How Is This Possible???

A fool and his money are soon parted...
Thomas Tusser

Rick

 

The lightning bolts on the dash are made of pure (.999 fine) unobtanium.

That's why.

Jedi


[isn't there a whole thread on this car somewhere?]

 

I don't know who's more delusional; the bidders...or the seller for setting an outrageous reserve on a DIY project gone wrong.

 

It's sad... maybe they want to buy it and either go mission impossible to put it right or drive it off a cliff to put it out of its misery.

 

It does have extensive records like the oil changes from EZ Lube.

 

Nice paint job, the brick he washes it with does a great job of removing the bugs,Enzo would be proud....

 

If you click on the bidding history, you will see that there are only two actual bidders on the car -- one with zero feedback and one with a score of six. One or both of those bidders is a shill, most typically one of the seller's buddies, bidding it up to something close to the reserve, but not going over, in order to drive up the price and make the auction look like somebody wants the car.

With this technique, if there is in fact a real bidder on the car, the seller/shiller can see what that person is willing to pay for the car simply by outbidding them. Or, they might drive the real bidder to place a higher bid, hopefully one that will meet reserve. Either way, it makes it look like there is interest in the car, which may assuage the fears of potential bidders who are too scared to bid for themselves but may figure that the car is worth bidding on if they see others doing it.

With the auction ended, if there is in fact a real bidder who didn't meet reserve, the seller may now choose to contact that bidder and try to negotiate a price, now having a good idea what that bidder was originally willing to pay.