Just in case anyone wants one...

[Chris Perkins 228]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1982-TRIUMPH-TR7-35-...1QQcmdZViewItem

That's me selling it, under a different 'non coin' id.

If anyone from the forum buys it, I'll send you a free CCGB each you for life!

[krasnaya_vityaz 0]

Actually my 11 year old daughter would love to have it, for a 23 yr old car with a 5 speed and only 35K miles, that is not a bad price. Ta bad it is in the UK and we are here. Otherwise I would buy it, and drive it for the next 10 years gingerly and then let her have it as her show car.

[Chris Perkins 228]

I don't know how much shipping would be! Nor do I actually know where you are, you seem to be a citizen of the world.

[krasnaya_vityaz 0]

I don't know how much shipping would be! Nor do I actually know where you are, you seem to be a citizen of the world.

I don't know where I am sometimes But I only know I would like to be living on the Costa Del Sol, or in Algarves in Iberia right now.

[Unknown 0]

What a beauty!

If I was single I would be buying it right now!

[Chris Perkins 228]

There's another seat for the wife Juan. Also useful for bags of potatoes...Whatever you prefer really.

[Peter 615]

I can remember the joys of owning a British Leyland product (Morris Marina 1.8 Super coupe delux)....thank god I got a company car

when it started using oil and petrol in equal proportions.

[Chris Perkins 228]

They weren't all like that you know, although they did have a habit of knocking up designs and then throwing a few hundred thousand cars together just out of what they could find in the parts bin!

Mainly because they never had any money. They did of course have a striking workforce too! And when they weren't on strike they were often plain sloppy.

The workers that built the EU Triumph that I currently have on eBay (hence the registration) seemed like they knew what they were doing, purely because it still goes and consists mainly of non oxidised steel!

[Unknown 0]

There's another seat for the wife Juan. Also useful for bags of potatoes...Whatever you prefer really.

Yes, but I think she would not allow me to part with the cash... I just bought a Volvo S70 automatic because of my back, the manual I had before made the pain worst, so no way she would allow me to have a second car just for the kicks of it...

[Guest Guest]

I hope you put your hat on the parcel shelf.

[Peter 615]

OOPS....Looks like you've caught a wild one with the car.

Fingers X for you.

[Chris Perkins 228]

Yes and no contact yet! I emailed last night. You'd think that most people, when they win a car they'd be ready and eager at the email wouldn't you!

There was however a chap that took it for a test drive and was very interested. He was 3rd on the bidding, so I know at least that'd he'd probably have it for £900.

[Coppers 58]

Just in case your buyer does not come through, here's a link to ebay's policy on the subject.

Ebay Link

[krasnaya_vityaz 0]

Did you notice your high bidder is a negative feedbag kind of bloke? Too bad you can't have cancelled his bid before the auction ended.

[Chris Perkins 228]

I didn't want in the last few minutes. No contact yet. I've sent him a message giving him 24hrs before I offer it to others.

[Unknown 0]

I thought it would have gone for much more than that, that is a surprise...

I hope you can resolve the issue with the buyer and get your cash!

[Chris Perkins 228]

I was expecting something like that. Had it been a perfect example and a convertible then it would have gone for 5x as much.

I've just emailed an underbidder who was kind enough to come and see it twice and take it for a test drive.

He can have it for £900 and I'll report the buyer to email, flag it as a non paying bidder and hopefully get the ebay fees back!

[Chris Perkins 228]

It turns out that the winner called the custodian of the car (my dad) and arracnged to go and get it today at midday. But, he never turned up, and now he has half an hour before dad offers it to the underbidder (who is still very keen).

[Peter 615]

Don't you have to give the neg man him a bit more time?

He has made contact.......and maybe there is a valid reason he didn't make it.

[Chris Perkins 228]

He knew where the car was parked. My theory is that he saw it, didn't like it and simply went home and won't make contact. Or even worse, he nicked it! (dad hasn't checked yet, but I suppose that's pretty unlikely as I have his address).

And I can't waste time, there are other TR7's and I want mine to go to the man who showed the most interest ASAP, before he finds another.

[guyincog 0]

You can block people with negative feedback from bidding (my account->preferences->buyer requirements).

Worth doing IMO. They are rarely worth the trouble.

Not foolproof of course - they can just register a new account and be back at 0 - but it does make things a bit harder for them.

[Chris Perkins 228]

I think with more expensive things I'll make it so that they have to have at least 10 positive.

Good job it doesn't happen with coins. You coin people are an honest reliable lot aren't you, which is one of the things that keeps me doing it. You hear all kinds of horror stories about trading online, fortunately they rarely affect coin transactions.

Give yourselves all a pat on the back.

[Chris Perkins 228]

It's sold and gone

It went to the 3rd place man, who showed the most interest. Dad collected £950 in real cash money for it.

I'm quite sad actually, because that was a damned good car. There aren't many TR7's these days that you'd be comfortable to drive to the Czech border and back again.

Soon (when I sell the other one), I'll be without a Triumph for the first time in 10 years! I must get another!

[krasnaya_vityaz 0]

My heart and wallet yearn for a Jaguar, convertible.

[Chris Perkins 228]

Late convertible XJS's are cheap, or at least relatively so compared to an XK8 convertible (like the one the baddy had in the Iceland chase on Ice in that recent Bond film).

It bothers me that they are owned by Ford though, and in fact share the same chassis as the Aston Martin DB7 (also owned by Ford!).