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Mark Edmondson
Dallas, Texas
Texas Chapter
1970 Coupe, Donnybrooke Green, Light Saddle LS5 M20 A31 C60 G81 N37 N40 UA6 U79
1993 Coupe, 40th Anniversary, 6-speed, PEG 1, FX3, CD, Bronze Top -
Re: Selling a Corvette on line
Absolutely! In New Mexico there is a 4% excise tax on the purchase price of cars bought out of state and titled/registered in NM. However, if you happen to have the selling state's title, in your name, there is no tax at all, just registration fees of a few bucks. It just so happens that the state of Ohio makes a seller/dealer take out a title in the buyer's name and address to sell a car out of state. You pay $100 for that title. So when it arrives in NM, from an Ohio seller, no taxes at all for me. It is a great deal, so I give preferences to cars sold out of Ohio.Big Tanks In the High Mountains of New MexicoComment
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Vice-Chairman (West), Michigan Chapter NCRS
71 "deer modified" coupe
72 5-Star Bowtie / Duntov coupe. https://www.flickr.com/photos/124695...57649252735124
2008 coupe
Available stickers: Engine suffix code, exhaust tips & mufflers, shocks, AIR diverter valve broadcast code.Comment
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Re: Selling a Corvette on line
Hmmm...how times change...doesn't seem like that long ago, BAT actually meant "Bring-A-Trailer" because they featured project cars/trucks and old hot rods that needed some love. Sounds like they've become the online equivalent of Mecum.Comment
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Re: Selling a Corvette on line
Yes, they have really surpassed Mecum I would bet, for many of the reasons mentioned here. It is very easy to place bids and much info available with all the photos and videos and comments and questions functions. Their transport operations are great too. Paying and getting paid is still something that can be awkward, unlike Mecum. But the advantage of not having to travel to a Mecum auction and do it all online is attractive to many. I have bought cars at Mecum too, and there are surprises with them as well for buyers, sellers, not so much, except the fees of course.Big Tanks In the High Mountains of New MexicoComment
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Re: Selling a Corvette on line
Heck, my problem is not selling, it's buying! I've advertised here, on the Corvette Forum, on my local Craigslist, Facebook and other sites for months trying to buy a nice driver 1957 Corvette in the western US and have been disappointed time and again by people who don't bother reading my criteria. Instead of a nice non-original, carbureted, manual-trans driver I get offered mostly overpriced, over-restored, resto mods, top flighted, trailer queens, some with power-glides, some with f.i. Patience is a virtue both for buyers and for sellers, I understand, but I'm running out of this for-me-rare-commodity. Yet it's best to resign oneself and wait since, as Albert Camus once said, happiness too is inevitable--in other words, sooner or later both a buyer/seller will materialize. Stay away from BAT unless you are thick-skinned and oblivious to the inane know-it-alls who like to comment but never bid or buy.
just my two cents
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Re: Selling a Corvette on line
Yes, I suspect some young-uns wrote this stuff, probably have never even seen a car like this. And of course they think they are smarter than the old people.....Big Tanks In the High Mountains of New MexicoComment
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Re: Selling a Corvette on line
It doesn't matter if BAT says flip up headlights or turbine wheels. Real buyers expect that kind of generic description from the BAT write up. The non bidders who post the silly comments actually give you the opportunity to reply with a picture or explanation showing their lack of knowlwdge. If you own a good car and want to sell it at a good price BAT may be your best option. The wait time and picure advice from Patrick is correct. You also would want to add some youtube videos; I added ones like cold start, driving, walk around, under carriage, even an alarm test for a '72. More the better.Comment
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