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01-02-2006, 04:02 AM
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Would You Buy This Car With So Little Info?
It continue to amaze me that people would bid on a car with so little information. This buyer (0 feedback) provides only 5 pictures, and little info on the condition. Sunroof inoperable, but what about rust? I would never bid on
 a car with so sparse information and pictures. Would you? 
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01-02-2006, 05:58 AM
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Sure, I'd bid...
but $6,000, like TWO bidders have? I don't think so.
Top bidder has NO Ebay rating.... Deadbeat alert! Second bidder has 26 buys with all positive. Makes me wonder if any of the bidders might have inspected the car.
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Mike J  Cary, NC 1987 300SDL 203,400 miles How NOT to buy a MB Diesel: Know little or nothing about diesels or Mercedes Benz. Get the WVO fever. Drive 70 miles to a used car lot in the country. Buy the car without having it inspected, because it seems like a good idea at the time.... I'll be back. I'm gonna need help. I love this car already! 1998 F-150 154,000 miles 1994 Geo Tracker 75,000 Miles
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01-02-2006, 07:34 AM
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"minor" damage on right front fender, but don't let any pics of the damage show anything. Never for me..
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01-02-2006, 08:13 AM
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I'd RUN from that one. The zero feedback from the seller AND the high bidder are good signs of shill bidding. And what, we needed to see two pictures of the grill or was it the owner needed for us to see him "stike a pose" in one of them INSTEAD of taking a VERY necessary picture of the damage fender??? SHADY...even for ebay
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#5
01-02-2006, 10:17 AM
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The only thing I can say is that if your near the car in question it might be a good thing when people post auctions like that. Its essentially a classifiyed listing and not an auction. He did list his phone number so it's possible he sent more photos to people who asked. Ebay doesn't allow you to upload that many photos unless hosted somewhere else so the bidders might have seen more then we know.
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01-02-2006, 10:48 AM
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"Owned and maintained by 25 year Mercedes Benz technichian."
Doesn't seem to match... "Sunroof inoperable. Power seats inoperable. Being sold as is condition."
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#7
01-02-2006, 12:41 PM
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Look at the bid history..........
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#8
01-02-2006, 12:53 PM
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01-02-2006, 01:51 PM
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I didn't buy my wagon on ebay, but I did buy it, sight unseen, 800 miles away, with very little info in the classified ad. The ad literally said, "82 300td, 240k, silver, drives, 2400$ - xxx-xxx-xxxx". But when I contacted the guy, he emailed me a bunch of descriptions, answered all my questions, sent me a ton of pictures, etc. He actually WAS a mercedes technician, and we even took the car to the dealership he worked at so I could put it up on a lift and look around before paying.
So sometimes the low info ads are a boon. If you contact the person and get the details, you might find its a better buy than you thought (and better yet, a better buy than everyone else thought, keeping the price low!) But the possibility of shill bidding is a bit touchy... If i were close though, I'd still go visit the car, just to see if its a diamond in the rough. you know? peace, sam
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01-02-2006, 02:13 PM
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Proud owner of .... 1971 280SE W108 1979 300SD W116 1983 300D W123 1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper 1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel 1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified) --------------------- Section 609 MVAC Certified --------------------- "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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#11
01-02-2006, 08:25 PM
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If you could look at it in person it may be a decent car. I wouldn't bid unless I knew more then was in the auction.
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#12
01-02-2006, 10:27 PM
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You forgot to mention it's in New Jersey , home of scam and false titles....
Run away ! .
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-Nate 1982 240D 408,XXX miles Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better
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#13
01-03-2006, 03:02 AM
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I wrote and asked for pictures of damage yesterday...ZERO response
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Mercedes Fleet: 2004 CL600 Designo Espresso SPORT 2004 S600 Designo Espresso SPORT/Lorinser Pkg. 1999 S320 1988 300TE 1972 280SEL 4.5 Diesel Fleet: 2014 GL350 Blutec 1987 300SDL Blk/Blk 4 place seating #18 head 1987 300SDL Smk Slv/Burgangy #17 head 1986 300SDL Blk Pearl/Palomino #14 head w/ 280K 1984 Lincoln Mark VII Fact BMW Turbo Diesel
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