Seller won't be of any help, as it's a small used car dealer. I negotiated them down on price pretty good, so they are pretty much only willing to take it to the nearest MB dealer for an inspection and that's it. I'm 99% sure if I ask them to get a VMI for me, they'll say no.

The MB dealer nearest to them is the one I called about the PPI and was told 'no VMI'. So if I can't get it from them, I'm sure this used car dealership can't either.

I am trying another MB dealer that is 10 miles further away just in case. Hopefully they will sell the $50 kit to the used car dealership for me, and I can pay the cost when I pay for the PPI.

Any other options? I really hate to pay $350 for a letter. Makes it even worse that the exact same letter used to be free but they decided to gouge people.

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