If you've pounded the pavement looking for a clean used Mercedes you can really appreciate the virtues of ebay, particular when the seemingly PERFECT car comes along and you can relax and gaze longingly at those beautiful photos. WIth ebay's far-flung reach, bids from a potentially global array of potential buyers serve as a better ratification of market value than can be realized by conventional car selling methodologies (newspaper and supermarket ads).
On 12/22/05, Tom Scordato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > John asked "Why are people paying these crazy sums?" > A) eBay is a sellers market > B) as the years tick on, these are getting rarer to find (supply and > demand) > C) we love these diesels > D) longevity is so rare in our society > E) maybe compared to todays new disposable rock climbers even at $7K with > 65K miles on it it is no such a bad deal . Hey if you make it a daily > driver > put 300K on her, not a bad price to pay for a ride. Heck you can > work/maintain on alot of it yourself... > > Regards Tom Scordato > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Mercedes mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 7:06 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Looks to be a fine daily driver > > > > It is such a pretty car- I don't think I'd spend 7k for it. Where do we > > guess it will end? I saw a 300SD online for 17k or something like that. > > Why are people paying these crazy sums? > > I should put up my 300D 2.5 74k miles on Ebay, ask $15k for it. Retire > > early. > > John Peterson > > Kingston RI 1991 300D 2.5 74k > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tom Scordato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Mercedes mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 6:21 PM > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Looks to be a fine daily driver > > > > > >> andrew may have said > >> "Looks awesome, though "The car ooozes class and regality" strikes me > as > >> a > >>> bit of hyperbole... After all, it's only an entry level car for that > >>> year > >>> and probably listed for about $5 grand" > >> > >> > >> I am a 123 chassis sort of diesel guy, but that era low fin body style > >> and > >> simple 4 banger appeals to me for some reason. > >> > >> Regards Tom Scordato > >> From: "andrew strasfogel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: "Mercedes mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 2:41 PM > >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Looks to be a fine daily driver > >> > >> > >>> Looks awesome, though "The car ooozes class and regality" strikes me > as > >>> a > >>> bit of hyperbole... After all, it's only an entry level car for that > >>> year > >>> and probably listed for about $5 grand. > >>> > >>> On 12/22/05, Tom Scordato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1967-200D-diesel-66K-miles-Like-new-True-Survivor_W0QQitemZ4598627758QQcategoryZ6329QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Tom Scordato > >>>> Bellefonte PA > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________ > >>>> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > >>>> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> > >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>>> http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________ > >>> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > >>> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>> http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > >> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > > > > > _______________________________________ > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net >
