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Re: '72 MGB - The Official Cars of Autos.ca?
« Reply #60 on: July 25, 2018, 06:29:28 pm »
Lol...I saw Winklovic in the comments egging people on....nice work  ;D

I am actually very pleased with the result. As dent said, MGB's don't bring big $$, so this is actually a bit more than I had my reserve set at.

Last few minutes were pretty exciting though.....
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Re: '72 MGB - The Official Cars of Autos.ca?
« Reply #61 on: July 25, 2018, 06:31:34 pm »
Quote from: Firm on July 25, 2018, 06:29:28 pm
Lol...I saw Winklovic in the comments egging people on....nice work  ;D

I am actually very pleased with the result. As dent said, MGB's don't bring big $$, so this is actually a bit more than I had my reserve set at.

Last few minutes were pretty exciting though.....

Me egging people on?  NEVER!   :rofl2:

That cash will buy quite a few diapers.  :)
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Re: '72 MGB - The Official Cars of Autos.ca?
« Reply #62 on: July 25, 2018, 06:48:13 pm »
Congrats on the sale!!

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« Reply #63 on: July 25, 2018, 07:00:58 pm »
Man...the stereotype of "New baby, must sell fun car".   :rofl2: :rofl:
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« Reply #64 on: July 25, 2018, 07:24:00 pm »
Nice sell! I missed out on the action at end because I was cooking dinner for the kids.

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Re: '72 MGB - The Official Cars of Autos.ca?
« Reply #65 on: July 25, 2018, 08:20:58 pm »
 :fiver:  Good stuff Firm!
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« Reply #66 on: July 25, 2018, 08:21:52 pm »
Quote from: rrocket on July 25, 2018, 07:00:58 pm
Man...the stereotype of "New baby, must sell fun car".   :rofl2: :rofl:

He has a few fun cars left! 
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Re: '72 MGB - The Official Cars of Autos.ca?
« Reply #67 on: July 25, 2018, 08:24:15 pm »
^ Yeah, come on. I submitted this car to BaT long before the kiddo was due out....They actually have quite a bit of lead-time to get a car posted, and it just so happened that it went up right when the baby arrived.

It is good timing though; I wouldn't have much time for this car, especially this year.....Nothing else is for sale though, so bugger off  :P
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Re: '72 MGB - The Official Cars of Autos.ca?
« Reply #68 on: July 25, 2018, 08:25:15 pm »
Quote from: Firm on July 25, 2018, 08:24:15 pm
^ Yeah, come on. I submitted this car to BaT long before the kiddo was due out....They actually have quite a bit of lead-time to get a car posted, and it just so happened that it went up right when the baby arrived.

It is good timing though; I wouldn't have much time for this car, especially this year.....Nothing else is for sale though, so bugger off  :P

Besides, I don't think a baby seat would fit!
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Re: '72 MGB - The Official Cars of Autos.ca?
« Reply #69 on: July 25, 2018, 08:31:14 pm »
Quote from: Firm on July 25, 2018, 08:24:15 pm
^ Yeah, come on. I submitted this car to BaT long before the kiddo was due out....They actually have quite a bit of lead-time to get a car posted, and it just so happened that it went up right when the baby arrived.

It is good timing though; I wouldn't have much time for this car, especially this year.....Nothing else is for sale though, so bugger off  :P

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Re: '72 MGB - The Official Cars of Autos.ca?
« Reply #70 on: July 25, 2018, 08:31:43 pm »
Quote from: Firm on July 25, 2018, 08:24:15 pm
^ Yeah, come on. I submitted this car to BaT long before the kiddo was due out....They actually have quite a bit of lead-time to get a car posted, and it just so happened that it went up right when the baby arrived.

It is good timing though; I wouldn't have much time for this car, especially this year.....Nothing else is for sale though, so bugger off :P

Yeah, right! Please PM me before you put the SLK on the block.  ;D
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Re: '72 MGB - The Official Cars of Autos.ca?
« Reply #71 on: July 25, 2018, 08:34:16 pm »
$8 grand USD! Wow!
Congrats on the sale  -should buy a ton on diapers with that tidy profit!
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Re: '72 MGB - The Official Cars of Autos.ca?
« Reply #72 on: July 25, 2018, 09:09:21 pm »
I missed all of this, but... congrats?  I feel like we should be in mourning!   :(  If you're happy, though...  :thumbup:
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Re: '72 MGB - The Official Cars of Autos.ca?
« Reply #73 on: July 25, 2018, 10:44:51 pm »
Congrats on surpassing the reserve!    Diapers?  Nah - think of all the Hot Wheels, and other car related toys you can buy for Austin! 
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Re: '72 MGB - The Official Cars of Autos.ca?
« Reply #74 on: July 25, 2018, 10:57:25 pm »
I think $8K is a fair price for seller and buyer.
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« Reply #75 on: July 25, 2018, 11:10:27 pm »
Yeah, $8K USD converts to about $10.4K CAD. That's right in line, maybe a touch higher, than I expected. It's one of those things, very comparable MGBs have brought more (I've seen similar cars go for $15K+), but at that price you'd be waiting around for months or years for that 'right' buyer. Better to be happy with a fair price and move onto something else.

Not sure what I'll do with the little injection of cash....Kiddo is pretty well set for now; I'll either just add it to the growing 'car fund' or be boring and put it against the mortgage.
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« Reply #76 on: July 25, 2018, 11:11:12 pm »
Quote from: Firm on July 25, 2018, 11:10:27 pm
Yeah, $8K USD converts to about $10.4K CAD. That's right in line, maybe a touch higher, than I expected. It's one of those things, very comparable MGBs have brought more (I've seen similar cars go for $15K+), but at that price you'd be waiting around for months or years for that 'right' buyer. Better to be happy with a fair price and move onto something else.

Not sure what I'll do with the little injection of cash....Kiddo is pretty well set for now; I'll either just add it to the growing 'car fund' or be boring and put it against the mortgage.

Nope...kid's education fund!   :rofl2: :rofl:
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« Reply #77 on: July 25, 2018, 11:24:48 pm »
Quote from: rrocket on July 25, 2018, 11:11:12 pm
Quote from: Firm on July 25, 2018, 11:10:27 pm
Yeah, $8K USD converts to about $10.4K CAD. That's right in line, maybe a touch higher, than I expected. It's one of those things, very comparable MGBs have brought more (I've seen similar cars go for $15K+), but at that price you'd be waiting around for months or years for that 'right' buyer. Better to be happy with a fair price and move onto something else.

Not sure what I'll do with the little injection of cash....Kiddo is pretty well set for now; I'll either just add it to the growing 'car fund' or be boring and put it against the mortgage.

Nope...kid's education fund!   :rofl2: :rofl:

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Re: '72 MGB - The Official Cars of Autos.ca?
« Reply #78 on: July 26, 2018, 06:52:54 am »
Quote from: rrocket on July 25, 2018, 11:11:12 pm
Quote from: Firm on July 25, 2018, 11:10:27 pm
Yeah, $8K USD converts to about $10.4K CAD. That's right in line, maybe a touch higher, than I expected. It's one of those things, very comparable MGBs have brought more (I've seen similar cars go for $15K+), but at that price you'd be waiting around for months or years for that 'right' buyer. Better to be happy with a fair price and move onto something else.

Not sure what I'll do with the little injection of cash....Kiddo is pretty well set for now; I'll either just add it to the growing 'car fund' or be boring and put it against the mortgage.

Nope...kid's education fund!   :rofl2: :rofl:
Good idea Ron!
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Re: '72 MGB - The Official Cars of Autos.ca?
« Reply #79 on: July 26, 2018, 07:07:06 am »
Quote from: Firm on July 25, 2018, 11:10:27 pm
Yeah, $8K USD converts to about $10.4K CAD. That's right in line, maybe a touch higher, than I expected. It's one of those things, very comparable MGBs have brought more (I've seen similar cars go for $15K+), but at that price you'd be waiting around for months or years for that 'right' buyer. Better to be happy with a fair price and move onto something else.
Yeah, limited buyers around in the Canadian  market would drag on a sale - The US is certainly a bigger market  and then there's the dollar difference. Will you start to sell exclusively now on BAT as a result?
Upon further reflection I suppose $10K CAD is in line - -I sold my MGB in 1977 (were you born then?) for $2k 40 years ago. Although it was full of bondo. ;)
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