I bought my firebird on ebay and I am so happy, the seller was great and the car was better than expected. Just wondering If anyone elce bought thier car on Ebay and how they liked it. And to kep it technical, do you think you get better deals online or better deals locally?



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Did you buy it already as a stroker?

 

I bought mine sort of through ebay. I was the high bidder for $7500 this past May but did not meet the reserve. He said he wanted $9k or $9500. He said he had 2 other people really serious about buying it.

Well a month later, he emailed me and said the other 2 people never contacted him and we made a deal for $8k and he met me in Houston.

The seller mentioned just about everything but did miss on 3 items: quarter size dent on front quarter panel, missing passenger side seat belt holder (that goes on seat) and a small crack in the auto shift plate. Other than that it was just as he described. I have been very happy with it.

As for deals online, yes you do get better deals there but buyer beware as ask for tons of pics and tons of questions. The sellers that are willing to send pics, even videos, and answer every question in detail, go for it.

But if the are slow and the pics aren't clear and they are answers are somewhat questionable, shy away. There are always plenty of nice cars out there and most sellers want to show off their cars' good and bad points and sell it to a good home.

Also, a little luck has to be involved as if you are looking for a particular car and it is in your area, as mine was, (within 300 miles), you will save yourself at least $700 on shipping.

Hope this helps!!!

Manny

 

I sold mine on e-bay.

 

Yea it was a stroker when i bought it.

I only paid 4,900 too

 

I bought mine off of the Classifieds on this site

 

I bought mine off of the Classifieds on this site as well.

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hey 89transam, was your car from the Long Beach area?? I think I saw your car on ebay a few months ago. It looked really nice.

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Yep thats the one. I would post the link to the auction but its been 30 days and I forgot to save it.

 

Well said!!Like they always say "A picture can tell a 1000 words" I myself have sold a couple 3rd gens and am about to sell another, I am always descriptive and am lucky enough to own a Dig camera to take tons of pics and host them off my own site. You should always be detailed about the product not doing so can breech the contract. Like I said you can never be too descriptive, You will see a few paragraphs on my auctioned cars. A person that has 1 or 2 pics can sometimes be hiding something, which u dont want
I feel ebay is the best place to find the deals, its just depends where its located at and if you want to drive that far to pick it up.

 

I bought mine off this site but was lookin on ebay yesterday & saw CarNDrver's 91 on there...it was @ $7500 w/ reserve met...it's closed now before auction ended so I'm assuming he sold it locally....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cg...ndexURL=0&rd=1

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Yep, I sold it locally. I still have it...I am waiting on funds to get transferred from out of the country. He has already given me $3K...still owes me the rest...and just so everyone knows...it sold for more than $7,500.