[DML] Re: What is this I bought?

[Marc A Levy <malevy@xxxx>]

Ann & Ed Thompson wrote:
> The one that boggles my mind is the book, "DeLorean - Stainless Steel Illusion",
> Newport Press ISBN 0-930880-09-9. I have seen this out-of-print 160 page hardback
> book sell on eBay in the past for well over $300. BTW, this is an excellent book
> and should be on the required reading list of any DeLorean enthusiast.

Why does this boggle the mind?? This item cannot be had that easily.

> Another good publication that is still available at retail through the DeLorean
> Owners Association is the 172 page paperback Brooklands Books "DeLorean Gold
> Portfolio 1977-1995". This book is a collection of reprinted DeLorean articles
> originally published in magazines such as Road & Track and Car & Driver. DOA
> sells this book at retail on their web site for $24.95. I have seen this book
> represented on eBay as "rare", "out of print", and "hard to find", and selling
> for more than $50. This book should also be on your required reading list.

This item is also for sale on the www.amazon.co.uk I purchased it a few
weeks back from them. With the conversion rate (from Pounds to Dollars)
my final price was about $25.00, Same as the DOA.

> Another item you will frequently find on eBay is the "DMC" logo license plate.
> Also represented by eBay sellers as "rare" to "extremely rare", it has also sold
> for over $50. It is available new, at retail, from DeLorean Motor Company,
> Houston, on their web site for $12.95!

This one always annoys the heck outta me! I got mine at a car show 5
years ago for $6.00 I shoulda bough a whole case of them!