I copied the Disclaimer portion of other folks car ads to make sure I 
properly stated "as-is, where it is". Also, If you have any thoughts about 
helping the buyer with the shipping, let them know up front. Helping can be 
just making yourself available with reasonable notice, or providing several 
shipping company names. Make sure they realize that while you're willing to 
help, they will have to pay for all shipping.

Also, see if there is a place nearby that can do the Pre-Purchase Inspection 
for the potential buyer and let them know that it can be done, they will 
have to pay for it before it's actually performed. Generally, someone would 
contact me and I would have them provide name and credit card info to the 
company doing the inspection (I never get the CC number). I also was 
available for a local to come by (just like we'd do - find someone in the 
town that can come by and put an eyeball on the car for the out-of-towner).

Make sure you add a photo of the car in the magazine and perhaps a link to 
the article, if possible. Take "pretty" pictures of the SEC, not in your 
driveway but in a local park or in the high-rent portion of the downtown 
area.

Others on the site will chime in to give you more/better suggestions.

Later,
Mike R.
Las Vegas
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Damien" <Damien at antiaging-systems.com>
To: "Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists" <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 2:41 AM
Subject: [W126 Coupe] To Ebay or not? UK '89 560SEC



> Hi All

>

> I'm considering "Ebaying" my 560 SEC its an 89 car featured in Classic

> Cars a couple of years back. She is in Signal Red with soft cream

> leather covered 155k miles, full service history (Merc to 125k then

> specialist) and full MOT etc. All usual options with heated seats.

>

> Has anyone had any experience of selling their cars on Ebay? Anything to

> look out for?

>

> Cheers

> Damien

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