Series I Steering Wheel Going for Record Price!

[EScanlon]

Geez, what a bunch of Chicken Littles!!!

No offense intended, but c'mon guys....Shill bidders and evil implications as to the seller's motives??

What's next? Only prostitutes wear thongs? If your girlfriend / wife / daughter wears a thong? What does that make her?

Stop looking for the worm in the apple...you're wasting a lot of good apples.

Michael (BigOak) said it simplest, doesn't it seem more plausible that two people interested in the same style of car and item would probably be searching for and finding the SAME items? And, oh my gosh, BID on the SAME items? Rather than the evil conspiracy theories being presented?

I've found myself up against the same bidders time and time again....on different auctions from different sellers. Is there a cause and effect at work here? Probably they have a similar year car with similar needs as mine and are looking for similar parts.

I don't bid on items that I don't need so I can't tell you that they are ONLY bidding on items I am bidding on, but at times I have perused items that I already have...to see if it is better, a better bargain or price, and if it would be a better piece for me than the one I already have, and found the same people bidding for them. If I had needed the item or wanted to bid, maybe they could have claimed that I was "shilling" for the seller, when in fact I was looking out for MY own interests. Are there people out there who will pump up the price on a sale just so that someone does NOT get a bargain? Undoubtedly. Then again, I know people who routinely bid $1 more than the opening bid on items they think are under priced at opening. They don't ALWAYS get outbid. That's when they score a bargain. And if someone wants it bad enough....they'll bid more.

I have 4 different sets of headlight scoop trim rings for the Roadster, and only two cars. I also have 3 or 4 different hood trims, and that was because there are 3 different styles and I bought "better" items after I had determined that.

I know others that have done so, the first part fulfills the "at least I have one", the second is better than the first, and the sometimes subsequent items are because of further refinements in the search. Sometimes it happens as you learn that something billed as "RARE" -- isn't, and other times it's because like in post #3 a bunch of people then pull their "stashed" items hoping to cash in on the results of a prior bidding war.

Remember the first set of high dollar hubcaps? Shortly thereafter you could count on finding two or more sets for auction, yet prior to that....not that common. Now we're back to that ..."not so common" point. Some folks made out like bandits, and others like post #24 took glee in pointing out how good a deal they got.

I know that at times, once I had the item in hand and compared it to the pictures and description on the auction, I could fault no one save my own "expectations" for having read/seen more into the item....and been disappointed. That meant that I had to, AGAIN, search for and find another one being auctioned.

Sometimes, the description was bland and the item was superb, othertimes the great description masked a bland item.

But I don't think there's a conspiracy out there.

Last comment, the two auctions for Early Z Steering Wheels, one is from October 07 and the other one just ended (Jan 08). Not what I'd call a smoking gun.

FWIW

E

[gregs240z]

EScanlon, Good rant, man!!! Hahaha, I didn't notice the dates.... oops. uh oh.... so I'm a little paranoid, but what did you say about my mom, she was a Saint with a bazooka!

[DougN]

I bought this wheel recently for $36

Then I got a horn button for free from a friend.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&viewitem=&item=160156795734

The difference between this wheel and the "new" one is night and day. After a good restoration this one may look almost as good, but it can never be original like the other one. If the starting price was not so high, I would have bid on the new one as well!

[moonpup]

Originally Posted by FilipeA

Hi

I just bought this steering wheel after the auction end.

I just made a deal with the seller and I wont regret to buy it. It looks excellent.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=300178719829

Filipe A

Originally Posted by lonetreesteve

His looks like brand new. This one takes the record at $345.00!

Since the referenced eBay auction closed with O bids and we don't know what $ amount FilipeA actually paid for this item, $345.00 may only be a record for "ASKING" price.

[mars23z]

Here is an entire wheel with the column for $100

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/DATSUN-240Z-STEERING-COLUMN_W0QQitemZ300186863220QQihZ020QQcategoryZ33704QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[7277]

i don't have a problem with increasing values of Z parts. it will only do Z owners good in the long run. like 60's - 70's muscle cars...who knew the prices would get so high for them 10 years ago? and look at them now..

[FilipeA]

Hi

I pay 275 USD for it, It was a hard deal, seller told that it was in new condition, excellent for a restoration project.

I wil not regret myself

Filipe Azevedo