ebay Griffith, now £3,000 more . . . like magic!
ebay Griffith, now £3,000 more . . . like magic!
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chrisroe89

Original Poster:

212 posts

160 months

Friday 22nd November 2013
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This car has changed hands and overnight, like magic is now worth an astonishing £3,000 more! Arbitrage in it's most basic form . . .

Original link:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/tvr-griffith-grifith-sal...

New link:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TVR-GRIFFITH-4LTR-HC-199...





MethylatedSpirit

2,097 posts

165 months

Friday 22nd November 2013
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The seller is known to buy salvage cars and sell them on for a tidy profit.


I'd say it was a very good price on the first listing considering it's minimal damage.

chrisroe89

Original Poster:

212 posts

160 months

Friday 22nd November 2013
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I agree, I would have bought it but was beaten to it by a couple of hours. I'm just sore lol.

Laser Sag

2,860 posts

272 months

Friday 22nd November 2013
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Its amazing that every single car they seem to sell was mint before it was damaged.

Chuggaboom

1,152 posts

277 months

Friday 22nd November 2013
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OMG !

hurl interior !!!

pjac67

2,040 posts

281 months

Friday 22nd November 2013
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I was offered this for £6k but not worth that in my book - is a 4.0 L engine with several £K to spend and then as Grant says you have the interior... and history (or lack of it...).

They have owned the 2000 Griff for 9 months now - don't they ever learn ?

Mark.

11,104 posts

305 months

Saturday 23rd November 2013
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pjac67 said:
... is a 4.0 L engine with several £K to spend and then as Grant says you have the interior... and history (or lack of it...).
And a the end of all that - it's stiff a Griff! wink

gerradiuk

1,669 posts

224 months

Saturday 23rd November 2013
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+£3000 sounds like good business, plus they are STILL in business in these challenging time's for anyone.

pjac67

2,040 posts

281 months

Saturday 23rd November 2013
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It's only good business if you sell them ..... and they seem to be trying to monopolize the damaged TVR market doing either no work with a huge mark up or 'repairing to paint stage for £500' (with mixed reviews) and an even bigger mark up....

I'm all for keeping TVR's on the road (especially Griffs) but some of the prices being asked is pricing out the 'DIY final stage to get back on the road' enthusiast ....

All IMHO of course, Paul.

gerradiuk

1,669 posts

224 months

Saturday 23rd November 2013
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Well if they get to expensive then they will go out of business.

slippery

14,093 posts

268 months

Sunday 24th November 2013
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Business attempts to make a profit. That's what businesses do.

heightswitch

6,322 posts

279 months

Sunday 24th November 2013
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Theres nothing to stop anyone whinging on here actually buying them??

The more of them arriving back up north the better !! Good spares availability in the NE.

Perhaps it is all the southern dealers selling them at 24 - 25k that is having the greatest effect on values!

All the cars being snapped up are openly advertised..The guys up in ashington are prepared to pay more and buy them in..Its these guys that you will all be running to eventually because they were prepared to put their money into the venture! and your spare parts will eventually start to dwindle.

N.



Edited by heightswitch on Sunday 24th November 12:27