Quick....Anyone Want in on this Ebay XMod Auction?

[HardcoreZ28]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2565&item=5947050928&rd=1

It looks like there are about 6 cars or so in there....could be a cheap way for some of us to get in on the action. Post if you want in for like $20 or $30 and I'll bid later.

[foff667]

eh put me down for $20...if we can get 8 guys in at $20 each we should be able to take the bid

[Mike]

i would get one for that price.....might be too late thooo

[JPiZZiJP]

What exactly is an xmod? i've never heard of them.


~Joe

[foff667]

check out www.atomicmods.com or i think its rcxmod.com er something like that as well.

[HardcoreZ28]

Ok so that's 3 of us so far for about $20 each. I figure I won't bid more than $180 or so later...that's $30 a car. Let me know if anyone wants to go higher. In the meantime keep the list going so we have enough people to get in on this.

[Fasterthanyou]

I'm a maybe. Paul, I'd go ahead and get it anyways. You could sell them to friends and what not, gifts, you never know. I bet you'll be able to sell them at the meets :) .

[foff667]

keep in mind these cars run $53.00 with tax included brand new so 20-30 bucks is a steal on these cars...i normally use an auction stealer program on something that ends during the day time fwiw might be something to look into hardcore. I would say $25 is the max id pay for these shipped though...1/2 price basically cuz you still dont know the condition.

[foff667]

I'm a maybe. Paul, I'd go ahead and get it anyways. You could sell them to friends and what not, gifts, you never know. I bet you'll be able to sell them at the meets :) .

that wouldnt be a bad idea...

[HardcoreZ28]

I'm online all day at work so I should be able to get a last minute bid in if the price is still right.

So here's the list so far:

Hardcore
Foff
CBRMike (maybe)
FasterThanYou (maybe)

let's try to confirm those maybes by like 2:00 today

[foff667]

put me down for 2 of them...so $40 min $50 max

[Mike]

did you by any chance email him to make sure they all run?.....if theys workin, im in.

sorry for the homie slang, i just woke up

[foff667]

i questioned shipping amount, running condition of all and how many there are just waiting a response now.

[Mike]

thank you for having to wake up early for work and being all over this while i slept in :)

btw, bill check out the ugly camaro thread 8)

[HardcoreZ28]

I e-mailed about the actual number of cars and running condition. Hopefully I'll hear back...the guy is a first time ebayer.

[foff667]

btw, bill check out the ugly camaro thread Â*8)

deek :lol:

[HardcoreZ28]

Bill let me know if you get an e-mail back from the seller

[foff667]

nothing back as of yet.

[foff667]

but honestly i have alot of extra parts including motors that i could give people...the worst that could happen to them is if the circuit board is fried which i cant see that happening to all of them if we got all 4 of us to give $40 we would almost definitly win the auction and have 2 cars each...even if one is just a parts car thats still not a bad deal.

[Mike]

ill pay forty for two cars, for sure

un maybe me, im a definito

[HardcoreZ28]

Ok I'll keep an eye on the auction.

[garretwp]

Count me in for one car. $20 if you need a little more let me know.

Garrett

[HardcoreZ28]

Ok I got an e-mail back saying there are 8 cars but not all of them work. I'm waiting to hear back how many actually do work. The auction is at $127 now...that's around $15 a car plus shipping right now, but we don't know how many actually work right now.

Hopefully I'll know soon.

[foff667]

Foff667-$40-2cars
Cbrrmike-$40-2cars
garretwp-$20-1car
HardcoreZ28-$20-1car

thats $120 definite so far but the bid is at $127 right now...we need 2 more peeps to take these last cars or for someone to put out a little extra for a second car...like i said I'll go to $25 per car max which if all agreed to that were talking a $150 bid at this point and there would still be 2 cars left over to figure out who gets what...I'll put in $60 for 3 cars and try and sell one if it comes down to it but would hope someone would step up and put $20 for one of these cars.

[garretwp]

But the thing is not all the cars work. So we need to know how many work and what the issues are with them.


Garrett

[foff667]

gimmi a minute to check my email...i asked him how many work.

[foff667]

ok didnt state how many work...said some are incomplete, $15 shipping flat rate :? dunno at this point...becoming less and less worth it to me.

[HardcoreZ28]

I'd go in for 2 cars at $50-$60 and try to sell one off or part out a broken one maybe?

[foff667]

did u email him back about how many work? if so how many? How many people are still interested? Im still down for $50 tops.

[HardcoreZ28]

Is that $15 for all 8 or for each one? I e-mailed him back to find out how many work...hopefully he'll get back to me.

[foff667]

for all so i dunno...does seem pretty low

[Tru2Chevy]

go to www.atomicmods.com The guys sells every stock part off of these cars, so you can rebuild the non-working ones for a good price. Me, Tim, and Bill also have some parts that could be donated or sold cheap to fix non-running cars.

- Justin

[foff667]

go to www.atomicmods.com Â*The guys sells every stock part off of these cars, so you can rebuild the non-working ones for a good price. Me, Tim, and Bill also have some parts that could be donated or sold cheap to fix non-running cars.

- Justin

thats the only reason im going in...like i said the worst that it could be is a toasted circuit board...hopefully its some minor **** but I guess we'll see. Personally im getting one for my wife and the other as a twisties car vs. the drag car i have now :twisted:

[garretwp]

Any updates?

Garrett

[foff667]

i emailed him a little while ago havent heard back yet though about how many run.

[Mike]

im still down at 40ish bucks

[foff667]

still wanna find out how many work first...if 6 work i think hardcore & I are taking 4 of the 6 and you and garrett can have the other 2 at this point...if less then 6 work i think its pointless to buy them unless its some minor **** like a motor which in that case I'll give up a few extra $ and put my spare motors in them.

[ar0ck]

Still need someone?

[HardcoreZ28]

Still haven't heard back from him. I'm guessing we can probably make 6 work with parts from 2 donors right? I can go with just 1 if someone else wants 1.

45 minutes left only....I need to know by 3:30 who's in for about $25 a car plus parts from the donors.

[foff667]

Im a definite one way or the other...not sure if we need more people alex...are you sure you dont want me to make the bid with my auction stealer?

[HardcoreZ28]

I should be able to take care of it....how does that program work though...sounds cool

[Tru2Chevy]

I should be able to take care of it....how does that program work though...sounds cool

It uses fancy algorithms to place your bid at the last possible second, that way you don't get beat by someone trying to get in at the last second.

- Justin

[foff667]

basiclly you put in your highest bid and it starts bidding with say 15 seconds less and can put in bids every 1/2 second till it wins the bid.

[Tru2Chevy]

basiclly you put in your highest bid and it starts bidding with say 15 seconds less and can put in bids every 1/2 second till it wins the bid.

Yea, it's just a bit faster than eBay's 'Maximum Bid' function.

- Justin

[foff667]

basiclly you put in your highest bid and it starts bidding with say 15 seconds less and can put in bids every 1/2 second till it wins the bid.

Yea, it's just a bit faster than eBay's 'Maximum Bid' function.

- Justin

but its more like a backdoor cuz wont make a bid till theres 15 seconds left instead of making a bid with 2 mins left with a max bid and hope your first bid was over all the other peoples high bids and whatnot...makes bidding easier imo.

[foff667]

18 mins left...all i gotta say i syou better win this auction...but dont go over say $180-190 for all the cars...that would be about $25 per car which would leave people plenty of room if any small repairs needed to be made...i think between myself, you and mike weve got about $150 into the pot and the other 2 could either be used as parts cars if they dont run or sold to garrett or alex or whoever wants them for now....crosses fingers that 6 of 8 run.

[foff667]

ouch...up to nearly 180 i think it might be a bust :(

[foff667]

i say dont bother hardcore...its gonna be over $200 with shipping...and closing in on 30 per car and we still dont know how many run.

[HardcoreZ28]

Yeah forget it.

[foff667]

207+15 shipping final bid...$30 per car for 8 cars...and for all we know 2 could run...dont sweat it...ebay sux i found that out along time ago...look through the xmods stuff on there...you can get it cheaper strait through radioshack lol

[Mike]

lol darn, now im about to ride over to radioshack

lol

[HardcoreZ28]

Ha I was thinking about stopping there later too but I think I can get a better deal online with some upgrades