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Old 12-19-2008, 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Larry Delor View Post
Any samples of their replies?
Just wondering....do you make requests in English, or German?
What kind of parts are you looking for anyway?

I am trying to get a 300D flywheel and a shifter for a w123 5 speed. I have been deleting the replies becuase they were pretty bad. I made the requests in english and with a babelfish translation in German. I took German in high school so I was able to correct the babelfish translation where it was incorrect or used the wrong word translation but its been pretty good translations and it is faster than dictionary lookups for each word.

I offered one guy this. He has a complete engine for sale with a flywheel on it. It is at 56 euros right now. I asked if the flywheel was included with the auction and he replied he has no flywheel with a rather rude joke, even though it is clearly pictured in the ad. I replied with a photoshopped picture pointing to the flywheel in case the english translation was confusing even though I used the German "Schwungrad". I asked if a buy the engine if he would remove only the flywheel and ship it to me, then he could relist the engine and resell it. He made another crude references about yankees and said "sure for 700 euros" he would sell me the flywheel. what gives. is it me?
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