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Old 21-12-2005, 04:15 PM   #1
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This is why forums are good, you can get some basic information so you don't get ripped off on eBay

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Ford-Falcon-F...QQcmdZViewItem

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Old 21-12-2005, 04:29 PM   #2
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I feel like saying something to them. How bloody dumb to you have to be?
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Old 21-12-2005, 04:35 PM   #3
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If you buy two of his brand, you can expect a 24 rwKw increase for only 200 odd bucks.
That means the genuine ones at motortraders/ford at only 30 odd bucks are only worth 4rwkw as they are only all black.
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too many only's me thinks
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Old 21-12-2005, 04:38 PM   #5
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Just to add insult to injury... some people just deserve to get ripped off I suppose.
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Old 21-12-2005, 04:41 PM   #6
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The wonders of ebay, gauranteed a sucker every minute !

Wish I could stoop that low, nah bites you back one day hopefully.
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Old 21-12-2005, 04:46 PM   #7
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The wonders of ebay, gauranteed a sucker every minute !

Wish I could stoop that low, nah bites you back one day hopefully.
I had the same thought,, Wonders how much I could get for mine.. I had a actual Tickford badge stuck to mine...
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Old 21-12-2005, 04:46 PM   #8
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The seller is probably still paying off the $100 a month for 3 years installments on his "supercar style" rear wing he bought from ebay last year :
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Old 21-12-2005, 06:22 PM   #9
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Isn't Fordfan1982 a member on these forums? Actually, there's no fordfan1982, but there is a fordfan, fordfan2005, fordfan351 & fordfan86

Good luck to him if he can get $70 to $100 for Tickford snorkels. You are all just jealous you didn't think of it.
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Good luck to him if he can get $70 to $100 for Tickford snorkels. You are all just jealous you didn't think of it.
Nope I like to sleep at night knowing that I havent ripped people off blind
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But he's not ripping anyone off. Ok, they are paying more buying them from him than if they bought them from ford, but he is not ripping them off. If he was claining that they were tickford cnorkels, then supplying stock snorkels with a tickford badge, then he woulod be ripping them off. The way ebay works, the buyer sets the price, not the seller, so the buyers are ripping themselves off, no-one else is. Though he does set starting price at $45 when you can get them from Ford for $27. Still, this is a good example of why it pays to research before you buy on ebay.
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Old 21-12-2005, 06:36 PM   #12
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That is very unusual, I've never seen one of those go for so much...
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I have seen one sell for $170 odd. :
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BWAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHA. i know what im doing after new years.
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Heh heh. Currently up to 110. Look at the link to the bids. Its pretty much a bidding war between 2 people.
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hahaha and one of them is his mate :P
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I felt like saying something ... but if someone is stupid enough to pay that much for a little bit of plastic ... then they can go ahead ... hee hee
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Hehe wrecker's charge you $45 or so for a Tickford intake, for the record they cost SFA but AU one's are slowly dissapearing.
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My XR6 tickford AU snorkle cost $27 brand new from FORD. Some people are so stupid. Search is your friend.
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*asks seller a question*
"this is the same one that can be had from any ford spare parts place for $30-$35 right??"

(no reply as of yet..) lol..
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Thank you ... that's what I was going to post as well ... but not as a question though ... as a statement.
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Its the same as a little while ago, someone was selling one of the scalextric sets you can buy for 185 bucks at super cheap auto. But they had one for sale on ebay, with a starting bid of $350!!!
Bet he didnt like it when i wrote how much it would have cost him under his listing!!!
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"this is the same one that can be had from any ford spare parts place for $30-$35 right??"

(no reply as of yet..) lol..
Can you ask the question and have it appear for all to see on the auction page?
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That guy/girl on ebay has sold so many of those things for over $100+, it is just depressing.....Poor bastards.

As they say though, "Ignorance is bliss" :P
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Can you ask the question and have it appear for all to see on the auction page?
the seller gets to choose if it goes on his advert, so i'd say that question would be one he'd try and keep off the add lol
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Seller is fordfan 1982, the guy bumping up the price is gate13 1966. Hmm..
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That guy/girl on ebay has sold so many of those things for over $100+, it is just depressing.....Poor bastards.

As they say though, "Ignorance is bliss" :P
Well, I can only find one that he has sold. There are other sellers though.
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