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W113 Pagoda SL Group => General Discussion => Topic started by: seattle_Jerry on November 10, 2007, 21:29:00

Title: Cars for sale on this site
Post by: seattle_Jerry on November 10, 2007, 21:29:00
I was thinking after Dan's comment about wanting to get the car he had sold...Most of the cars and items for sale here don't have pictures with them.

There is a reason dealers have lots on busy streets. Most purchases are on impulse. I think adding pics to your ads would bring more interest.

As far as tweety bird...its the same thing as selling a house with intense colors. As a painter I am often called into "beige out" a house that isn't selling because the majority of the population prefers to stay around the baseline. For all the colors in the Sherwin-Williams Fan-Deck, our customers most frequently choose one called "Practically Beige". So you are stuck waiting for someone who isn't afraid of coloring outside of the lines.

1967 230SL Havana Brown Auto with A/C
Title: Re: Cars for sale on this site
Post by: Benz Dr. on November 11, 2007, 01:01:08
I'm sure a picture would help. I didn't grow up using computors so I don't always know how to do things like adding pictures and things like that.

Probably why I work on older cars without a lot of fancy hardware.

Dan Caron's
 SL Barn
benzbarn@ebtech.net
 slbarn.mbz.org
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Title: Re: Cars for sale on this site
Post by: mdsalemi on November 11, 2007, 10:51:10
Hello Seattle Jerry,

With my connections to the Seattle area, and your comments, I'm reminded that there is a color in the palette in those environs called "Bellevue Taupe"... ;)

Note also that I live in a subdivision of 339 homes here in Michigan; 337 of which are painted some form of Beige or Taupe.  I'm "daring" enough to be one of the 2 with the audacious "color" of Cape Cod Grey! :)

And that being said, compare the photos of the W113's at Blacklick this summer with a lineup of Mercedes at a dealer today.  While we didn't have anything quite like Tweety Bird, we did have a refreshingly different array of colors besides black, white and silver.

Michael Salemi
1969 280SL
Signal Red 568G w/Black Leather (Restored)
President, International Stars Section
Mercedes-Benz Club of America
Title: Re: Cars for sale on this site
Post by: Peter van Es on November 13, 2007, 03:00:41
If I were selling my car, I'd spend quite a lot of time on getting a good set of sales literature together. I've not sold cars on ebay, but have sold lots of other stuff, including high-end camera equipment, a home-trainer, a large designer double bed and even a fireplace.

I've picked up quite a bit of experience on how to do this. Here's my 2 cents worth:
 
So I am not very surprised that people who list items for sale on this board don't sell it. Selling a car without paying serious attention to it (just have a look at what Bob at Cascadia does to present his cars... excellent work), and with just a picture, is unlikely to work.

The same holds for spare parts. Present them honestly, and fairly, but also in a way that makes it appealing to buy. To enlarge your audience, post it here in the for sale section, and then, if there are no takers after a week, post it on ebay and add a link to the item saying that it's now listed there...

Peter


Also known as 'admin@sl113.org' and organiser of the Technical Manual (http://www.sl113.org/wiki/pmwiki.php). Check out http://bali.esweb.nl for photographs of classic car events and my 1970 280SL.