TimB 102 Posted June 22 Did anyone else spot the MK5 estate on an auction web site that sold at the weekend for about £5.6K with fees. Within a day it's on eBay and already bids are up to £1K more. Can someone please save the classic car world from flippers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sheffieldcortinacentre 759 Posted June 22 (edited) Nope, it's down to greed. Unfortunately there's two problems Alot of the dealers can't afford to buy escorts anymore so are trying to push the price of cortinas up , problem is they don't evoke the same nostalgia in the customer base. Second they're believing they're own hype & think they're mike brewer that customers are all gullible idiots ( that will sell for peanuts & buy for mega money). It's all going to end in tears like the MK2 Jag/E type debacle of the early 90s. Edited June 22 by sheffieldcortinacentre Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lotuscops 80 Posted June 23 (edited) 16 hours ago, TimB said: Did anyone else spot the MK5 estate on an auction web site that sold at the weekend for about £5.6K with fees. Within a day it's on eBay and already bids are up to £1K more. Can someone please save the classic car world from flippers. 'Twas ever thus since the advent of Ebay Tim - you remember the old days when people ventured out looking for a car, today it's all done online after a few beers. Edited June 23 by Lotuscops updated Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J2S 164 Posted June 24 Been happening since car traders where born And few years after abay started that was the start of the big price mark ups and the then fords and others went crazy And with the good old eBay it's probably the New owner bidding up or realized just because it's in a auction and still about it must be all good And that will be the no in most cases Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
