I have bought 4 MB cars and 2 diesel trucks on eBay from different sellers without seen the cars and making my decision just by the sellers rating and description, with excellent results (cars better than described) of course if I am buying a car more than 20 years old and paying less than 10k I don’t expect to be in good condition no matter how well the PO took care of it or if the car comes with a lot of maintenance records, it is a used car and I know it will cost me money to bring it to my standards
I can’t say the same for a couple of local reputable car lots I bought from before.

Just my 2 cents

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2000 430 ML
2005 S500
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