If your looking on E-Bay then it's like getting into a "Used Car" salesmans head. There job is to sell. Mercedes Benz is a name to which "pristine", "excellence" and "prestiege" is the key word. They often feed off of the Mercedes name. Rapeing a would be normal hard working guys, who often have wanted to own a MB but couldn't afford it. Now that he's able to think about it a bit more he thinks he can buy a MB at good prices. Most people don't know the details of owning a car of 10-20 years old especially a MB. They'll pay $8-$10K on a 10-20 year old MB and wind up spending $5-$10k in the next several years for maintenance. I'd much rather own a MB with 150-250K and all the service records available to me.

There is much to be said about a car with a Paper Trail than Miles on a car.