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Old 08-19-2006, 12:23 AM
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Did this guy just get away with theft or am i missing something?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/COLLECTORS-PERSONAL-AUTOMOBILE-BEAUTIFUL-CONDITION_W0QQitemZ260022112721QQihZ016QQcategoryZ6331QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
this seems like a gorgeous car, but the winning bid would say otherwise. what's up?
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Old 08-19-2006, 12:35 AM
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Three things would stop me from bidding on this car:

1. The seller only has 6 feedbacks

2. The car has unknown mileage - the seller doesn't even seem to hint at a "presumed" milage, only that the odo is broken.

3. There are NO interior pics besides that one doorpanel.

I hope the thief was really the bidder, not the seller ;-)

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Old 08-19-2006, 12:41 AM
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Three things would stop me from bidding on this car:


The car has unknown mileage - the seller doesn't even seem to hint at a "presumed" milage, only that the odo is broken.

Jim

that's what i was thinking.
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Old 08-19-2006, 01:08 AM
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It does have a limited interest, but I'll bet the seller is in tears that he/she didn't put a serious reserve on it. There is no way that it's a beater.
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Old 08-19-2006, 08:45 AM
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Hopefully the buyer contacted the seller prior to auction end to (a) get more photos and (b) find out what the odometer actually reads.

Other than that, hard to go wrong with that low of a price.
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look at the high bidder..... 0 feedback... that usually means the owner has a fake bidding i-d. The owner then puts his max bid in there....if anyone can beat what the owner really wants... then it's theirs ....otherwise the owner pays the ebay fees..

this happens all the time....
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