Ebay Seller At it again! See post #65
 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mercedes-Benz-300-Series-300TD-1985-300TD-W123-TURBO-DIESEL-STATION-WAGON-WARRANTY-FL_W0QQitemZ220008089122QQihZ012QQcategoryZ6330QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Our favorite 'artist' is at it again. Look at the older fuel/temp/oil pressure gauge,
incorrectly sized tires, and incorrect carpet (obviously aftermarket replacement).

Anything else you guys see?

Wow, you are good! I almost missed the gauge, I had no idea about the carpet, looked original to me.

Could it be a flood damage car? I dunno, why else would someone replace ALL carpet? I guess it could get quite moldy and hazardous if the car was stored in a damp and dark area.

Look at the ash tray, it was a smokers car. I'd love to see one of these in person. This looks like a classic, buy at auction cheap, buff, sell as mint used car deal.

I say flood. The cargo nets look like they have been dried after sitting in muddy water.

yep, a carfax reveals that the car was sold at auction recently...

Funny about the net. I was thinking the spare tire well looked awefully dirty. Also I think it is still the original carpet, just died. Its to light to be brown and to dark to be palamino. Why no pics of the storage/3rd row seat?

You would think he would at least put new headlights in that wagon.
Is that minnows I see swimming in the bottom of those?? :splat:

didn't this guy have an sdl on awhile back,if so they both look like they have earl schieb paint jobs.they might shine but have no clarity as an original mb paint job.

Holy crap, you're not kidding!!! Is that really a few inches of water in the bottom of the headlights? There's clearly a lot of condensation in the right one.

http://www.imageviper.com/displayima...ai_42k_200.jpg
Looks like it was submerged for a good while.
http://www.imageviper.com/displayima...ai_42k_160.jpg

Them's Killyfish,brought up from the gulf courtesy of the NOLA flood I'll betcha.

What are you seeing in the gauge that I cannot? It looks like the gauge in my 1985 sedan.

Look closely at the center 'buttons' (pivot points for speedo and tach needles). The speedo and tach both have black buttons. The center button on the left gauge is chrome. '82 was the last year I think with chrome buttons.

Go look at your '85. The left gauge group should have a black button.

You're good! The seller's car has a gauge in which all three needles come out from a common center with a chrome button. My '85 has three separate little gauges with black buttons as pivot points.

Incidentally, the seller's photo is titled "2004_Hyundai_42k_185.jpg."

I replaced the gauge in my '85 with a chrome buttoned gauge from an earlier model just like this guy did. My reason is because the oil gauge was leaking on the original gauge and I found the other one at a junk yard for $12.

Scott

No, the sellers car has three gauges with black pivot points, just like yours. The 'phony' center button is chrome, where the later style has no phony center button at all.

tsk tsk, couldnt even match the wiper blades. The drivers side wiper looks like a anco blade and the passanger side looks like a bosch.

Yes. I always enjoy this guy.....

Heres some more times we've caught his shady rip off deals...his ebay name is similar but some auctions, hes no longer a registered user.....
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/146331-another-ebay-car-our-friend.html
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/143799-our-ebay-friend-again.html
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/141144-ebay-300td-right.html

Those posts I made, he has actually pulled the auction i.e. asked ebay to "no longer make the auction available" plus, he makes his bidders IDs private now, since last time we started emailing the bidders and telling them how jacked the cars were. LAter on, once he started getting bad feedback, he just kills his Ebay ID, and opens another one. How does he have 9 feedbacks at 100%? Easy. What he does is gets several ebay accounts at once with several email addressed. Then, he makes his feedback private. The easiest way to build feedback on ebay is to 'buy' it...don't believe me?

How about going here http://everythingelse.search.ebay.com/recipe_Other_W0QQsacatZ47103

buying a 'recipe' to cook something. 99 cents. You pay, they send, and do it 10, 100, 1000 times....all of a sudden you have a feedback rating of 100% wiht 1000 positive feedbacks. Who's going to know if your feedback is kept 'private'??


You can always see paint lines around the door handles etc. Very poor prep work. He goes to the trouble of installing every single car he sells with new or refurb wheels. THen misses details. Once, he listed a TD that had a big clock/no tach, then 3 pics down, the car magically grew a tach.

I'm just hoping that someone here doesn't get taken by this dude, thats why Im always watching this character.....

Oh yeah, notice the stick on wood overlay around the shifter.........

The radio looks like it's showing 8P5mhz.

I'll give it one thing: NO GREEN COOLANT!:D

OK, understand.

Also recently sold a 300TD '87 model.

The brake fluid is NASTY

Thats because the resevoir is so dark, you can't see inside it!

I wondered where the cars were coming from
 

Look how many more he has
http://motors.search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZdeutscheserzeugnis

I wouldn't be suprised
 

to find out there was shill bidding going on with that fellow. Probably why the user ID's are kept private. Ebay lets everyone screw the purchaser as much as possible. I hate Ebay....

Anybody notice that it jumped to $8,100 today?

Somebody is going to be very, very, sorry when they take ownership of this wagon. Can you imagine the rust that is lurking within?

Hey Redassag00,

I notice you are in Katy, TX - any way I could talk you into dropping by and taking a look at this '87 300TD up for auction in your town if it's not too far out of your way?

I've been searching for an '87 for a long time now, they are few and far between. This guy's single picture of the car is horrible(1st warning) and it shows no Carfax registration history prior to 05/22/1997 in Richmond, TX(no mileage). After that, it passed emmissions on 11/02/2003 in Richmond again with 175,100 miles. On 06/01/2004 it was registered to a new owner in Fulshear, TX , but no mileage recorded. Then it passed emmissions again on 01/04/2006 with 204,424 miles.

drivers door out of alignment...and...
 

has been repainted, see the differences in color and sheen inside door jams and outside. Drivers door hangs 1/4 in. too low probably needs hinges. Hate those chrom wheel arches, probably full of rust under them.

Nice car but what a sucker who buys it:rolleyes:

The drivers side interior door release is busted. Look at that rim! (10 o'clock) it got pot holed or flattened some how. Really poor interior detailing! The rims are painted on the car, lug nuts, center cap, valve stem cap, caliper, included. Overspray on the tire, 2nd picture of the rims between 3 and 4 o'clock.

Stay on him redassag00.

I'm sorry to see that the 124 wagons ended in 1987 too. This guy is just full of knowledge.:silly:

Sure, I dont mind. Send me a PM with where he is, and what you're looking for me to look for! I cant guaruntee I'm an expert, but I can know what to look for if you tell me!

Uh Oh! Do the words in his auction look familiar???
Heres the Mercedes 123 .net site http://mercedes-w123.net/buyers_guide.htm

And heres what he posted....

ebay buyers
 

I am ashamed to admit that I got taken in on an auction from a dealer (fell in love with a 190D and probably paid about 2000 more than I should). You guys are doing a great service for those on this site who might be looking at these cars. I would encourage anyone who comes across a suspect auction like this to let others know as this site is visited by many who are contemplating one of these fine cars. Common sense sometimes goes out the window when you think you've found "the car".

Kevin
1979 240D manual
1984 190D manual

HA, I saw that one on Westgreen last week. :D

All the Carfax data is from Texas and shows no Florida registrations...the florida tags are the same ones used on his 85SD of the same color....and same paint quality.

Actually, that paint job reminds me of my car....which looks like Earl Schieb breathed on it.....

Yep thats why I try to help anyone in my area who wants one of these cars. Not to brag but I have looked at a few and saved a couple of people a lot of money!:cool: Notice my location in my sig, remember that if you want a car near me.

Mercedes are tough, to someone who knows nothing about them a money pit can look pretty good.

what do you think of this beauty?
 

Not to highjack this thread, but what does anyone think about this 300TD. I wish the pics were better. Always concerned about storage and the problems that entails.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=017&item=270009134087&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBI%3AIT&rd=1
thanks

Kevin
1979 240D manual
1984 190D manual

Hi Hitman,

What is Westgreen?

I've already got serious reservations just because of the intentionally crappy picture with the auction. Why would anyone use a pic that makes it impossible to tell the condition of the paint job? Doesn't take a genius.

In all honesty, find it highly unlikely that I will ever buy a car off eBay "sight unseen" and without a compression test, etc. The risks are too high, especially with that has registration or mileage records for the first 10+ years of it's life.

Well, now that Hit Man has said he's at least seen it (at a distance), I'd appreciate a gander if you have a chance. I will send the guy an email to see if he responds. A little test drive and look over would be nice. I'll send you a PM when I hear back from the guy.

'sheeeeesh ! I can smell the Tire Shine and Armour All from here !:rolleyes:


I've got two o' them vehicles...ones a 7/79 with chrome guage button and 'tothers a blue ( Looks like the old Service barge.)'85 wiv black guage buttons.

Well waddaya know...I'm rich at last !:greedy: :greedy: :greedy: :greedy:

PAMPERED !.......... Looks like the spare wheel was covered in rotor rust from very worn pads.....someone wasn't servicing it too well me thinks.
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Boy, that guy who bought the car in my post above sure could have used your help. The wagon was in Milford, CT. which looks to only be 20 miles or so from you.

Big street over in the Katy area.

Car looked clean from 20' but that doesn't mean a thing

Or is that mud???

I am only a PM away.;)

I think that the spare tire was lying in the mud when they found it and stuffed it the storage well. The tire treads are full of mud!

The radio looks like it was in the mud, too. Probably why the display is "8P5" instead of 88.5." Wonder which hurricane this one went through?

I just emailed him/her and asked why there was water in the headlights. We shall see what he or she says. Can't wait for the responce. I am gonna check copart to see if it sold there. They are a salvage auto auction. I will let you guys know. And who would pay 8K for this car?

The spare looked rusted on the inside, the door panels were all buckled, the hood didn't line up and those tires were too small. I don't know if the hood pad is suppose to look like its wet in certain areas? If its a flood car wouldn't it be reported to carfax?

Not always.

Maybe we are misunderstanding each other here. The guages in my '85 originally all had black center dots. When my oil gauge went bad I replaced it with an old style gauge that had a chrome dot. The gauges in my '85, after the replacement, looked exactly like the gauges he has in his car now. I was just wondering if he had a similar issue like me and that would explain the off-year gauge.

Scott

I don't think we're misunderstanding. The only point is that for some reason (normal wear and tear, or perhaps hurricane damage), the pristiene '85TD has a gauge set from '82. If the seller is going to go to all the trouble to dress this pig, he should have made sure the clothes match.

You were that close to my house and didnt call me?? :D

I didnt know you went to katy that much!!!

Well hopefully we can meet if you come to the Texas GTG :D