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Originally Posted by benhogan
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I have always had good luck buying cars (all MB) sight unseen. My theory was that people who own these cars take care of them.
4 months ago, I bought the car sight unseen from this doctor who claimed that it was 'perfect'. The car turned up with a with a bad head gasket, cracked plastic bumpers, 2 dead cylinders among other things.........
.........Needless to say, I will never buy another car sight unseen again.
Life goes on........but no more sight unseen purchases!
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Agreed. The one and only time I have bought a car sight unseen, sad to say, was from a longtime member of the DD forum on this site. And he had one or two other DD members, who lived in his local area, backing up his claims on his e-bay ad and in the "Cars for Sale" section that the car was in excellent shape.
Let's just say that 4 years later, with a 2 year hiatus while working in TX, I'm still dealing with the "errors of omission" in his and his friends claims, and his errors of commission in his kludge mechanical/electrical/cosmetic fixes to the vehicle.
If I am ever tempted to buy a car so far outside of the local area that I can't inspect it personally again, I'll pay one of the car inspection services to fully check it out.
I took the high road and didn't publicly complain or start a flame war here on the site about the above situation, but if asked privately, I will identify who the individual was, just as word of warning to anyone else that might consider having dealings with him, to be on their toes and check everything out to the nth degree.