ebay rant

[70CitrusZ]

Here's a piece of information that should be posted somewhere for ebay users who list vehicles for sale.

1) Rare only applies if it is rare, and doesn't get you more money if nobody cares how rare your 4 door LTD wagon is, so don't call it rare.
Simply being old does not make it rare.
Simply being rare does not make it valuable.
If the reason you think it is rare is because you don't see many anymore, perhaps its because the model in question was so useless and ugly that they were all squished.

2) "Muscle car" is not a generic term that can be applied to any 60's and 70's 2 door car. ie: a 1966 chevelle with a 283 and a 2spd auto is not a "muscle car", neither is a 318 Charger.

3) "Numbers match" does not add more value to a car with a non-performance driveline, or a car that has no driveline based importance or significance.
A 1965 valiant with a "numbers match" 6 cyl does not make it worth more than any 1965 valiant with or without an engine.

4)"Survivor" does not mean it simply survived.

5)Don't picture your car with some flashy wheels and tires if they don't come with it. You might as well just say you are trying to decieve people.

6)If your car is a 1966, put it in the 1966 listings.
Do not add.. "not a 1964,65,67,68,69" to the listing and making the listing pop up in wrong year listings.
This makes most people want to slap you upside the head.
If I'm looking for a 1970 Camaro, I don't want to see your 1972 Matador.

7) If your car is not a Hemi car, and/or does not have a Hemi in it do not put Hemi in the title.
Same applies to Yenko, Nickey,Harrell, etc.
A 1968 Suburban with a Nickey sticker on the fender does not make it a collectors item.

End of rant.

[VintageMusclecar]

And a damned good rant that was!

Couldn't agree more.

Unfortunately, P.T. Barnum was right. As long as people continue to fall for that kind of nonsense, other people will continue to do it, and profit from it.

[SamLBInj]

You forgot one,
<<If your camaro was professionally restored it should NOT have that damn FORD CAUTION FAN STICKER>>
So please remove it or people will figure your restoration shop was run by a bunch of idiots and frigged up the rest of the car while giving you the screwing of a lifetime because you are too stupid to realize what parts should or shouldnt be on your car and basically you deserved the screwing you got as there is no way somebody that stupid could possibly have the kind of money it would take to have the car professionally restored in the first place.

[musclecarjohn]

good rant I'd say...

[SamLBInj]

Also,
<<Matching Numbers Car>>
This means the car has all the original parts it left the factory with, it does NOT mean your registration numbers match the vin numbers, the little chrome SS or 350 trims match each other or the price your selling it for matches the tach numbers.

[70CitrusZ]

Oh ya, the infamous floresent caution stickers.
If I wanted to get into cheezy stuff the rant would be several pages though.....

[SamLBInj]

When I want to find a nice 72 amc matador I always check the hemi cuda listings first

[69L89RAG]

While we are at it how about:

TYPING IN ALL CAPS!!!!! It is really annoying to read.

Spelling errors. Geez, run a spell check!

[mssl72]

Or: typing in all lower case and not using any punctuation it makes all the sentences blend together it makes you read in a monotone voice in your head i hate it when they do that it drives me crazy have you run across this too i hope not because it makes reading the ad so much harder thats all for now

[12bolt]

tell this to ebay scum "jefyrock"