Re: [FWDLK] MAJOR CHANGES IN THE COLLECTOR CAR MARKET???

[admin <cpollock2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ok- I think I fixed it this time....
Had 'Admin' as the name- sheesh- how the %($#% did that happen??

Charles.



On 1/24/11 9:21 PM, "admin" <cpollock2@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Ron,
> I don't know why it says 'Admin'-all I can figure is maybe it had to pass
> through his server first. I can say that I have never had one of my emails
> post on the list with it there...so don't know what it's all about.
> Sooo to set the record straight-
> I AM NOT THE ADMIN!
> As Ron sas said- our illustrious leader is Dave S.
> Always has been- and hopefully- always will be....
> 
> Charles.
> 
> 
> 
> On 1/24/11 9:14 PM, "Ron Waters" <ronbo97@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Totally agree with you, Charles. To add to it, sellers have the option of
>> paying for placement'. In other words, if you want your car to sell during
>> 'prime time', you pay B-J for that privilege.
>> 
>> Small request, Charles: your id reads 'admin'. Please change, as the only
>> admin on this board is Dave S. Thanks !
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "admin" <cpollock2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 8:55 PM
>> Subject: Re: [FWDLK] MAJOR CHANGES IN THE COLLECTOR CAR MARKET???
>> 
>> 
>>> I hate to point this out- but one thing all of you are missing is that
>>> Barrett Jackson is actually nothing but a reality TV show.
>>> IT DOES NOT REFLECT REALITY AT ALL!
>>> BJ is trying to make MONEY on this auctions- so they bring up the volume,
>>> the pump up the crowd, and they use pretty girls and select cars to sell.
>>> Notice the more mundane cars sell at really strange times (like 7:00am
>>> when
>>> everyone would normally be a work) and the 'hot' cars sell at Prime Time.
>>> The buyers not only get to buy a car they get to be on TV!  Why else would
>>> they pay so much....and of course the more BJ can promote it, the higher
>>> the
>>> price the more Commission they make.  And don't get me started on the
>>> Advertising dollars they pull in, and the merchandising...
>>> Bottom Line- Its All A Show People.
>>> 
>>> Go to any other 'collector car' event, auction,etc,where it is NOT
>>> broadcast
>>> across the globe, or internet or whatever and you will see what these cars
>>> really sell for, what they are really worth, and what is the true nature
>>> of
>>> the market.  I see ads listed every day that say how priceless a car is
>>> based on BJ...I say-pardon my french here people- bullshit!
>>> A car is worth what YOU pay for it....not some inflated, exaggerated
>>> amount
>>> that BJ would try to sell it on.
>>> Every owner who has said that I have walked away from and told them to go
>>> sell it on BJ and leave me out of it.
>>> My own personal opinion is that BJ has done nothing but artificially
>>> inflated the prices of these cars.  To the extent that most of them are
>>> now
>>> no longer in the realm of the Joe Six-Pack (that's me) that loves them for
>>> what they are and was the original intended audience for these cars.  Not
>>> the 'investor' who buys it and sticks it in a garage somewhere where it
>>> will
>>> never see the light of day except when he takes it to sell it again- and
>>> tries to make a profit.
>>> 
>>> Sorry fellas, but I REFUSE to watch BJ.  We need to boycott them, not
>>> PROMOTE them.
>>> 
>>> Sorry for the rant, but they Really, Really piss me off!
>>> 
>>> Charles.
>>> 
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