NCBRIJEN Posted October 25, 2002 Share Posted October 25, 2002 Hey, Did anyone see the grey reatta mats for sale on ebay ended $125.00? What would be a realistic price for a pair of original grey reatta mats with little use. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NASCAR Posted October 26, 2002 Share Posted October 26, 2002 I THINK ABOUT $ 30.00 I SAW THEM WHEN THEY FIRST WENT ON E-BAYBUT WOUNLD'NT PAY THAT KIND OF $$$$$$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Eaton Posted October 26, 2002 Share Posted October 26, 2002 $125? $30? What is a reasonable price for the mats? You can't get a good pair of mats at WalMart for $30. $125 seems high for used mats but try and find a good pair of blue or grey mats. I have talked to 4 companies that make mats and they can't match the colors. I talked to another company about doing the mats and they couldn't get the logo the correct size even when I sent them an original mat. This thing of finding parts is flustrating, they want the business but don't want to do anything out of the ordanary......comments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Reatta1 Posted October 26, 2002 Share Posted October 26, 2002 I'd like to find a pair of Reatta mats in saddle for my 88. Trouble with hard to find parts is that thay are usualy provided by outfits that figure if you want it bad enough you'll pay whatever they feel like charging. Law of supply and demand they say. This forum is about the only place I've found where you stand a chance of getting what you need at a reasonable cost. Lots of good folks here with the same goal to preserve a darn good rare car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Eaton Posted October 27, 2002 Share Posted October 27, 2002 I can tell you from experience that prices vary ......ExampleI was buying mats from a company in Alabama and reselling, the reason, (1) When I first contacted them they did not have the logo digitized and the only way they would make the mats was if I paid for the digitizing....at the time the charge was $100. (2) they would not sell to individuals, too much paperwork etc. (3) While they claimed to have a pattern, it did not match the factory original.How did I figure the selling price? I took the price they charge me, added a couple of bucks to recover the digitizing fee, added shipping. They also charged me $3.50 for drop shipping the mats, but the other choice was to have them shipped to Texas, then reshipped. So paying their fee was the logical thing to do. Then I added a small amount for using my money and I originally sold the mats for $80.00 including shipping. My cost was $65 so you can see I was doing if for fun.Now they changed their policy and will only sell me 10 of the same color at a time and they must be shipped to Texas. This doubles the shipping and I have $650 of my money in them from day 1, and it could be in the bank. Because they want to bulk ship the mats, I must also buy individual boxes to sell them. I still sell the mats for $89.00 including shipping and some may think that is too much, but I don't see anyone else selling them at any price.Buick Atlanta has a mat with a "R" sunburst for $150 (I think) but they are a buisness and must make money. I just have to answer my wife when she ask WHY?Also....many of the Reatta items I find are discovered after multible phone calls... Average call is probably $2-3 after you explain who you are and why you are calling and you get put on hold and transferred to three different people that finally tell you they can't help. Another example... the non-skid grids for '88-'89 mats. I started my search with the patent number on the grid. Called the patents office, got names, called those names, called the people they suggested, several dead ends. Finally found a company in Penn that made original Cadillac mats and they had some grids on mats. Started the negotiation. They wanted to sell me the entire mats because it takes manpower to remove the grids (they were going to scrap the mats) While their price was reasonable, the shipping would have doubled the price, then what would I do with Cadillac mats without grids? Somehow (after several phone calls) they agreed to sell me some grids. I purchased 40, as far as I know they are the only new ones left in the world. I sell them for $10 including shipping and am probably giving them away.So how do you determine a fair price? Until you go out and do the leg work, spend your money, then wait until someone call........ the seller must establish the selling price.I hate to ramble, but there are people looking for a bargin where bargins don't exist. Some people think these things just appear at my front door, well that is not the case. I love cars, and want to help establish the Reatta as a collectable Buick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCBRIJEN Posted November 2, 2002 Author Share Posted November 2, 2002 Thanks Barney!! I totally agree with you!! you can NOT put a price on any collectible.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 2, 2002 Share Posted November 2, 2002 Barney, you should have taken the Cadillac mats. They are the same design and fit as the Reatta's. Although without logo and the colors and nap may be different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 2, 2002 Share Posted November 2, 2002 YO, BRO! DESE SKINS GOTTA BE DE UNBORNED HIDES LIKE INNA MY SILVER SPUR ESS YEW VEE! WHITE CHILDUN DON'T KNOW SHEEITE BOUT GOOD LIVIN AN STUFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Reatta1 Posted November 2, 2002 Share Posted November 2, 2002 Not worth a comment but welcome to the forum. Sweet gets you further than sour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 3, 2002 Share Posted November 3, 2002 After reading MoFo's initial posting, I think I'm changing my position about encouraging anonymous posters to register.... Oh, you earthlings! We don't that many weirdos on Melmac.ALF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCBRIJEN Posted November 30, 2002 Author Share Posted November 30, 2002 Hey Happy Holidays All!! I just saw a set of grey mats on ebay that ended yesterday @ $38.00 and didn't meet reserve, hope the seller contacts me.have a good one!1989 Reatta1997 Bravada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBlackMoon Posted December 1, 2002 Share Posted December 1, 2002 Mofo, I am as brown as toilet droppings, and though most here will not bother to comment, let <span style="font-weight: bold">ME</span> give you some <span style="font-weight: bold">VERY GOOD</span> advice... <span style="font-weight: bold">Leave the racial crap on BlackPlanet.com!!!!!</span> And as far as I am concerned, that want-to-be-special EBONICS garbage can go with it! It's offensive and that's NOT what we are about here. The day will come when you'll NEED those very same "white childun" to help your "Black Arse" out of a jam, and I will be the first to advice AGAINST doing so.Show some respect and intelligence and stop acting like a 300yr old <span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold">S L A V E ! ! ! !</span></span> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Reatta1 Posted December 1, 2002 Share Posted December 1, 2002 Kudos C 1. We are about Reatta's, not racial junk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakersfield Posted December 2, 2002 Share Posted December 2, 2002 For any of you looking for a good quality "daily driver" mat, you might check out what COSTCO has if you have a COSTCO in your area. I picked up a set of VERY NICE gray mats for $19.99 Of course, I am still patiently waiting for an opportunity to purchase a set of original or close to flawless repros some day, but these are really an excellent buy! Check them out in the automotive aisle at COSTCO. They also have a camel color avaialable. If for no other reason than to "save" our precious original mats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted December 2, 2002 Share Posted December 2, 2002 DL... I dont think yo momma rapper or whatever the hell the handle is , is even black sounds more like a sick young skin head with his hand down his own pants, while IT tries to make a point. and a further bet.... Has never seen a Reatta. This may sound like a rant but, DL Im no. 2 in offering to "help" this person. Hank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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