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**jocko** · 02-09-2012, 11:43 PM

It has 4 bids on it and is at $6100. Apparently the reserve is met...?? Holy cow, now I know this will get bid up higher - but why take that risk?? If suddenly people stopped bidding, this seller would completely screw himself... Or he's so confident it will get run up high - and it probably will, but why risk it? it's a nice short fleet ochre/white.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1972-...19bfd639#v4-41

sbc10guy · 02-10-2012, 12:27 AM

9600 now, but yah what a nice truck, i wouldn't take the chance.

oldschool18 · 02-10-2012, 12:54 AM

alot of guys will get a friend to bid on it so he can get the price up and have a low reserve. OK heres a Q?........these trucks and blazer whith a nicely done restoration go for lets say 15k to 25k that blazer roush did topped out on ebay at 45k, now a camaro same years or close to it go on BJ auction and top out way over 100k......now i dont understand how people can ask the prices they do for some of these trucks and blazers, I have seen them stripped down no drive train rusted out and there asking 4 to 5 k for them when there is no return you would have more in it then what you would prob ever get back out of it if you had to sell it.

**special-K** · 02-10-2012, 07:05 AM

You don't have to do anything crooked like have a "buddy" bid a vehicle up. You can just "pull it" near the end if it's not going your way. This seller didn't,but you can say the vehicle is being offered for sale locally and you reserve the right to end the auction early. This will also get interested parties contacting you and making offers.

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Originally Posted by oldschool18

alot of guys will get a friend to bid on it so he can get the price up and have a low reserve. OK heres a Q?........these trucks and blazer whith a nicely done restoration go for lets say 15k to 25k that blazer roush did topped out on ebay at 45k, now a camaro same years or close to it go on BJ auction and top out way over 100k......now i dont understand how people can ask the prices they do for some of these trucks and blazers, I have seen them stripped down no drive train rusted out and there asking 4 to 5 k for them when there is no return you would have more in it then what you would prob ever get back out of it if you had to sell it.

Why ask why? Some people would rather have a truck than a Camaro...like me. In my eyes they are vehicles I love,not investments.

VA72C10 · 02-10-2012, 01:28 AM

A lot of times guys have friends bid up the auctions to a set price...then if it gets to the last day and the top bidder is still a friend and/or the price isn't where they want it they will pull the auction and start it over...

oldschool18 · 02-10-2012, 10:44 AM

special k I sooner have a truck than a camaro too, and to me my truck is my truck. but if i was going to sell it i would be able to get what i paid out of it. the point was how can people ask such high prrices on trucks when the truck is in such poor shape?

BuiltwithIvy · 02-10-2012, 10:48 AM

and there were a lot more trucks made than camaros, and I can drop 100k into a camaro without blinking an eye, the truck is a little harder(not by much, well if i had the money)

screamin_c10 · 02-10-2012, 05:41 PM

Nice looking truck... however with the scams that are run on Ebay and Clist and the fact that the seller has 0 feedback I would be very hesitant to shell out hard earned cash on this one...

**jocko** · 02-10-2012, 06:07 PM

good catch on the feedback, I didn't see that. But then again, any ebay gold or red or something star ratings gotta start somewhere. Special K and the rest - interesting, I hadn't thought of some of the scams, or not-so-scammies, that you mentioned people run. Probably happens all the time and I never even realized it. Hmmm. One born every minute.

This guy at least deserves the benefit of the doubt. But, personally, I LOVE that ebay is a great sales venue, however I wish they would just make sellers list NO RESERVE and the sellers would show the starting price at their lowest selling price. That way - if folks want to bid it up - they can have at it if it's worth it to them, the seller never gets less than they want, and the rest of us clowns would stop wasting time watching things that will never sell. My 2 cents, but that would remove the incentive of many of the scams.

02-09-2012, 11:43 PM	#1
jocko Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Godley, TX Posts: 17,975	hey, look at this ebay cheyenne and tell me if I'm missing something here.... It has 4 bids on it and is at $6100. Apparently the reserve is met...?? Holy cow, now I know this will get bid up higher - but why take that risk?? If suddenly people stopped bidding, this seller would completely screw himself... Or he's so confident it will get run up high - and it probably will, but why risk it? it's a nice short fleet ochre/white. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1972-...19bfd639#v4-41

02-10-2012, 12:27 AM	#2
sbc10guy Registered User Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Eau Claire, Wisconsin Posts: 415	Re: hey, look at this ebay cheyenne and tell me if I'm missing something here.... 9600 now, but yah what a nice truck, i wouldn't take the chance. __________________ 1969 shortbed c/10 1998 GMC sierra

02-10-2012, 12:54 AM	#3
oldschool18 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Hollidaysburg, PA Posts: 785	Re: hey, look at this ebay cheyenne and tell me if I'm missing something here.... alot of guys will get a friend to bid on it so he can get the price up and have a low reserve. OK heres a Q?........these trucks and blazer whith a nicely done restoration go for lets say 15k to 25k that blazer roush did topped out on ebay at 45k, now a camaro same years or close to it go on BJ auction and top out way over 100k......now i dont understand how people can ask the prices they do for some of these trucks and blazers, I have seen them stripped down no drive train rusted out and there asking 4 to 5 k for them when there is no return you would have more in it then what you would prob ever get back out of it if you had to sell it. __________________ _________________________________ 62 Impala 70 C-10 LWB 71 K-10 SWB 85 C-10 LWB==SOLD 01 2500 HD Members Met......2003Silverado (Dave)

02-10-2012, 01:28 AM	#5
VA72C10 VA72C10 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Midlothian, VA Posts: 25,267	Re: hey, look at this ebay cheyenne and tell me if I'm missing something here.... A lot of times guys have friends bid up the auctions to a set price...then if it gets to the last day and the top bidder is still a friend and/or the price isn't where they want it they will pull the auction and start it over... __________________ Looking for a 67-72 swb or blazer project in or around VA.

02-10-2012, 10:44 AM	#6
oldschool18 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Hollidaysburg, PA Posts: 785	Re: hey, look at this ebay cheyenne and tell me if I'm missing something here.... special k I sooner have a truck than a camaro too, and to me my truck is my truck. but if i was going to sell it i would be able to get what i paid out of it. the point was how can people ask such high prrices on trucks when the truck is in such poor shape? __________________ _________________________________ 62 Impala 70 C-10 LWB 71 K-10 SWB 85 C-10 LWB==SOLD 01 2500 HD Members Met......2003Silverado (Dave)

02-10-2012, 10:48 AM	#7
BuiltwithIvy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Ithaca NY Posts: 251	Re: hey, look at this ebay cheyenne and tell me if I'm missing something here.... and there were a lot more trucks made than camaros, and I can drop 100k into a camaro without blinking an eye, the truck is a little harder(not by much, well if i had the money) __________________ "To speak of the art of one loom, the art of one river, the art of one tractor, or the art of one automobile is not preposterous; it is to point to the size and importance of the gap between general knowledge and situated knowledge" - James C. Scott 1969 C10 - http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=492064 1930 Tudor Sedan

02-10-2012, 05:41 PM	#8
screamin_c10 I dun gradjiated collij!!! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: St. Helens Oregon Posts: 1,751	Re: hey, look at this ebay cheyenne and tell me if I'm missing something here.... Nice looking truck... however with the scams that are run on Ebay and Clist and the fact that the seller has 0 feedback I would be very hesitant to shell out hard earned cash on this one... __________________ Built NOT Bought. Viper Red 1971 LWB C10 355 Vortec W/700R4 4/5 drop AKA Screamin' You are missed! 2006 F150 XLT 5.4L Triton Rollin' on 22s the "F1" 67 C20 PS/AC/327/TH400 we call 'er "Bessie" 67 Malibu PS/ZR1-LS1 Brakes/350 Vortec/700R4 2/2 drop on 18" 338s - Tracy's "Boo" Boosted '67 Cougar EFI 5.0 HO roller motor/T5/8.8 Tracloc/ 4 wheel disks - "Project Panther" 79 Honda Z50 - stretched, cafe'd and hotrodded 125CC Lifan/5spd FEAR THE MONKEY!

02-10-2012, 06:07 PM	#9
jocko Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Godley, TX Posts: 17,975	Re: hey, look at this ebay cheyenne and tell me if I'm missing something here.... good catch on the feedback, I didn't see that. But then again, any ebay gold or red or something star ratings gotta start somewhere. Special K and the rest - interesting, I hadn't thought of some of the scams, or not-so-scammies, that you mentioned people run. Probably happens all the time and I never even realized it. Hmmm. One born every minute. This guy at least deserves the benefit of the doubt. But, personally, I LOVE that ebay is a great sales venue, however I wish they would just make sellers list NO RESERVE and the sellers would show the starting price at their lowest selling price. That way - if folks want to bid it up - they can have at it if it's worth it to them, the seller never gets less than they want, and the rest of us clowns would stop wasting time watching things that will never sell. My 2 cents, but that would remove the incentive of many of the scams.



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