I reluctantly sold my 1987 Mercedes 300 TDT on Ebay this afternoon. The price has me in shock!!! $11,655 for a car that is 18 years old with 234,xxx miles. This car is in excellent condition but I thought that $9,000 would have been a really good price. Was I lucky or are good examples of this model bringing this kind of money with regularity. I'll miss the car terribly but the $$ in my pocket helps ease the pain.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4542359280&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOAS:US:3

Good going....let us know if the winning bidder actually goes through with the payment..........

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

that's funny- quite a bit more than I paid in £ for my '94 124.

Just make sure the buyer isn't from Nigeria and sends you a cheque for twice the amount...

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1993 320TE M104
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past:

1983 230E W123 M102
1994 E300D S124 OM606 (x2)
1967 250SE W108 M129
1972 280se 3.5 W108 M116
1980 280SE W116 M110
1980 350SE W116 M116
1992 300E W124 M103
1994 E280 W124 M104
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"music and women I cannot but give way to, whatever my business" -Pepys

When the buyer replies that he is from Nigeria and is sending a cahiers check.....

BEWARE

The buyer will reply something like this:

Geretnigs form Nigeria.. I am sew hppay to hvae wun teh bid!
I will be snednig a cashears chcek for mor tahn the amuont yoo hvae ask.
I haev a firned in US that will pcik up the vheicle at yor lcoation.
Cehck is in zee mial.

Cheers....Amed


Let us know how it goes

I hate to admit it but I left the exact car at a body shop after the rear cross member cracked. I think about that car all of the time, and wonder if it is still there.

I just lost out on an 87 300TD by $25 a few days ago. I bid 700 more that what I planned but oh well. I could have really used a wagon!

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1980 500SE/AMG Euro
1981 500SEL Euro
1982 380SEL
1983 300TD
1983 500SEC/AMG Euro
1984 500SEC
1984 300TD Euro
1986 190E 2.3-16
1986 190E 2.3
1987 300D
1997 C36 AMG
2003 C320T 4matic

past: 1969 280SE 4.5 | 1978 240D | 1978 300D | 1981 300SD | 1981 300SD | 1982 300CD | 1983 300CD | 1983 300SD | 1983 380SEC | 1984 300D | 1984 300D | 1984 300TD | 1984 500SEL | 1984 300SD | 1985 300D | 1986 300E | 1986 560SEL | 1986 560SEL/Carat | 1987 560SEC | 1991 300D 2.5 | 2006 R350

The way Ebay works it was unlikely to be just $25 dollars.....that other dibber may have had a proxy of $1k more than you did for all you know.

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

The only way to win on item on Ebay is to use a sniping program that bids in the last 10-20 seconds.

If you bid throughout the auction, all you are successful in doing is bidding up the price of the item. People want to bid as little as possible, and only raise their bids when they have time to react to other bids.

By bidding at the very end of the auction, they don't have time to react.

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Paul S.

2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior.
79,200 miles.

1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".

Wow... this is great for you Honeygrove. Don't worry, judging by the winning bidder's feedback, he'll probably go through with the purchase.

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1999 Mercedes-Benz S600, 103K miles - garage queen
1988 Mercedes-Benz 560SEL, 89K miles - daily driver
2007 Hyundai Sonata Limited, 31K - daily driver

I recieved the initial $500 deposit through pay pal yesterday along with an email requesting wire instructions. The car is going back home to Germany