2 days left Huge parts auction online
 

https://www.ebth.com/sales/20346-home-furnishings-housewares-decor-more/categories/3064-automotive-online-car-auctions

I have parted out 4 cars over the years but now moving to smaller house. All must go. No reserve prices.

Tops, doors, bumpers. glass, electrical, trunk lids, wheels, interior etc.
Thanks.

John, Looks like lots of good parts, good photos, and well organized. Nothing I need, but I like to have lots of spare parts.
Will you ship stuff and if so, what are your terms and limitations?
Thanks, and GLWS

Edit: Ok, figured out the shipping. It's all pretty simple, from an individual item display you can enter info for an estimate. EBTH handles the sale and shipping and the individual seller is pretty much out of the loop.

A couple random pics from the page:
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http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1483735839.jpg

...not that I want a lot of competition if I bid. :D

Ive bid on a bunch of stuff,
I live in Australia so not sure how they go with shipping it says its calculated after auction,
I accidentally bid on the 2 left mirrors and not the l + r haha oh well, appears you cant retract a bid...

black carptet for boxster - shipping $37.35
grey carpet for boxster - shipping $439.72
something fishy here

Yes, the shipping calculator is clearly the shortcoming of that web site. It looks like the shipping estimates changed on a few items when I came back to check on some bids. Without some sort of verification or guarantee on the shipping cost, there's no way to know what a bid will actually cost you.

Figured it out. The shipping calculator is not 'smart'. Probably a simple algorithm based on the dimensions entered for the item. Lots of size errors if you look.
Here's the carpet. Grey carpets are much bigger than black. :confused:
http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1483906775.jpg

Nice selection and I love the easy to browse format! I went ahead and bid on a few items that I can use as track spares. Thanks.

he does offer pickup in the listing so organize your own freight I guess, yeah some of the prices to ship to my forwarder were crazy, lucky I got outbid haha

There are some things that I'd buy, but it's too inconvenient and sketchy.
Sorry, but I've never heard of that site and am not going to go out of my way to join. eBay is tried and true. ;)

All I can say is that I'm glad that I got the items for cheap, they added on a hefty packaging fee. I will never bid on items on that site again.

Hey guys,

I bought the set of 4 black door panels. I only want the set that has no airbags. I plan to sell the other set that has the airbags. If you are interested, let me know.

Here is a link to the door panels.

https://www.ebth.com/items/4914623-four-black-interior-car-door-panels?utm_content=transactional&utm_campaign=webs ite&utm_source=sendgrid.com&utm_medium=email

Pierre

If you don't mind me asking, what item and how much was the fee? There look to be some great deals on there. That's if the seller let them go at that price.

One wheel and a power steering pump. Shipping estimate was around $27 before the bid and after, but they then added on $57 for handling!

parts auction comments
 

I have forwarded all comments to the auction company. They do have some logistical issues it appears. All sales were no reserve as I said in my post. Large items were for pick up only as stated on the site.

If anyone has any serious issues please contact me directly johnm@pcapotomac.org and I will see what I can work out with the company.

John

I also got screwed on handling. I purchased 2 items, and I thought I would save on shipping. The FAQ on their site mentioned they would combine items thus reduce the shipping cost. My items were about $145 without shipping and handling.I paid an additional ~$75 in shipping and handling. I placed a comment on the check out page stating that they should be transparent about the handling charge. I doubt I will use them again unless I get the items really cheap.

John,

I am happy with my purchase prices, actually bid on a few other items that I let go when it went above my limit. No issue whatsoever there. Just wish I had known about the excessive handling charges from the sales site.

sounds like its lucky I got outbid on everything, didnt know about the added packing charge, no mention of that on the website, I assume the high cost of shipping on the quote included that.

Parts auction shipping tip
 

If your shipping cost seems out of whack contact customer service and let them know. The company does not have much experience with car parts

John

john,

I purchased a few things from the sale. I will be picking them up tomorrow. Is there any chance I can pick them up earlier than 2pm?

shipping cots
 

On the bright side it seems that even including shipping most of the parts still went for about 1-2 cents on the dollar verse normal salvage prices. A door sold for $4.

Again contact customer service if you have an issue.

Just got back from picking up my purchases! I am VERY happy! I got two rear bumpers , a door and two convertible tops with frames!

Hundreds of parts and a problem to solve
 

Hi, I am knew to the forum...thanks for having me. I live about 6 1/2 hours from Chevy Chase, MD where the auction occured. I purchased hundreds of parts including doors, rims, latches, dashboards, most everything I could imagine but steered clear of many of the mechanical parts (I still got my share). I purchased the parts for the charitable organization I run for kids who have autism to resell and raise funds (Burgeon Academy on Facebook). Now, I have to get everything to SC. My preference is to sell the whole lot. From my guess-timate, low ball would be $8-12k resale for all of it. I would like to offer the whole lot for $5,000. Let me know if interested as soon as possible. The difference in what I paid and the $5,000 will kick start Burgeon and we need it. The invoice is attached in 4 parts. Willing to bet this "stuff" is worth a lot more than I guess-timate (and maybe not...but then again..).

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Good luck with that (seriously)
Its a noble cause

Unfortunately you may have a bunch of parts that will take a long time to sell and not anywhere as valuable as you think

I agree, there are also people on here selling parts way under salvage prices so you might be struggling, considering a lot of those parts are considered slow moving,
you would be better off offering them on ebay a much less rate than the others and they will get snapped up, ebay is more trusted than EBTH,
good luck and hope you make some coin for your cause

To add onto what the last two have said, I'd start off with adds on craigslist and then what doesn't sell on there put on Ebay. Not to burst your bubble but there's a lot of stuff on these cars that really don't sell. Some stuff you're better off bringing to a scrapyard.

+1 to what the others said.
That would be really cool to spend ~$1,000 and make $5,000 in a day.
I like car parts, but a large lot of dissociated parts takes a lot of work to sort, store, market, and sell. I expect that with time and effort you can make some money, but that $5,000 for all buyer (or even half that) does not exist.

Do some market research, set your prices & have clear shipping costs.
Craigslist, eBay, and classifieds...
List some here on the forum in the Classified section.
Are you a PCA member? List some there.
GLWS.