Good score although the buyer premium seems quite excessive on lower
priced items
--FT
On 12/31/23 1:09 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
So you are saying you got the wheels for $325 with fee?
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On Dec 31, 2023, at 11:55 AM, dan penoff.com via
Mercedes<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
For those of you who follow auctions, I had an experience with MB Market
recently that I thought I would share:
I keep half an eye out for a set of staggered “Sport” wheels for the CL600.
These are 18” wheels, stock wheels being 17”, and they’re staggered, too. I
never realized the value of staggered wheels until I put a set of them on Mrs.
Dan’s former R129. That car drove like it was on rails after doing so. Not
surprising, as the stock wheels were really lousy, but still, the difference
was absolutely amazing, especially when the car was driven aggressively.
I saw these wheels up for auction:
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18" AMG Monoblock Wheels & Tires For
Sale<https://thembmarket.com/18-amg-monoblock-wheels-tires-3>
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The seller bodged up their response when someone asked about shipping, which I
believe “poisoned” the auction. They also didn’t seem to have a good grasp of
the language which may have also added to concerns. Add to this it ended at
5:25 on a Friday before a three day holiday weekend, a really, really poor time
to be ending any auction.
I established a limit ($800) as there is a $225 buyer’s fee (ouch!) as I didn’t
want to spend more than $1k for a good set of wheels. Obviously, condition
would play into my price as well. I sat back and watched. At the end I bid up
by the minimum increments ($50) after goofing up and doing $100 on my first bid
(grr!) I won the auction!
Some observations:
The notification emails for things like being outbid and winning the auction
were completely off as far as time. That is, I got the notification email
telling me I won the auction before I got the final bid confirmation email.
Strange. Same with an outbid notfication.
I think the buyer’s fee ($225 minimum) is a bit steep. It’s a percentage of the
hammer price, but there is a minimum.
Buyer has done a good job of communicating. They’re in Orlando, so I’m meeting
them tomorrow morning to close the deal. English is clearly not their first
language, but understanding that up front I’ve kept my communication as basic
as possible and things have been understood. Not sure about the tires,
definitely something cheap out of Southeast Asia, but they’re new, so that has
some value.
Decent exaamples of these wheels sans tires are in the $300-$400 range, so I
definitely scored here. A good example of when things align just right you can
still find deals.
-D
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