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I'm the exact same way...used to look at ebay regularly, now it's pretty much occasionally and only for the marques I'm particularly interested in (Austin Healey 1952-1956, BMW 1977-1983 3 series, Opel, Porsche 1974-1998, VW 1983-1984) and nothing else at this point.
I go to BaT daily I guess because I'M not a serious buyer, just looking. With BaT I like the comments and the totally eclectic mix of cars. Recent and currently there were an AMC Hornet AMX, Citroen SM, BMW e21 Alpina, 240D Mercedes, a Rover V8 swapped MGB, plus a few Porsches and a couple Ferraris. Where else are you going to see a mix like that? You'd spend hours on ebay going through every single marque to see that kind of variety.
As far as the buying goes, BaT seems more like a real auction house. They seem to pound reserves low enough many cars sell at deal prices making it worthwhile for buyers to spend time there. Cars that don't meet reserve, they do get involved after the auction to try to put deals together, again like a real auction house.
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Wally - '77 Martini 924, '85 300SD, '56 Austin-Healey 100, 2010 Triumph Anniversary Speed Triple
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