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08-17-2009, 11:28 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Kansas City,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Unique Motorcars 289 FIA
Posts: 711
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Not to throw any fuel on the fire, because I don't care one way or the other, but...
a simple google search of the city and state listed in the eBay auction, along with the word "Cobra" in the search term, produced this:
http://www.mikemulcahy.com/ |
08-17-2009, 01:22 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Granite Bay,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF GT40P-2265/393W, KMP318 (PROJECT!!!!!)/CSX478
Posts: 1,158
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tcrist
Quote from Ebay add,
"Don't let some POSER put these on his ERA or Kirkham Street Replica!!!"
Some people just don't get it do they?
Terry
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I guess I should reread the add, I didn't see the line quoted.
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Ron R
"Dishwasher? I thought that was for cleaning parts!?"
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08-17-2009, 01:24 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
Posts: 22,011
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Igofastr
I guess I should reread the add, I didn't see the line quoted.
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It was removed from the original ad after the folks here started poking fun at the guy. That led to speculation that not only was he watching this thread, but that he came to the obvious conclusion that a sale to one of the morons that actually bought a Kirkham or ERA was probably his best target audience.  |
08-17-2009, 01:28 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Granite Bay,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF GT40P-2265/393W, KMP318 (PROJECT!!!!!)/CSX478
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I see that now. Not a great idea to tick off potential buyers, eh. Marketing 101, I suppose.
Well, now that I know what he really thinks of me, I guess I won't be buying them after all. 
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Ron R
"Dishwasher? I thought that was for cleaning parts!?"
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08-17-2009, 02:28 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 539, a Ton of Aluminum
Posts: 9,591
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Igofastr
I see that now. Not a great idea to tick off potential buyers, eh. Marketing 101, I suppose.
Well, now that I know what he really thinks of me, I guess I won't be buying them after all. |
It sounds like to me that he's selling off the orginal wheels now that he has the molds done for a run of reproductions. I wonder how much the reproductions will run. A fellow CC member sent me a link to a December 2008 ad for some Sunburst wheels in magnesium, but I must have missed the ad way back when.
If the price were right (to me), and I owned a street car, then I couldn't care less what the seller thought of me. At lkeast that sounds good in theory.  |
08-17-2009, 02:30 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 539, a Ton of Aluminum
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Now if the guy just made some reproduction magnesium Halibrand Cobra II S/C wheels... 
Then his phone would be ringing. |
08-17-2009, 02:49 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RodKnock
If the price were right (to me), and I owned a street car, then I couldn't care less what the seller thought of me. At lkeast that sounds good in theory. |
It's actually easier doing business with people that dislike you. With them you're less likely to make the mistake of leaving yourself vulnerable because you know they would jump at the chance to screw you over.  |
08-17-2009, 02:57 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Driftwood,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Contemporary Cobra, 427 side oiler
Posts: 1,850
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RodKnock
Now if the guy just made some reproduction magnesium Halibrand Cobra II S/C wheels... Then his phone would be ringing. |
Well, provided they weren't $700/each. |
08-17-2009, 03:01 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 539, a Ton of Aluminum
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Quote:
Originally Posted by patrickt
It's actually easier doing business with people that dislike you. With them you're less likely to make the mistake of leaving yourself vulnerable because you know they would jump at the chance to screw you over. |
Kinda like what the famous General Sun Tzu said back in 400 BC: "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer." |
09-01-2009, 09:33 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 539, a Ton of Aluminum
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The Sunburst wheels on eBay didn't sell at $6,250, so the seller decided to raise the price. I know this strategery well.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...=STRK:MEWAX:IT |
09-12-2009, 10:45 PM
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: California,
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Cobra Make, Engine: NAF 289 Slabside Early Comp Car with 289 Webers and all the goodies. Cancelling the efforts of several Priuses
Posts: 6,592
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It could also be a case of creating a price point for an almost non existant product, made by someone willing to go to the expense of having the wheels produced. It's been done before..........has anyone ever asked you what "something" was worth.
There was a set of Original magnesium FIA wheels a few months ago advertised for $8k!.
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As you slide down the Banister of Life, may the splinters never be pointing the wrong way
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