Le Vie en Rose – The pink airline for women a ‘no fly zone’ for men?

In the 1980’s Geoff Edelsten, entrepreneur and doctor, was married to a young glamourous model called Leanne, and was accused of living a wild, vulgar and profligate lifestyle. His wife and he lived in a 6 million dollar mansion and lived a pink champagne existence, but he swears the legendary pink helicopter he was reputed to have bought her as a present never existed.  But others assert the pink helicopter deal was part of the cabaret lifestyle the VFL’s first private owner lived.

Leanne apparently liked pink so what Leanne liked she got. Perhaps Leanne was an early version of Paris Pink who, like Barbie, was occasionally seen in orange. Well at least Barbie drove an orange beetle even if Barbie never had a career as a prisoner, a fact which in itself probably deserves some further exploration on another day.

Soon a boutique pink airline will be launched, designed especially for women. Customised pink planes will be the vehicle of choice for “shopping breaks to Paris” with pink champagne and complementary manicures.

The rough rule of thumb is improve the product offering (and the price) of every consumer item on the planosphere to women by drenching it in Mary Kay pink.

But although there are pink laptops, televisions, playstations, mobile phones and other paraphernalia Blackberry are yet to come in pink   http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2098154,00.html

Baby Pink 2006 Smart For Two Passion

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2006-Smart-For-Two-Passion-PINK-Edition_W0QQitemZ330129030870QQihZ014QQcategoryZ18276QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

2006 Smart For Two Passion Pink Edition….my favourite next to the  Figaro

1999 RENAULT MEGANE SPORT COUPE 1.6 16V SILVER AND PINK

Looks like all the pink cars to die for are in England!!

Pink Renault Megane Sport Coupe

Baby Pink Rolls Royce 1976 Silver Shadow 1

Wanting a low cost entry into that limousine/hire car/taxi business? Sanrio’s answer to the Hello Kitty Taxi.

In need of some TLC this baby pink Rolls Royce comes with personalised number plates…http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1976-ROLLS-ROYCE-PINK_W0QQitemZ180126159758QQihZ008QQcategoryZ43124QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

1991 VAUXHALL NOVA MERIT HOT PINK

Pretty n pink, 1.2 Nova Merit with gorgeous baby pink seat covers. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1991-VAUXHALL-NOVA-MERIT-HOT-PINK_W0QQitemZ180128003869QQihZ008QQcategoryZ9858QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Car Auction Tips

Buying at a used car auction might get you a great deal, but you might also end up paying an overinflated price for a dud.  

Whether you are buying on ebay, yahoo, or at a government or police car auction the same logic and tips of the trade apply as would do to any auction.

Applied to auto auctions make sure you have your Kelley Blue Book, NADA guide, or Edmunds book so you have a rough idea of the value of the car you are inspecting.

Check out the hood, vin number, and make sure to run your VIN checks. You can get instant online reports through services like http://www.autocheck.com/?siteID=0 to make sure its above board and not hot.

Information about the title, any transfers, registration and renewal, specifications, brand, and name and address of owners is invaluable, and can be gathered from a variety of public and proprietary databases as part of this type of service. 

Check the VIN on the doors, dash, and under the hood match as if they don’t its an indication the car could have been stolen or wrecked, salvaged, junked or flooded or fire damaged.

Some unscrupulous sellers use a rebuilt title to sell a car but it devalues the car by up to 30%.

Other good ideas are to find an auction that specialises in the kind of car you  are looking for and allows you to closely examine or inspect all of the cars that they plan on auctioning prior to committing.

Where the auction is online check to make sure that you can bid and have the car checked once the auction is over. Most websites just act as a forum for an online car auction so that the buyer and seller close the deal and write the contract after the close of auction.

Hot pink 1963 Shelby Cobra Dragonsnake CSX2093

The hot pink 1963 Shelby Cobra Dragonsnake http://www.mecumauction.com/auctions/lot_detail.html?LOT_ID=FL0107-47358 is in it’s high performance drag racing condition.

This baby blue cobra dragon  

  sold last year for over 1.5 million, and there is speculation as to whether the breathtaking magenta cobra dragon is the original  maroon one with a pink makeover.  

Its actually painted in magenta metalflake paint.

A competitor in many different classes it won many championships in the 60’s setting new records.

It is on the auction block at the forthcoming Mecum High Performance Auction http://newcarautopart.blogspot.com/2007/06/enthusiasts-rev-up-for-five-day-car.html being held in Belvidere together with more 1500 classic cars. The five day affair will attract classic car and Detroit’s original heavy metal enthusiasts.

Muscle cars particularly Ford Mustangs, Chevy Camaros and Impalas are expected to be snapped up quickly, being particularly popular in the car auction market at present.

Car auctions are notoriously unpredictable in the prices cars fetch, but there are cars ranging from $5K to six figure sums.

Check out whats on offer http://www.mecumauction.com/auctions/consign_list.html?AUCTION_ID=FL0107

1973 Pink Jaguar for sale on ebay

 

1973 Jaguar XJ6 4.2

ebay personality liquidation

Scoured the attic for things to sell, read all the books on trendspotting and still come up with zilch as to what to sell on ebay?

How about an imaginary friend, imaginary life, your credit card rating or …..if you are in a buying mood and have always wanted a personality grab your virtual shopping cart and buy yourself or a friend in need a Collectable personality

Kimbaspec is offloading a one owner collectable personality on ebay. Its evident some ebay vendors aren’t content to just license their personality, but are prepared to part with their precious persona wholesale. (and remember this isn’t a Sotheby’s auction, so don’t expect a Sotheby’s personality) 

It begs the question what does an all inclusive personality actually include?The add doesn’t really say and isn’t exactly loaded with personality. Either that or Kimbaspec needs a better ghostwriter or an ebay trading assistant.

From one perspective, Kimbaspec’s personality liquidation is a salutary reminder that we live in a disposable world, a Toffler-ish throway consumer society.

But lets not get too carried away with the shameless capitalism thing

The whole listing is a bit dodgy if you ask me. This doesn’t even look like a professional scam artist job. In fact, its rather pedestrian, not to mention thin on content.

Getting down to the fine detail, (always a sure sign you are getting value for money on ebay), we have no specifications, no registration papers, title guarantee, returns policy, or preparedness to accept trade ins.

The unsuspecting ebay bargain hunter could be fooled into thinking they are getting a bargain basement personality for a bargain basement price. But how do we really know the said personality has clear title, what kind of shape it’s in and that its had one owner.

No mileage. No log book, service record, performance indicators..certainly doesn’t look like a high performance add from a high performance personality

Kimbaspec is prepared to state that this is a “collectable” yet what credentials does kimbaspec have? 

Alarm bells should ring when you see another “urgent sale” from another one of those ebayers who is going “overseas”. If you are in the market for a personality and think its worth getting ripped off, you’d want it to be for a champagne personality. But there is not even an attempt to offer a mildly creative ‘ebay reason’ for the sale of this gem. eg its been languishing in grandma’s attic for years now, doesn’t fit /too big/small/outgrown it, NQR, OTT, upgrading etc.

There is also some internal consistency. If this commodity ’will travel with you wherever you go’ as the listing suggests, why leave it behind?

Sounds either dodgy or very tragic. It could be subject to repossession, stolen merchandise or maybe even listed in the lost and found classifieds.  For those hoping to snap up a personality theres a great idea!! Look in the lost and found, and you might even pick one up or even reclaim your own. Rent one before you take the plunge into unknown waters. Buying the wrong personality could have catastrophic unforeseen consequences.

At the end of the day what do you get for your money?

A local personality currently resident in Melbourne, hardly bourgeois, and maybe not even on the right side. May not be very worldly if its only able to be picked up.

No accessories. No lifestyle, soul, social network, job or business comes with this item, and although you’d probably pick these things up elsewhere on ebay, there are still compatibility issues. Doesn’t sound like kimbaspec is living a stereo digital/hi-fidelity life.

In summary we have a zero feedback rating probably from an ebayer with possibly zero personality (if that need be said).

What self respecting ‘collectable’ persona would put no price on their own personality, or worse still fail to offer it in pink?

By the time you purchased some self esteem you’d could be paying a small fortune.

No T-shirts, events rights, paraphernalia, product reviews.

‘Pick up is preferred’, no options for postage, and it isn’t even downloadable.

Not a good look kimbaspec.

1971 Pretty n Pink Mini

For sale on ebay classic pink 1971mini