Now, if you thought that Eastgate’s WSOP bracelet auction was the biggest thing going as far as pro poker fund raising efforts are concerned, think again!!
That’s because Eastgate has competition in colleague Vanessa Rousso who is also going the auction way though she has a spiffy set of wheels to do the wowing for her in the poker circles. Yes, it is her prized Lamborghini that is under the hammer – just like Eskimo Clark and Peter Eastgate had previously done.
Now the market is abuzz with the news of poker sites babe Vanessa Rousso (a PokerStars Team member) who is in the news for putting her 2007 yellow Lamborghini Gallardo up for sale on eBay.
Displaying smart business acumen, Rousso had bought the luxury sports car a year ago using her poker winnings and in a video interview conducted by CardPlayer, this GoDaddy Girl revealed that she’d been thinking about this indulgent purchase since her teen years. But, even though the sticker price was something she could have easily afforded, she realized that she could benefit from depreciation in the vehicle’s value when it was in its first year and thus had taken this decision to benefit from it. This only goes to prove that Rousso is not ‘busted’ as many would have thought her being for wanting to sell off her Lamborghini because she had it all planned out: it was like having enjoyed a year of free luxury riding and then being able to resell the Lamborghini at a fixed price of 126, 500 through a secure online platform like eBay.
However, though it was earlier believed that fulltilt pro Rousso had put up her car for auction, she was quick to clarify that the fixed price tag was made available to buyers of her Lamborghini only because she had chosen a smart selling option from eBay, which is the website’s “Buy It Now” channel.
Her car dealer, which also handles other celebrity car sales for Las Vegas residents, specializes in exotic automobiles and is currently working on facilitating a sale on her behalf by allowing serious buyers to sign up with a deposit amount of $500 but this action must be taken within 48 hours of the sale closure. The other unique aspect of this sale is that interested buyers for Rousso’s Lamborghini can choose to open negotiations for a “Make Offer” option that lets buyers arrange for the cash.
Since Rousso is the third person to have owned this 2007 Lamborghini Gallardo model and has only notched up 12,875 miles, buyers are eager to consider the V10 engine fitted, 5 liter automatic or 6-speed manual E-gear transmission luxury car for their garage. Its interiors have black leather with a vibrant yellow stitching drawing attention to its seating provisions while auto accessories typically associated with high end luxury vehicles, such as a navigation system, camera for rear view negotiation, heated seats and climate control for a dual zone are other attractions for serious buyers who are sure to get lucky considering its original price was a staggering $180,050.
This amount makes Rousso’s asking price seem pretty reasonable and in accordance with that of the market because serious buyers would know that only 5,000 Lamborghini Gallardos left the manufacturing unit in 2007, so it is not an easy model to buy at this price anywhere in the world.