| Author | Message | ||
| Howie F. (Brokerofexotics)
Junior Member Username: Brokerofexotics Post Number: 170 Registered: 11-2001 |
Rob, Thank you for your kind words, and yes, the assoc. sponsorship is in the very near future. How can I refuse now?  | ||
| Rob Lay (Rob328gts)
Board Administrator Username: Rob328gts Post Number: 2005 Registered: 12-2000 |
Howie is a long time respected user of FerrariChat.com and dealer of fine Ferraris. Some day he may even become an associate sponsor of FerrariChat.com. ;) | ||
| bruce wellington (Bws88tr)
Member Username: Bws88tr Post Number: 792 Registered: 4-2002 |
ok doug thanks, i didnt scroll all the way down.. not worth my time to elaborate.. thanks again, bruce | ||
| Doug Meredith (Doug308)
Junior Member Username: Doug308 Post Number: 191 Registered: 2-2001 |
Bruce, The answer to your question is from the first post. It was the sellers response to a question asked regarding airbags. | ||
| Christian (Christiank)
Member Username: Christiank Post Number: 404 Registered: 1-2001 |
"brokerofexotics" wrote: "I request and look forward to your public apology." I understand this as a threat. Maybe he is not a nice guy after all. I am requesting and looking forward to a public apology for this. I feel hurt, Mam help me. | ||
| bruce wellington (Bws88tr)
Member Username: Bws88tr Post Number: 788 Registered: 4-2002 |
warren i was asking where that quote was from,not his, mine or your perference, but thanks for explaining it to me... | ||
| Warren L. (Warren)
Junior Member Username: Warren Post Number: 106 Registered: 2-2002 |
What's there to explain? Martin prefers to have boobs in his face rather than a cock. If I were given the option, and after much deliberation, I would have to go in the same direction. | ||
| bruce wellington (Bws88tr)
Member Username: Bws88tr Post Number: 785 Registered: 4-2002 |
hey martin explain that "cock comment" would love to hear that one..kinda slow in the office today.. regards, bruce | ||
| Martin (Miami348ts)
Advanced Member Username: Miami348ts Post Number: 2684 Registered: 5-2001 |
Christian, Howie is on here for quite a long time. He deserves better! We all know he has nothing against competition. Isn't that the same car I was bidding on just a few weeks ago? If the high bidder did not go through, why did you not sell it to me for my bid Mr. Sims? I am willing and able! As for the cock comment, sorry I do not go that way, I like boobs too much! | ||
| Mitchel DeFrancis (4re308)
Member Username: 4re308 Post Number: 642 Registered: 6-2001 |
I was lucky enough to meet Howard, Lisa and beautiful (Ferrari lovin') new boy Jake a few weeks ago! Mazol Tov to you and Lisa my friend! Bruce you are darn right...we love ya Howie!! Uncle Mitchy | ||
| bruce wellington (Bws88tr)
Member Username: Bws88tr Post Number: 784 Registered: 4-2002 |
i second mitchels response.. i happen to know howie well too, and is a great non-bullshit guy..is honest as they come and very layed back too... lets all give congrats to howie and his wife ,lisa on the arrival last month of his beautiful baby boy, jake we love ya howie and g-d bless... bruce/andrea | ||
| Mitchel DeFrancis (4re308)
Member Username: 4re308 Post Number: 636 Registered: 6-2001 |
Ok guys, I'm jumping in here now. NO ONE is allowed to give Howie any crap, NO ONE. I know Howie personally, he is a good friend of mine. I have never met anyone who cared about their customers as much as Exoticautobrokers.com -I have no affiliation with that company, but I sure as hell can tell you that Howard is the most honest and knowledgable car broker I have ever met. Hey Christian, don't be so quick to bring someone else down man!! | ||
| Ken (Allyn)
Member Username: Allyn Post Number: 505 Registered: 10-2001 |
I am amazed at the poor spelling and outright wrong information people have on expensive EBay auctions, Ferraris in particular. The most expensive thing I ever sold on EBay was a collection of Morgan silver dollars that I sold for $2500. I had a detailed description of each coin and it sold very quickly at my 'Buy It Now' price (too cheap?). I'm sure my attention to detail helped me have a satisfying transaction. If I were to buy or sell a Ferrari I'd go out of my way to be sure my ad was accurate and well written. When I see ads that aren't, I always assume there's something wrong with the car and/or the seller. | ||
| Howie F. (Brokerofexotics)
Junior Member Username: Brokerofexotics Post Number: 169 Registered: 11-2001 |
Originally I wrote: "ohhh boy! I know who this guy is. 'nuf said." == Firstly, I do apologize to Mr. Sims. I was under the impression the gent running the aforementioned auction was someone else. Secondly, Christian wrote: "Also, no surprise to me that "brokerofexotics" has something against the competition." I take great offense to your statement, ESPECIALLY since you do not know our organization and never did any business with us. I have nothing against my "competition" as long as they are honest and forthright. I request and look forward to your public apology. | ||
| Warren L. (Warren)
Junior Member Username: Warren Post Number: 105 Registered: 2-2002 |
Erik Sims, If you post more auctions like this one, you will soon have a post of your own. Plus, if you are such a reputable business than why the hell would you tell a potential client to "suck your cock"? That is very funny. AND although your grammer seems somewhat rudimentary I commend you on your derision. | ||
| Steven J. Solomon (Solly)
Member Username: Solly Post Number: 375 Registered: 6-2001 |
I would avoid this dealer simply for mangling the Queen's English. | ||
| Chris Richardson (Boozy)
Junior Member Username: Boozy Post Number: 200 Registered: 11-2001 |
I think most of you agree with me that if you make a simple and innocent comment to someone that they made an error which buyers might want to know that you would not receive such a response. For someone to list such an expensive item that requires a lot of research and knowledge for someone to feel comfortable purchasing I would think they would be thankful that someone pointed out a mistake. They use very strong legal language about the details of the purchase. I would not want to be the seller and have someone demand a car with air bags and cruise control. The fact that someone would list a car they supposedly own and not know its features or at least be careful enough to properly list the details of a $70,000+ item is slightly suspect. Having no reserve on the item is very slightly suspect. Replying to someone's simple observation that they had made a mistake with "suck my cock. How bout' that" is highly suspect. Getting on this board and making your first post about jumping rope and curfew is just more of the same. Seems rather reminiscent of Chris Sawyerrr's responses to criticism of his raffle. I would have never posted here about a simple error in an auction listing, I only posted it because of the humorous response. I guess it is fitting that this is my 200th post. Most casual observers would note that I am not a jump roping kid and I happen to own a Ferrari nearly identical to the one he supposedly has. Now if only I could get those optional air bags and cruise control and start cursing at my clients maybe I could be as successful as him. | ||
| Bill Sawyer (Wsawyer)
Member Username: Wsawyer Post Number: 436 Registered: 2-2002 |
I hope you're right... (-: | ||
| Dr Tommy Cosgrove (Vwalfa4re)
Junior Member Username: Vwalfa4re Post Number: 248 Registered: 5-2001 |
Looks like Chris Sawyerr changed his name to Erik Sims. | ||
| Jason Biggs (Jason179)
New member Username: Jason179 Post Number: 22 Registered: 8-2002 |
Personally for 50 Large I would expect everything to be correct. | ||
| Horsefly (Arlie)
Junior Member Username: Arlie Post Number: 176 Registered: 5-2002 |
The nerve of the people on this board to be on the lookout for even the SLIGHTEST discrepancy when they are contemplating the potential purchase of a car costing over $50,000. People should be more trusting. | ||
| Chris Horner (Cmhorner17)
New member Username: Cmhorner17 Post Number: 18 Registered: 4-2002 |
His spelling and grammar are so poor that I could see how he checked the wrong boxes. Tomorrow I am going to tell all of my clients to "suck my cock" and see how long I keep them. I should probably put it in writing too just like this guy so there will be no mistake and it will circulate faster. Then when I post wrong information about cars I can tell my clients that a real buyer would know the truth anyway. I bet I could get a promotion | ||
| Jeffrey Caspar (Jcaspar1)
New member Username: Jcaspar1 Post Number: 18 Registered: 5-2002 |
I once found a guy on ebay who was selling skip shift eliminators for Vipers/Corvettes. Usually these cost 25-40$ but was selling them for 15-20$. What the buyer got was an appropriate resistor and instructions (value 25 cents) He also charged 5$ for shipping the "kit" which arrived in a standard envelope with 32 cents postage! I found out about this on a Viper Club thread. I emailed all the bidders on these items with the information and referenced the thread. Sent a cc to him also. He was not to happy with me and threatened to ruin auctions for any items I put up for sale. I hate people who try to rip others off! | ||
| Tim N (Timn88)
Intermediate Member Username: Timn88 Post Number: 1445 Registered: 6-2001 |
This board is full of detectives. This is like the 3rd or 4th case of fraud you guys exposed. i remeber that www.citycarbrokers.com raffle, the other ones escape me at the moment, what were they? | ||
| Lewis (Lewis)
New member Username: Lewis Post Number: 7 Registered: 8-2002 |
I was hoping for a more entertaining response, unfortunately I must have gotton a different guy. --- Formula One <[email protected]> wrote: sorry i checked those boxes by accident. sorry From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Question for seller -- Item #1854406740 Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 16:27:52 PDT I like the car, but I am pretty sure it does not come from the factory with Cruise control or a passenger side airbag, were these after-market add ons? If so, did you actually put in the airbag yourself? Thanks in advance > >-------------------- | ||
| Christian (Christiank)
Member Username: Christiank Post Number: 401 Registered: 1-2001 |
ebay won't do anything. Do you think they are making money by excluding people? In that respect they are quite disapointing but who knows maybe boozy droped the guy a line before and who knows what he wrote in this. Also, no surprise to me that "brokerofexotics" has something against the competition. The 0 feedback bidders are in most auctions now. I think most of them are not a fake, they are people like YOU who have never dealt on ebay but with the economy getting worse they are trying to safe some money here and there. I have done my worst deals on ebay with people who had a feedback around 100 and thought they are the kings and can do/sell/claim whatever they want. | ||
| Erik Sims (Formula1)
New member Username: Formula1 Post Number: 1 Registered: 8-2002 |
It is amazing that there is a chat room that is aimed at pestering eBay auctions. Obviously you guys have too much time on your hands. �Having fun with eBay Crooks� how silly. I apologies for the initial response. I would just like to say I am tired of these young kids that have nothing better to do than critique information that a real Ferrari buyer would know anyway. My response was as childish as the emails that I received. I apologies for my response but would like these kids to go back to playing jump rope until there curfew. I would like to leave the Ferrari chat room to people who can talk about Ferraris as well as purchase them. Let me say that at no time was I trying to deceive the public by checking the box for cruise control and air bags because we at Formula 1 Imports pride ourselves on an open book policy and pay more money to show our inventory to the public. (We provide 30+ Photos per car)Thank you. | ||
| L. Wayne Ausbrooks (Lwausbrooks)
Junior Member Username: Lwausbrooks Post Number: 199 Registered: 8-2002 |
If you want a real laugh, check out his feedback and see what items he has purchsed (and for how much!). He's spent a grand total of $1.09 + s&h on eBay and he thinks someone's going to give him a 25% deposit upfront on a $40K+ F-car? | ||
| David P. Smith (Dave330gtc)
New member Username: Dave330gtc Post Number: 18 Registered: 3-2002 |
Look at all those bids from buyers with zero feedback. That looks pretty suspect also. | ||
| Kenny Herman (Kennyh)
Member Username: Kennyh Post Number: 364 Registered: 8-2001 |
Thats pretty freaking funny.. He has 50+ bids though, next auction I put up, that is going to be my reply to every question/comment I get- should get me some great business! | ||
| Bill Sawyer (Wsawyer)
Member Username: Wsawyer Post Number: 435 Registered: 2-2002 |
I would think that ebay would be interested in knowing what he is writing to their users. I don't think he'd be around there much longer if you sent it to them. | ||
| Howie F. (Brokerofexotics)
Junior Member Username: Brokerofexotics Post Number: 168 Registered: 11-2001 |
ohhh boy! I know who this guy is. 'nuf said. | ||
| Warren L. (Warren)
Junior Member Username: Warren Post Number: 104 Registered: 2-2002 |
Wow, the auction looked good too! Sawyerr is getting better. I can't wait for the raffle to end, I just bought 10more tickets. | ||
| James Pai (Jaymus)
Junior Member Username: Jaymus Post Number: 99 Registered: 2-2001 |
Send his response to ebay to get his account revoked, but then he'll just start another one. When's Chris' Raffle winner going to come forward. It's almost September! | ||
| Chris Richardson (Boozy)
Junior Member Username: Boozy Post Number: 199 Registered: 11-2001 |
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1854406740 Somebody put up this no reserve 348 Spider and I wrote him telling him that 348s do not have cruise control or driver & passenger side airbags. Chris Sawyerrr strikes again?? This is his reply: From: "Formula One" <[email protected]> To: @yahoo.com Subject: Re: Question for seller -- Item #1854406740 Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 10:31:03 -0400 suck my cock. How bout' that. >From: @yahoo.com >To: [email protected] >Subject: Question for seller -- Item #1854406740 >Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 18:38:38 PDT > >Ferrari 348s do not have a driver or passenger side airbag either. >-------------------- > > >Question from: superdeals >Title of item: Ferrari : 348 Spyder >Seller: motorcarsintl-atl >Starts: Aug-26-02 10:27:54 PDT >Ends: Sep-05-02 10:27:54 PDT >Price: Currently $45,100.00 >To view the item, go to: >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1854406740 > > |