R50/53 MINI GP spot on eBay--it has begun

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Aug 22, 2006 | 11:05 AM

DVLMINI

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MINI GP spot on eBay--it has begun

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http://cgi.ebay.com/MINI-COOPER-S-GP...QQcmdZViewItem

Aug 22, 2006 | 11:06 AM

mdsbrain

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*dealer*

"Place your bets, place your bets"

Aug 22, 2006 | 11:13 AM

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Wait a minute... a buy it now price of $6638.30??? I think that's about 1/4 of what this should cost. Does that seem a little fishy?

Aug 22, 2006 | 11:14 AM

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You are bidding to win a reserved order (not the car). They getcha!

Aug 22, 2006 | 11:15 AM

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Typo.... By it now price 3,500 GBP. Why even bid on it, just buy it now for that price. Then try to figure out how you will get a Euro MINI back to the states.

Aug 22, 2006 | 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by havnap

You are bidding to win a reserved order (not the car). They getcha!

Oh, I get it. $6638.80 buys you the privlidge of paying full price for the car. What a deal!

Aug 22, 2006 | 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by havnap

You are bidding to win a reserved order (not the car). They getcha!

sneaky bastards. (um, i can say bastard on here, right?)

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Aug 22, 2006 | 11:40 AM

havnap

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Originally Posted by iriemanhq

sneaky bastards. (um, i can say bastard on here, right?)

maybe B@$T@RD.

Aug 22, 2006 | 12:09 PM

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Hey, if there's a will there's a way for someone to make a Buck.

It's called Capitalism no matter where you are. If someone is willing to pay for the privledge, let them. It won't be me though.

Aug 22, 2006 | 12:15 PM

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pay $6500 for the right to pay another $30000+ on a car

good deal there!

Aug 22, 2006 | 12:22 PM

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Remember when people were paying over sticker for PT Cruisers? There's one born every minute.

Aug 22, 2006 | 12:22 PM

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These are called option prices in the financial literature. Options are contracts whose value is a function of the price of the underlying security (and other things) hence the oft-cited name "derivatives." This price reflects the relative scarcity of the underlying asset--a MINI GP, so I'm not surprised it is so high.

Aug 22, 2006 | 12:30 PM

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ho hum. . . .

Aug 22, 2006 | 12:32 PM

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...but the price of the underlying security is (among other things) dependent on the level of demand for it. So it depends, in my humble opinion, on how many suckers are out there.

Aug 23, 2006 | 10:37 AM

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Just wait until they actually start selling the CAR rather then the space to buy one

Aug 23, 2006 | 11:19 AM

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ho hum. . . .

My thought exactly *yawn*

Aug 23, 2006 | 12:00 PM

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My thought exactly *yawn*

Andrew...have a latte.

Aug 23, 2006 | 12:05 PM

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I remember seeing a similar adv. for a slot to buy a Lotus Elise before they got here that went over 12 K.

Aug 23, 2006 | 12:17 PM

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I remember seeing a similar adv. for a slot to buy a Lotus Elise before they got here that went over 12 K.

For those of us that bought back in 2002 ALL MINIs were seeing reservation spots for sale on Ebay and people were making a bundle.

Aug 23, 2006 | 12:50 PM

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Andrew...have a latte.

Please don't drink me!

Aug 23, 2006 | 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by latte hiatus

Please don't drink me!

Aug 29, 2006 | 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by HighSchoolzMINI

Just wait until they actually start selling the CAR rather then the space to buy one

Same seller (a dealer) is now selling the CAR...minimum bid $40K +.

Aug 29, 2006 | 08:42 AM

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Bogus ad I think. Bidding on a car that the seller doesn't even have yet? I don't think so!

Aug 29, 2006 | 11:07 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DVLMINI

Same seller (a dealer) is now selling the CAR...minimum bid $40K +.

oooooooo they have any real pictures?

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