914 1.7L doesn't sell at $19K? Options

[JeffBowlsby]

So what is with the prices of 914s lately?

1973 1.7L doesn't sell for $19k?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...TRK%3AMEWA%3AIT

A 916 does not sell for $199k?

When did Z becomes a CW? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

[startsw/p]

I think a lot of guys list cars (and everything else for that matter) on Ebay to see what people are willing to bid. Would also help with an apraisal. You just set your reserve rediculously high (mind you it costs) and no one will ever buy it. Remember there are no Ebay cops. Also my dad and I have noticed that people will list collectibles just to advertise to the world, then end the auction early, hoping the real money will call on the phone. Guys that have the real money to buy a 916 call the broker and make an appointment to see it, then fly out and make the deal. Ebay is great for flea market or swap meet crap, but the big dollar stuff is dangerous. So are the second chance offers. By the way, if you want to know someone's reserve, and say the item is at $9.14 for example, with "reserve not met" all you have to do is bid a typo, like your next bid would be $915.00, then after it says you are the high bidder , just retract your bid, because it was an honest mistake. So we should have bid $999,999.00 on the 916, just to see what the repainted, undercoated, dash replaced museum car that can never be driven on the street would have sold for. Ebay is almost always a trap, feel free to discuss this with me anytime. -- Kris. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/givemebeer.gif)916 on ebay -- click here

Also, might I ad that what things sell for is not necessarily what they are really worth. However as the price of 914's goes up, so do the insurance premiums, and of course most importantly, my argument to the wife that it is really worth spending all my money and spare time building a 914/6.