BenzedUP
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the milage is abit too high on it i think but looks in gd condition thb im not a great fan of them mercs
What's this worth?
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andy_k
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Thmsshaun said:
No, not cheap. eBay is the place you go to look for things being sold at their current market value. several members have bought and sold cars on eBay and I don't think any have complained about their cars selling below what they were worth.
The recent glut of large engined older cars being offered for sale is no real coincidence, every time fuel prices rise the same things happen so it's no surprise they aren't selling for what they were a few months back.
Other things to consider are that all the bad publicity which MB have had over the past few years will also affect the reputation and therefore the price of older cars - people who don't know all the facts will just assume that the whole range is less reliable and more expensive to keep on the road than they thought.
On the subject of the 500E which sold for less than £6k, no surprise there either, in the past few months a fair few of these cars have been offered for sale, it's a specialist car and the market is limited, fuel costs apply, as do exorbitant insurance and a lot of families can't afford to run a "second car" of this calibre and if we are hojnest they are not really practical as a "daily driver". The more of them that appear for sale on eBay then the less the appeal of the exclusivity and hence the lower prices.
Let's not kid ourselves, like all cars, Mercs depreciate and if we want to sell them but nobody is willing to pay the asking price then we have two choices, lower the price or lose the sale. There is no middle ground where the buyer pays a bit more, they usually have a set budget and can always buy something else from a more realistic seller
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OK, so Baynards won't actually achieve that sale price, but a glance at the pictures confirms it is a quality unmolested example. It's also two years newer with a third of the mileage. Oh, and it's a 24 valver.
The one on E-bay has clearly been hashed about - dodgy suspension, as Janner points out, has the passenger door dropped? the armrest is completely knackered and the speakers in the doors do it no favours.
Add in doubts about the radiator and air-con - little wonder there have been no takers for a 15 year old car.
124 coupes and cabriolets are ever more being priced - and sold - on their condition, originality and specification and to a lesser degree, service history and documentation, with age pretty well immaterial.
If that was not the case, outfits like Charles Ironside and Silver Arrows would have folded long since!
Hence Baynards (admittedly ambitious) sticker price.
The one on E-bay has clearly been hashed about - dodgy suspension, as Janner points out, has the passenger door dropped? the armrest is completely knackered and the speakers in the doors do it no favours.
Add in doubts about the radiator and air-con - little wonder there have been no takers for a 15 year old car.
124 coupes and cabriolets are ever more being priced - and sold - on their condition, originality and specification and to a lesser degree, service history and documentation, with age pretty well immaterial.
If that was not the case, outfits like Charles Ironside and Silver Arrows would have folded long since!
Hence Baynards (admittedly ambitious) sticker price.
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