Pagoda SL Group

W113 Pagoda SL Group => General Discussion => Topic started by: hauser on December 01, 2007, 12:15:35

Title: What is so special about this?
Post by: hauser on December 01, 2007, 12:15:35

Not sure why the bidding is so high on these?  You can get them cheaper from Adsitco.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-Mercedes-Euro-Headlamp-Set-W-113-230sl-280sl_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ38661QQihZ020QQitemZ300174664457QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

  895.00 per pair http://www.adsitco.com/category.asp?CID=1492&VID=

BTW the fine lines the seller mentions are the stress markings from fatigued Bosch dies.  My Adsitco set also has them and since I bought them about a year or so ago I paid under $700 without the trim reings!

1969 280sl 5 spd
Gainesville, Fl.

Title: Re: What is so special about this?
Post by: Rolf on December 01, 2007, 14:14:36

Maybe it's the Ebay "virus". I wonder how high the reserve is. I sold a speaker on Ebay for $170.00 when you can get then right from Becker for around $65 or $70. People dislike being overbid or they really do not know the value of what they are bidding on.

Rolf
1966 230SL Auto
1992 300D
1991 FLHS

Title: Re: What is so special about this?
Post by: hauser on December 01, 2007, 15:34:49

One of the most insane auctions I witnessed was for a German license plate that went for over $300.00 USD.  I paid something like $45 for mine.

1969 280sl 5 spd
Gainesville, Fl.

Title: Re: What is so special about this?
Post by: Bob G ✝︎ on December 04, 2007, 03:24:23

I purchased my new European lights for Becker imports $600.00 for the pair and 190.00 for the chrome bezels.
Incase you haven't noticed Bosch LE-1657 early 230SL ,250SL and early 280SL USA headlamp assemblies are NLA and  big tarkets because they are so easy to remove and it was the last year for the built in fog lamp.

Bob Geco

Title: Re: What is so special about this?
Post by: Peter van Es on December 04, 2007, 16:18:33

At $1325 the reserve price hasn't even been met! The seller is looking for more.

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.

Title: Re: What is so special about this?
Post by: Shvegel on December 05, 2007, 21:06:50

Even though I sometimes feel I got a "deal" for something on ebay I constantly remind myself that I paid more than 25 million other people would have paid.