E220 Cabriolet for IBW to rescue

[dougal74]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1995-MERCEDES...09QQihZ010QQcategoryZ9855QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[NW_Merc]

That's well mangled

 

[SimonsMerc]

Wow, look at that shill bidding. The bid history is:

Bidder Bid Amount Date of bid Bidding Details
Bidder 3Feedback score is 10 to 49 £852.00 30-Nov-06 19:15:56 GMT View
Bidder 2Feedback score is 10 to 49 £832.00 30-Nov-06 16:19:53 GMT View
Bidder 1Feedback score is 100 to 499 £501.00 29-Nov-06 23:56:50 GMT View

and if you look at Bidder 3's bid history, it has 30 unique sellers that he's bid on:

Item 1 Cars, Parts & Vehicles > Cars > Mercedes-Benz 1 Seller 1 5d 22h
Item 2 Cars, Parts & Vehicles > Car Parts > Mercedes-Benz 1 Seller 2 2d 4h
Item 3 Cars, Parts & Vehicles > Car Parts > Mercedes-Benz 1 Seller 3 18h
Item 4 Cars, Parts & Vehicles > Car Parts > Mercedes-Benz 1 Seller 3 18h
Item 5 Cars, Parts & Vehicles > Car Parts > Mercedes-Benz 1 Seller 3 18h
Item 6 Cars, Parts & Vehicles > Car Parts > Mercedes-Benz 1 Seller 4 5d 18h
Item 7 Cars, Parts & Vehicles > Car Parts > Mercedes-Benz 1 Seller 5 4d 5h
Item 8 Cars, Parts & Vehicles > Car Parts > Mercedes-Benz 1 Seller 6 7d 21h
Item 9 Cars, Parts & Vehicles > Car Tuning & Styling > Lights & Lighting Accessories 1 Seller 7 2d
Item 10 Computing > Monitors 1 Seller 8 2h
Item 11 Cars, Parts & Vehicles > Car Parts > Mercedes-Benz 1 Seller 9 <1h
Item 12 Cars, Parts & Vehicles > Cars > Mercedes-Benz 1 Seller 10 2d 6h
Item 13 Cars, Parts & Vehicles > Car Parts > Mercedes-Benz 1 Seller 11 9h
Item 14 Cars, Parts & Vehicles > Cars > Mercedes-Benz 2 Seller 12 1d 6h
Item 15 Cars, Parts & Vehicles > Car Parts > Mercedes-Benz 1 Seller 13 2h
Item 16 Cars, Parts & Vehicles > Car Parts > Mercedes-Benz 2 Seller 13 2h
Item 17 Cars, Parts & Vehicles > Car Parts > Mercedes-Benz 3 Seller 14 8d
Item 18 Cars, Parts & Vehicles > Car Parts > Mercedes-Benz 2 Seller 15 4d 5h
Item 19 Cars, Parts & Vehicles > Car Parts > Mercedes-Benz 2 Seller 16 8h
Item 20 Cars, Parts & Vehicles > Car Parts > Mercedes-Benz 1 Seller 17 6h
Item 21 Cars, Parts & Vehicles > Car Parts > Mercedes-Benz 1 Seller 17 6h
Item 22 Cars, Parts & Vehicles > Car Parts > Mercedes-Benz 2 Seller 18 1h
Item 23 Cars, Parts & Vehicles > Car Parts > Mercedes-Benz 2 Seller 19 4d 4h
Item 24 Cars, Parts & Vehicles > Car Parts > Mercedes-Benz 4 Seller 20 2d 19h
Item 25 Cars, Parts & Vehicles > Car Parts > Mercedes-Benz 1 Seller 21 1d 1h
Item 26 Cars, Parts & Vehicles > Car Parts > Mercedes-Benz 1 Seller 15 1d 7h
Item 27 Cars, Parts & Vehicles > Car Parts > Mercedes-Benz 1 Seller 9 5d 11h
Item 28 Cars, Parts & Vehicles > Car Parts > Mercedes-Benz 1 Seller 9 4d 4h
Item 29 Cars, Parts & Vehicles > Car Parts > Mercedes-Benz 1 Seller 9 5d 6h
Item 30 Cars, Parts & Vehicles > Car Parts > Mercedes-Benz 1 Seller 22 3d 22h

Bidders called "Bidder X" bidding on items from sellers named "Seller Y"? Scum!

-simon

 

[Howard]

can't make head nor tail of all that .....

 

[Ian B Walker]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1995-MERCEDES-...QQcmdZViewItem

Walks away , just too much damage to be an economical repair. But thanks for the thought.

 

[Flash]

W124 is a right mess!

PS. Nice shiny, brand spanking new Audi's in the background that have not even been PDI'd! Looks like the W124 is being stored at a Audi vehicle compound of some kind.

 

[LastMinute]

Bidders called "Bidder X" bidding on items from sellers named "Seller Y"? Scum!

Not necessarily dodgy:

As online shopping evolves, eBay continues to focus on preserving our marketplace's open and level playingfield whilst protecting our Community of members. We have decided to change how bid history information is displayed so unscrupulous people cannot target bidders with fake offers using this information. In certain cases, some bidders will no longer be able to see other bidder's User IDs on the listing page. Your User ID will be shown only to you and the seller of the item you're bidding on. Other members will see an anonymous name, such as Bidder 1, Bidder 2 etc.

Full announcement from eBay here.

 

[glojo]

Walks away , just too much damage to be an economical repair. But thanks for the thought.

Totally agree. It has had one heck of a bang!

John

 

[nick mercedes]

Totally agree. It has had one heck of a bang!

John

I would say that it looks far worse than it is, half a flitch, a wing, bonnet and headlight and it's back on the road again...

 

[grober]

Insurance write off?

Add a possible new front chassis leg+inner-wing +radiator +fan+ cowl+anti-roll bar plus mountings +-------------------I could go on but what's the point?? Its already flagged as an insurance write off. Shame seemed like a clean car before the accident. Non original wheels tho.

 

[SimonsMerc]

Not necessarily dodgy:


Full announcement from eBay here.

Yet another reason not to use ebay any more. If they hide *all* information about bidders, how are we to even guess if they were real or not?

-simon

 

[nick mercedes]

Add a possible new front chassis leg+inner-wing +radiator +fan+ cowl+anti-roll bar plus mountings +-------------------I could go on but what's the point?? Its already flagged as an insurance write off. Shame seemed like a clean car before the accident. Non original wheels tho.

All that's needed is another W124 and a mig, even allowing for the fact it's recorded it could still be a cheap car...

 

[nick mercedes]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1995-MERCEDES...09QQihZ010QQcategoryZ9855QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

This seems to have been bid into orbit...

£3300!

 

[KLP 92]

Damage isn't too bad, looks alot worst than it actually is. I would have budget £1500-2000 max for repairs to bring the car back to a very good standard. £6k won't buy a decent W124 cabrio with that sort of mileage, even if its a CAT D.

I would be more comfortable buying a salvage and fixing it myself rather than buy one repaired. At least i know the works done to a standard.

 

[big x]

This seems to have been bid into orbit...

£3300!

It's the new Ebay sport...print your own money shill bidding with a 100% certainty of success.

adam