Granatrot

[rsporsche]

this is going to be an interesting auction. i know it will be a well presented car. surely some little things ahead, but the majority of all the important things appear to be in perfect order. one of the most desirable colors, my favorite wheels, great interior. one of the few '74s with the rear wheel arch covers in great shape over the bumper braces.

i think this car needs some pink Beru plugs in it ... just to work with the granatrot. surely that will get noticed by the cognoscenti of BaT - right?

 

[bluecoupe30!]

I have been flagging dumbass statements as "unconstructive"

Dumbass statements are only outdone by Jackass actions :

 

[HB Chris]

this is going to be an interesting auction. i know it will be a well presented car. surely some little things ahead, but the majority of all the important things appear to be in perfect order. one of the most desirable colors, my favorite wheels, great interior. one of the few '74s with the rear wheel arch covers in great shape over the bumper braces.

i think this car needs some pink Beru plugs in it ... just to work with the granatrot. surely that will get noticed by the cognoscenti of BaT - right?

I need pink Berus for my Chamonix coupe!

 

[adawil2002]

@HB Chris, you have e-mail.

 

[rsporsche]

I need pink Berus for my Chamonix coupe!

i have some, but they are not the right model. they are dark pink ... just not the correct ones. i have the light pink ones you gave me many years ago.

 

[Candia4441]

Here is a 74 3.0CS that I will be representing on BaT in the next two months or so. Doug Park shot the photos which were submitted and I have prepared the description. I have to admit that even though it is not mine I am a bit nervous as we know how brutal and ignorant the commenters can be. I will let the Forum know when it goes live so all of you can chime in!

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what a nice Malaga color it is one of the nicest BMW color.

 

[Candia4441]

Love those gold 16 inch BBS, they look good on Fjord cars too. Not my Coupe by the way.

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the wheels are look bigger than 16" do you know the owner, will you confirm the size.

 

[HB Chris]

It is not Malaga, did you not see the title of this thread? Wheels are staggered BBS 7” and 8” 16” wheels.

 

[HB Chris]

Everything has been accepted and approved, listing might go live within 48 hours. We specified no weekend listing.

 

[Dick Steinkamp]

Everything has been accepted and approved, listing might go live within 48 hours. We specified no weekend listing.

I've wondered about the pros and cons of a weekend listing close.

One theory is that people are more likely to be home on the weekend and/or have the flexibility to be in a position to bid. With BaT you can't place a "proxy" bid. You have to be at your computer or phone at the time the suction is closing....and "closing" can take an hour or more due to BaTs rule that the clock resets to 2 minutes remaining any time a bid is made after the scheduled close. Being in a meeting, on a conference call, lunch with a client, out of cell range, etc. can limit the bidders.

 

[lip277]

I think folks doing the work from home thing (as I am doing these days) allows a certain amount of multitasking of personal activities during that time. If I am sitting at my desk doing 'work stuff' - I may be able to have a second computer open monitoring my personal email or BaT or... whatever. Working in that manner makes it easy to do that during this time.
Weekends may allow more personal time - but that is also when folks are out and about and... not tied to a phone or computer or such. Weekday auctions (I think) would have a more reliable audience and are thus able to receive more visibility than those on weekends. And with that visibility, I think, comes higher interest in the auction and bid values and so on....

 

[Markos]

I think folks doing the work from home thing (as I am doing these days) allows a certain amount of multitasking of personal activities during that time. If I am sitting at my desk doing 'work stuff' - I may be able to have a second computer open monitoring my personal email or BaT or... whatever. Working in that manner makes it easy to do that during this time.
Weekends may allow more personal time - but that is also when folks are out and about and... not tied to a phone or computer or such. Weekday auctions (I think) would have a more reliable audience and are thus able to receive more visibility than those on weekends. And with that visibility, I think, comes higher interest in the auction and bid values and so on....

Totally agree!

 

[Stevehose]

The eBay geeks will say the best results are auctions that end Sunday evening. When I sold guitars I always made mine end at 10pm Eastern. I've found great deals on stuff that ended weekday mornings because fewer people are around then to bid.

 

[Dick Steinkamp]

The eBay geeks will say the best results are auctions that end Sunday evening. When I sold guitars I always made mine end at 10pm Eastern. I've found great deals on stuff that ended weekday mornings because fewer people are around then to bid.

I did the same when I sold cars on eBay. I had them end at 6PM Sunday Pacific time. I probably learned that from the same eBay Geeks.

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[dang]

They should allow proxy bidding.

 

[tferrer]

In discussions with BaT, their data showed Wed and Thursdays yielded the highest closing % but that was a while ago before they started pumping so many cars through the system...

 

[teahead]

Took them 5 weeks to list my 2002.

Seems like record time if they list this e9 in the next few days

 

[HB Chris]

It might not be as quick as we thought

 

[Dick Steinkamp]

In discussions with BaT, their data showed Wed and Thursdays yielded the highest closing % but that was a while ago before they started pumping so many cars through the system...

By highest closing % to you mean lowest RNM?

 

[tferrer]

By highest closing % to you mean lowest RNM?

Highest closing ratio...