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Old 22nd March 2017, 22:46   #21
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Also looks like the car is advertised elsewhere as well.

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifie...m-rare/5725712

http://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/mg/zt/219196
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Old 22nd March 2017, 22:52   #22
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over 40 bids on day 1 of a 10 day auction, that's strange as most bidders will hold off until the last hour or so ......
it's pretty pointless bidding any earlier than the last 30 seconds of an auction, otherwise all you're doing is bumping up the price from early on. Best way to win an action is have your maximum price in mind, wait until right at the end of the action with your bid ready, and place it at around 6 seconds remaining. Gives enough time for the bid to be placed and leaves very little time for someone else to outbid you.

In regards to the car, it's been getting a lot of slating due to it's paint job as it's only been painted on the outside, but is it really that bad? has anyone seen it in person? Shame it wasn't repainted in it's original colour but the new colour looks nice enough .
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Old 24th March 2017, 16:25   #23
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I believe that at sometime in it's life it had a shunt hence the re-spray. It's on the wrong wheels, hairpins were never recommended for the V8.
From what I have learnt the owner will take £8k for it.
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Old 24th March 2017, 17:30   #24
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it's pretty pointless bidding any earlier than the last 30 seconds of an auction, otherwise all you're doing is bumping up the price from early on. Best way to win an action is have your maximum price in mind, wait until right at the end of the action with your bid ready, and place it at around 6 seconds remaining. Gives enough time for the bid to be placed and leaves very little time for someone else to outbid you.
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I agree, Snipping is the way to win an auction, it also stops the seller performing any kind of Shill bidding to bump up the price.

ebay was once going to stop Sniping, not to allow bidders to bid in the last few seconds, I reckon they will try this again in the near future.
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Old 24th March 2017, 21:04   #25
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From what I have learnt the owner will take £8k for it.
If it's had a shunt and a poor respray, then half of that figure may be ambitious.
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Old 24th March 2017, 23:47   #26
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Was originally Spectre.
Why change colour?
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Old 25th March 2017, 02:26   #27
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I agree, Snipping is the way to win an auction, it also stops the seller performing any kind of Shill bidding to bump up the price.

ebay was once going to stop Sniping, not to allow bidders to bid in the last few seconds, I reckon they will try this again in the near future.
Unfortunately sniping doesn't prevent shill bidding and thankfully eBay have never considered banning sniping.

What they have considered banning is use of automated sniping sites, that makes sense as use of them is a violation of the user agreement & actively helps shill bidders avoid detection.

Manual sniping, is perfectly fine, and whilst it doesn't prevent shill bidding, the maxim bid once, bid late has always been the smartest way to participate in any eBay auction.

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Why change colour?
If I remember correctly it had a paint fault when new and it was actually repainted by an Aston Martin dealership, if it's the same car I'm thinking of
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If I remember correctly it had a paint fault when new and it was actually repainted by an Aston Martin dealership, if it's the same car I'm thinking of
What kind of paint fault? I wonder if they could have picked any colour
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2003-MG-ZT...3D112340313661

This looks like a bargain.

But then, I know nowt about cars!
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