Cant hold it off any longer.

big_steve · Post by **big_steve** » Wed May 16, 2007 9:09 pm

Yep, she's on ebay

I want something modified now and i dont think i could do it to the Sceptre. Ive been brain bashing about it for a while now one minute ill do it, next i just cant. So im going to sell it to someone who wants to keep it original and ill buy something like a Ford that i can modify easily. Any takers????

giggles · Post by **giggles** » Thu May 17, 2007 6:54 am

If you think modding a Sceptre is difficult, try modding a Mark 5 Hawk.

big_steve · Post by **big_steve** » Thu May 17, 2007 12:55 pm

What gets me is the fact its had hundreds of views, stacks of watchers but no one even makes a "risky" offer

Mind you, i suppose 75% of the watchers are off the various forums to see if it sells....

Ive had a lot of phone calls but mainly from people up north. Why do people ask such silly questions? "is the paint immaculate?" and "does it have a lot of body roll?"

Its a 40 year old car and it will always want something doing, i think some people expect a Rolls Royce for 50p

I think its a decent car for an accepted price of £900 but then its my car so i suppose im biased

giggles · Post by **giggles** » Thu May 17, 2007 7:47 pm

Put a bigger for sale in wondow when it's parked up outside your house, we couldn't read it when we drove past tonight. Couldn't stop as we were late for Beavers.

big_steve · Post by **big_steve** » Fri May 18, 2007 8:44 am

Ive never been late for a beaver in my life.....

giggles · Post by **giggles** » Fri May 18, 2007 1:46 pm

Oooo er!

big_steve · Post by **big_steve** » Sun May 20, 2007 4:05 pm

I dont understand it. Ive had 1600 + hits, over 60 watchers and only one person has bothered putting an offer in. Ive had offers by people looking here at my home but only one on the bay. Why watch a buy now???

Youre either interested or youre not, its not an auction where bids are thrown in at the last minute, they are watching it for no reason whatsoever. Ive been offered a swap, and to be honest i might well take it. Its beginning to dawn on me that ebay is the worst place to sell a car. They want a perfect car with mot and tax for a hundred quid. I know damn well its not gonna sell on there, im leaving it on there to get my moneys worth of advertising

A chap on retro rides pm'd me and said ebay is full of dreamers and dealers who want something for nothing. Seems its true. Moan...rant etc etc....

archie001 · Post by **archie001** » Sun May 20, 2007 8:31 pm

I've just sold a car on said website it was a nightmare. People seem to come and view afterwards, then if its not A1 condition for a couple of hundred quid moan and threaten to take you to court.

Moan Rant, huh...

big_steve · Post by **big_steve** » Sun May 20, 2007 8:41 pm

Think ill end the listing, slam it to the floor, chuck some rims on it, take the bumpers off, chuck a V8 in it and cruise

turbinecol · Post by **turbinecol** » Mon May 21, 2007 11:05 am

To be honest, decent Sceptres in the condition people expect of a classic, maybe like all the restored MGBs they see every day, are just not there unless one is prepared to spend a couple of grand at least.

Restoration to that 'MGB' level is not really an option either because of lack of trim, fittings and interest in the marque from specialists.

For Sceptres, you need a big wad of cash to buy the best you can, probably from a dealer or private ad. These only come up once in a blue moon. Ebay is not really the answer. It is a false economy.

Bizarre that people are watching it on buy it now - perhaps you will get some offers when that expires? Could you finish the roof of. Maybe that would make it more desirable?

big_steve · Post by **big_steve** » Mon May 21, 2007 6:25 pm

Its gone

A guy wanted to look at it and liked it.
Just as i was thinking about keeping it, it went. (well, being collected wednesday)