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Title: Vampire hot rod car on Ebay
Post by: Jay w on 23 December 2007, 21:53:07
The one that hammond crashed

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150197264730

im currently the highest bidder (doctor13702)
Title: Re: Vampire hot rod car on Ebay
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 23 December 2007, 21:54:36
This was posted earlier...

are you SERIOUSLY the highest bidder at 8k?  :o
Title: Re: Vampire hot rod car on Ebay
Post by: Entwood on 23 December 2007, 21:55:26
8 1/2 grand for a bit of scrap ??? .... :(
Title: Re: Vampire hot rod car on Ebay
Post by: Jay w on 23 December 2007, 21:55:49
yep, 8.7k is my limit

the missus has just had a screaming blue fit  ;D
Title: Re: Vampire hot rod car on Ebay
Post by: Revokev on 23 December 2007, 22:11:45
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yep, 8.7k is my limit

the missus has just had a screaming blue fit  ;D

tell her to stop worrying

it's at 12,100 now :o
Title: Re: Vampire hot rod car on Ebay
Post by: Jay w on 23 December 2007, 22:13:29
its more than double that now 25K!!!!! :o
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Post by: Markie on 23 December 2007, 22:50:15
31k now and boy has the author of the listing got a serious attitude issue...
Title: Re: Vampire hot rod car on Ebay
Post by: Revokev on 23 December 2007, 22:55:35
OMG he's cancelled loads of bids and you're winning it again ;D ;D ;D
£7,100
Title: Re: Vampire hot rod car on Ebay
Post by: Jay w on 23 December 2007, 22:58:38
he's gone and cancelled a load of bids, including mine  :(

Title: Re: Vampire hot rod car on Ebay
Post by: Golfbuddy on 23 December 2007, 23:00:15
What are you going to do with that then Jay?  ::) ::) ::)
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Post by: Entwood on 23 December 2007, 23:00:22
reckon he's using this statement to justify his cancellations .. :(

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UK bidders only on this item please. If you have feedback of less than 99% positive your bid will be removed unless you have made contact with me beforehand and provided a checkable UK address and landline number. There are good people using ebay but also some complete fools and frankly we don’t have time for the latter, hence these stipulations.

fine attitude .. NOT
Title: Re: Vampire hot rod car on Ebay
Post by: Revokev on 23 December 2007, 23:00:44
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he's gone and cancelled a load of bids, including mine  :(

Bet ya missus is happy though ;D
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Post by: Markie on 23 December 2007, 23:03:50
as mentioned he has an attitude issue, i like the way he demands contact details for everyone, yet advise that he probably wont answer nay questions....nice way to drum up business ::)
Title: Re: Vampire hot rod car on Ebay
Post by: Jay w on 23 December 2007, 23:04:13
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he's gone and cancelled a load of bids, including mine  :(

Bet ya missus is happy though ;D

i was bidding for a friend who wanted to buy it seriously, he doesnt have an account and mine met the criteria (99% feedback and UK address) and still he cancelled.

Just called my friend, he is going to email them and chuck a bid on
Title: Re: Vampire hot rod car on Ebay
Post by: Entwood on 23 December 2007, 23:14:48
Price is dropping !!! back down to £3100 now ... funny sort of auction this ....  if I bid 2/6d will I win it .. :)
Title: Re: Vampire hot rod car on Ebay
Post by: Jay w on 23 December 2007, 23:19:57
something a bit wierd going on here
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Post by: Revokev on 23 December 2007, 23:27:28
If he is cancelling legitimate bids he is breaking ebay rules >:(
I'd report the stuck up little hitler :y :y
Title: Re: Vampire hot rod car on Ebay
Post by: Jay w on 23 December 2007, 23:36:39
it's on BBC news

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/7158401.stm
Title: Re: Vampire hot rod car on Ebay
Post by: donut82 on 24 December 2007, 07:59:18
So the guy who owns the car, and ran it and used it as a business now has NO COMPUTER!?!?!?!?  :-?

I smell something, smells like......BULLSH*T!!! ;D
Title: Re: Vampire hot rod car on Ebay
Post by: Danny on 24 December 2007, 09:38:19
my thoughts exactly, the "selling for a friend who has no computer" chestnut

he could be a full on scammer, or a hacker using someone's genuine account (i fell foul to a hacker a few weeks ago, someone listed a shedload of fake designer handbags on my 100% positive account)

cancelling genuine bids is an absolute disgrace
Title: Re: Vampire hot rod car on Ebay
Post by: Nickbat on 24 December 2007, 10:19:29
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my thoughts exactly, the "selling for a friend who has no computer" chestnut

he could be a full on scammer, or a hacker using someone's genuine account (i fell foul to a hacker a few weeks ago, someone listed a shedload of fake designer handbags on my 100% positive account)

cancelling genuine bids is an absolute disgrace


Sorry, but I think you're all wrong about this guy. Clearly he's not a scammer as a Google search will show that the owner had previously indicated his intentions to sell and many local newspapers have already covered the story, plus the fact that he's selling the electric car as well. Secondly, he put in the bit about the sellers needing to prove they were genuine as part of the original listing. Something like this is bound to attract idiots who have a few too many stellas and then think it would be fun to bid a ridiculous price that they have no intention of paying. Note that the electric car has a good bid history. Of course some genuine buyers will get caught up in any effort to root out the fictitious bids, but if they are genuine, I'm sure they wouldn't mind as they would not wish to get caught in a bidding war with fraudulent buyers.

According to the listing, "shortly after the car was wrecked he [the owner] suffered a near-fatal heart failure". I'm not surprised he enlisted the help of a friend to sell it.. I'm afraid, I don't understand some of the harsh comments being directed towards him.  :-? I'm damn sure he regrets listing it now though.

Of course, it's good to have a healthy scepticism about ebay products, but this car (bit of scrap) has received such notoriety that it totally unlike your average private motor sale. Thus, the usual ebay criteria go out the window, IMHO.  
Title: Re: Vampire hot rod car on Ebay
Post by: Jay w on 24 December 2007, 12:55:27
the biding last night was stupid, and there were a lot of muppets who were bidding on it, at one point it was at 100K.

it was expected to fetch 10K, and that is still the expectation.

i can understand the guys frustration at people messing around, we emailed him and still he would not accept our bid, he had got a right strop on
Title: Re: Vampire hot rod car on Ebay
Post by: Ken T on 24 December 2007, 13:13:01
Were they paid for the damage caused by the accident?. Did the BBC dip into her pocket, or did the owners have to pick up the tab for Hammond's driving ?. NB don't let anyone from Top Gear drive your car !

Ken