Unreal

[getchasum]

All I can say is wow! I was buying these for under $30 not long ago.

eBay Motors: 1984-1987 Buick Grand National T Type GNX Front Signal (item 330284205789 end time Nov-12-08 18:30:10 PST)

 

[SFITurbo]

NO effen WAY!! That has got to be some kind of mistake

 

[gordyzx9r]

I have two of those NIB...didn't pay nearly that much.

 

[Gary Wells]

The last price that I saw on those about 3 or 4 months back was slightly less than the headlight bezels, or about $ 165 or so each, and that is damn high in itself.

 

[QuickBuick87]

A FOOL and his money parted once again.....unbelievable.

 

[getchasum]

A FOOL and his money parted once again.....unbelievable.

You got that right, but it took a few others to drive the price. When I first saw it I was thinking $75 max.

 

[klrv6]

Read the description:

"1984-1987 Buick Grand National T Type GNX Front turn signal. New, never installed, this is the driver side piece LH. No reserve, no returns and no warranty I will combine shipping on items that it is practical to do so. Small items are no problem, larger items at my discretion. I try to ship out within 1 day of the auction ending so contact me if you would like for me to wait and try to combine items. Please be sure to check my other auctions for more Turbo Buick items. Ships with $400 worth of crack. Thanks for looking

 

[gmpower]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[corsair231]

Oh great, now everybody will think they are worth $400.00.

 

[Gary Wells]

They are worth what someone is willing to pay for them. If somebody is willing to pay that, then so be it.

 

[Welby]

Read the description:

"Ships with $400 worth of crack. Thanks for looking

You can't say "crack" around here, man...

 

[David65]

Wow, glad I stocked up when the dealer had them for $23.

 

[corsair231]

They are worth what someone is willing to pay for them. If somebody is willing to pay that, then so be it.

Maybe, but for the one guy that was, it now may make several other guys try to sit on theirs to get that kind of money out of ones they have. I will drive with out one before I would pay that kind of money and I'm sure I'm not the only one so while they are waiting for the one big score they could have sold 10 at 1/8th of the price, still made money, and helped to keep these cars restorable/affordable for the people that have more sense than money.

This would keep more people in the hobby and keep people unafraid to drive a car they can fix instead of scared of doing anything other than just back and forth to a show. Cars that are driven tend to need more up keep than cars that are not. In other words, keep these cars on the road and the parts market stays stronger. Granted they do not make these any more and although it is a limited market, our cars are already sometimes worth more in parts than as a whole so this kind of thing can't be good for us. But, IMO, right now these parts are not rare enough to be commanding these kind of prices.

 

[Gary Wells]

For all we know, that might have been a shill bid. It also would not be the first time that somebody on E-scam got caught up in the feeding frenzy of the bidding and will "walk away" when it comes time to send money. I personally think that happens a lot more that either E-bay or the E-bay sellers would like for anybody to know about. I personally do n of know of anybody that would pay that unless they had a very pristine, extremely low mileage turbobrick that needed one in black. I would not pay it either under general circumstances, but I also would not begrudge the person that would / could. I think that most people that buy turbo Buicks are not aware of the costing of parts, and therefore I don't think that it effects the value of our cars other than to the true collectors of these cars. There again, all my opinion.