Low mileage Manchester Meteor!

mountainmanUK · Post by **mountainmanUK** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 6:38 pm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1990-CITROEN-BX-1 ... dZViewItem

Is this the same one that was advertised with no MOT and a broken rear screen a couple of months ago? Looks very much like it!

cavmad · Post by **cavmad** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 7:06 pm

"No bids of 50p or £1.00". No shit Sherlock, it'd be a bit hard when the opening price is £150 wouldn't it?

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:38 pm

Tidy looking motor even with Xantia wheeltrims!

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:54 pm

Does look nice that, & super low mileage to boot....& 12mths mot, got to be worth it for that alone these days, add a bit of tax & off you go

.

nstarmore · Post by **nstarmore** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 6:45 am

cavmad wrote:"No bids of 50p or £1.00". No shit Sherlock, it'd be a bit hard when the opening price is £150 wouldn't it?

Sounds like a bit of a knob to me, 2 feedback and on 2 of the items he says bid 50p or a pound and you will not win, well not being funny but if you don't set a reserve then thats how it works, tit! Does seem like a decent car though and to go against all the (uneccasary) xantia bashing I actually quite like those trims.

cavmad · Post by **cavmad** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 4:11 pm

Someone (on another forum) was telling me he placed a relatively low bid on a no reserve car on eay to chance his arm as it were. Within an hour the seller sent him a stinging e-mail asking him why he only bid such a low amount

-blah-blah and launched into a quite vicious personal attack!
Where do these people come from? They're hardly attracting bidders with their strangely worded listings are they?

PiLsY. · Post by **PiLsY.** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:06 am

Remember the Red TZD up in Manchester I won for £265? He phoned me the evening before the morning I was supposed to pick it up and said that it had developed a water pump leak and lost all its coolant and wasn't driveable. Two days later it was back on the bay saying non paying bidder and all that bollocks and it went for £525. That was just some old guy too, couldn't exactly go raging round to his house. Most people see ebay and ebayers in general as faceless, and therefore apply no courtesy or respect to them. Wrong really, but what can you do?

Passed this to stu hedges to see if he fancies a pop at it to replace his.

Matt.

stuart_hedges · Post by **stuart_hedges** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:11 am

It looks like a goody, but money from the insurance claim *still* hasn't appeared

Also lots of evil people keep whispering "XM" into my ear...

PiLsY. · Post by **PiLsY.** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:53 am

Its still on £150 though mate.... Doesn't look like it'll even get a bid.

It's an oppurtunity to stick with what you know and what you were happy with, and don't forget its got a full 12 months ticket. For £150 thats a bloody steal mate. The MOT is worth that alone, regardless of the car around it. That's not even concidering the low mileage and the condition. If I didn't have 3 already I'd be bidding now mate.

Your insurance shouldn't change, so your only real outlay would be the tax, which is a month by month cost anyway for any car. I take it you've claimed back the tax on your old one already?

Surely you could beg, borrow or steal £150 together until your claim comes through? I'd almost guarantee that that's the reserve, and if not you're there for a second chance offer from the seller anyway. Most people do use it these days if something doesn't sell...

G'wan my son, take a punt at it

stuart_hedges · Post by **stuart_hedges** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 10:36 am

I'll be here at my computer when the bidding ends so we'll see what happens

Now then - how the hell do I get to Manchester... I could pick it up on Sunday or Monday, in theory... Hm...!

cavmad · Post by **cavmad** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:30 am

Should be plenty of rail links to Manchester Stuart. Let the train take the strain and all that.

Way2go · Post by **Way2go** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 12:36 pm

cavmad wrote:"No bids of 50p or £1.00". No shit Sherlock, it'd be a bit hard when the opening price is £150 wouldn't it?

And when he has a reserve thats even higher!