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Title: The R/S 70 DeVille mirror is rare, but not this rare...
Post by: 76eldo on October 25, 2016, 05:55:22 PM
This seller is a little optimistic:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-1969-1970-Cadillac-DeVille-Convertible-R-H-Passenger-Side-Door-Mirror-/112181038503?hash=item1a1e82cda7:g:YfAAAOSwHoFXqp-t&vxp=mtr

Brian
Title: Re: The R/S 70 DeVille mirror is rare, but not this rare...
Post by: Dan LeBlanc on October 25, 2016, 06:21:27 PM
Too rich for my blood!
Title: Re: The R/S 70 DeVille mirror is rare, but not this rare...
Post by: RobW on October 25, 2016, 07:54:15 PM
people don't understand that most of today's NOS are yesterday's returned blems....
Title: Re: The R/S 70 DeVille mirror is rare, but not this rare...
Post by: 76eldo on October 25, 2016, 09:21:01 PM
That's the truth.

Brian
Title: Re: The R/S 70 DeVille mirror is rare, but not this rare...
Post by: Dan LeBlanc on October 25, 2016, 09:35:06 PM
Wow.  Never really thought about it that way.
Title: Re: The R/S 70 DeVille mirror is rare, but not this rare...
Post by: Jeff Wilk on October 25, 2016, 10:01:06 PM
The challenge is that for most trim NOS parts they are in sealed packages which would be an indication that they are not blems........but without opening them who wants to take the risk that the part has not been destroyed by years and years and years of poor storage conditions?  Not sure about you but when I come across an NOS part that I need in a sealed factory box my heart jumps just a little bit faster but then the worry about what is being purchased kicks in and yet if the box was opened the question is raised about if it is really the part that JUST came out of the box for the photograph.............

Jeff
Title: Re: The R/S 70 DeVille mirror is rare, but not this rare...
Post by: jwjohnson86 on October 25, 2016, 10:04:00 PM
Mine is pitted... And at that price gonna stay that way.  Guess I should feel lucky my car has one at all.
Title: Re: The R/S 70 DeVille mirror is rare, but not this rare...
Post by: Highwayman68 on October 25, 2016, 10:20:16 PM
It's not the mirror that drives that price, it's the mounting bracket and gasket  ;D
Title: Re: The R/S 70 DeVille mirror is rare, but not this rare...
Post by: chrisntam on October 25, 2016, 10:39:10 PM
All that dood's stuff is overpriced.  He's been hawking that mirror for many months and no takers.

Seller says, "This is the real deal for a serious collector who has a period correct survivor concourse car and wants the best and only the real and true period correct enhancement for his/her vehicle."

No disrespect to my fellow '70 owners, but I don't think "serious collectors" have a '70 in their collection.

::)
Title: Re: The R/S 70 DeVille mirror is rare, but not this rare...
Post by: Scot Minesinger on October 25, 2016, 11:07:19 PM
70 Cadillacs are for serious collectors.

I had a passenger side mirror re-chromed in correct mat finish by Finishing Touch in Chicago and it looks just like original but is far more durable and better done for way less than that price.  If your passenger  mirror is pitted it can be re-done by the best in the Country more durably and Pebble Beach quality for way less.
Title: Re: The R/S 70 DeVille mirror is rare, but not this rare...
Post by: Jeepers Creepers on October 26, 2016, 02:43:49 AM
Holy Crap, for that price, id wanna look like George Clooney when I looked at myself in it.

And believe me when I say, that ain't gunna happen mate.
Title: Re: The R/S 70 DeVille mirror is rare, but not this rare...
Post by: John Abend on October 26, 2016, 11:52:02 PM
His price is high because he paid $600+ for each of them when he won the ebay auctions.  What he doesn't realize is he paid top market price for them and is trying to flip them.  Pure greed.  Gives other sellers a bad name with his inflated pricing for mediocre quality items.
Title: Re: The R/S 70 DeVille mirror is rare, but not this rare...
Post by: Jeff Rosansky CLC #28373 on October 27, 2016, 11:22:28 AM
I wonder if that mirror will make me look skinnier, or at least get rid of 1 of my chins.
I need a donut.
Jeff
Title: Re: The R/S 70 DeVille mirror is rare, but not this rare...
Post by: 76eldo on October 27, 2016, 01:59:28 PM
$600.00 Is a fair price.  I have bought some and sold them for between $500 and $600 depending on the completeness as far as the diagram and the base gasket being present.

$750 to $800 would be a decent mark up for this guy.  Asking $1500.00 is being a pig, in my opinion.  If it was an ebay auction and two guys were bidding and it went that high, then so be it.

It's a valuable thing to have on the car for pulling in and out of the garage and I am glad my 70 had one on there when I bought it.

I paid Bob Hoffman $600.00 for a 70 R/S Eldo mirror that's excellent used for a car that I don't even own yet, but hope to own some day.

Supply and demand is one thing but gouging is another.
Title: Re: The R/S 70 DeVille mirror is rare, but not this rare...
Post by: savemy67 on October 27, 2016, 09:58:10 PM
Hello all,

The bumper should cost $59.99 to ship.  The mirror should ship free!

Christopher Winter
Title: Re: The R/S 70 DeVille mirror is rare, but not this rare...
Post by: cadillacmike68 on October 31, 2016, 11:10:34 PM
Doesn't someone make a repro for these years now??
Title: Re: The R/S 70 DeVille mirror is rare, but not this rare...
Post by: 76eldo on November 01, 2016, 08:34:11 AM
The base on the repro mirrors that popped up on ebay last year is not correct.

Brian