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Message |
James Adams (Madmaxx)
Junior Member
Username: Madmaxx
Post Number: 166
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 6:28 pm: | |
This car is in Greenville, SC... my home town. If anyone would like to verify it's existance, I would be happy to check the car out in person.
James |
Stan Kidd (Pocketbikeracer)
New member
Username: Pocketbikeracer
Post Number: 9
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 1:41 pm: | |
Those are probably the seat covers he is refering to in the description. Just didn't take them off when the photo was taken. I have a set just like them with my 355. You guys sure are paranoid!
Stan |
Kendall Kim (Kenny)
Junior Member
Username: Kenny
Post Number: 107
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 1:29 pm: | |
So what's the scam? Could just be an honest typo...He also states it's a rare color combo.. I would think he meant the color combo in the pic rather than black since black is quite popular..
BTW- most sellers of high end cars don't even expect to sell their cars online,, just inexpensive exposure and advertising.. Besides, who just forks over a $5k deposit via mail on a $100k car without even having seen it or talked to the previous owner.. |
John A Sanders, PhD (Sandersja)
New member
Username: Sandersja
Post Number: 3
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 1:15 pm: | |
This car was indeed posted several times before. In fact, it was the subject of two simultaneous postings at the same time for a while. I was surprised that eBay even allowed such a thing. I dismissed it as a totally scary deal.
for this new one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2419172091&category=6212
note that it comes with both red and black interiors.
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Bill White (Nc_newbie)
Junior Member
Username: Nc_newbie
Post Number: 94
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 11, 2003 - 10:16 pm: | |
I do quote a bit of trading on ebay and the new scam now appears to be bogus certified checks. So seller beware as well. I have never been burned but a certified check now be a fake and you have to talk to the bank.
Bill |
Anthony R. Brown (Crumbird)
New member
Username: Crumbird
Post Number: 2
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 11, 2003 - 6:55 pm: | |
This car has absolutely been on Ebay before. I remember thinking to myself that it was a fantastic color combo. Have become strangely addicted to looking for F-cars on Ebay. Sad, really. |
Jordan Witherspoon (Jordan747_400)
Intermediate Member
Username: Jordan747_400
Post Number: 1225
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 11, 2003 - 5:58 pm: | |
Didnt notice that Paul! You have a good eye! |
Paul Bianco (Paulie_b)
Member
Username: Paulie_b
Post Number: 291
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 11, 2003 - 12:27 pm: | |
correction, it reads 11,000 miles on the description and 8,820 on the odometer. |
Paul Bianco (Paulie_b)
Member
Username: Paulie_b
Post Number: 283
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 11, 2003 - 8:12 am: | |
Note that the description says it has 11,00 miles but the odometer says 8,820 on it. Thats a red flag! |
Sebastian (Sjblaw)
New member
Username: Sjblaw
Post Number: 8
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 11, 2003 - 8:02 am: | |
I do not know anything about this specific car, so no disrespect to seller, but the ebay scam of things appearing more than once is common and I am one of those burned. Someone will sell, and continue to resell items, and then once a reasonable shipping time has elapsed... simply pocket the money and walk away.
Car scams have been happening the same way, most of the time they don't even have a car at all! There was a Dr. in FL selling his Porsche on traderonline.com and someone asked for him to Fedex pictures as well as the VIN so they could do a CarFax. They took those pictures and posted them on ebay along with the VIN. Someone bid and won and sent $ via a "Escrow Co." (which apparently is another huge fraud problem now on ebay) which had a big fancy website. The VIN checked out, the pics were real, and he used Escrow Co. When there was no car delivered the ebay account was now defunct, the email was nonresponsive, and the fancy escrow account? Gone. When he had the VIN info he contacted Tallahassee and got the owners name. "Ebay?" the Doc replied. "Never listed it there, in fact, I traded the car in 2 weeks ago for a Jag."
Let the buyer beware. |
Jordan Witherspoon (Jordan747_400)
Intermediate Member
Username: Jordan747_400
Post Number: 1223
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 11, 2003 - 2:14 am: | |
I have seen this 355 lots of times before and I dont know about its history, but that is my ideal perfect car --favorite colors and with a 6 speed, not F1. |
j scott leonard (Jscott)
Member
Username: Jscott
Post Number: 483
Registered: 1-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 10, 2003 - 11:36 pm: | |
There was something wierd when it last ran. I can't remember what it was. I may have even placed a bid on it. I just can't remember. I just sold my 328 and have a 348 but I am always in the market for a 355 if the right one comes along. |
Ghostrider (Threefivefive)
Junior Member
Username: Threefivefive
Post Number: 133
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 10, 2003 - 11:25 pm: | |
Yes, there F-Cars do repeatedly appear on the eBay site, but I agree with j scott that this one has CONSISTENTLY appeared for a very long time. I guess we are both wondering if it is a storied car. Anybody?
Regards. |
Kendall Kim (Kenny)
Junior Member
Username: Kenny
Post Number: 70
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 10, 2003 - 10:58 pm: | |
There are many Ferrari's that are posted on Ebay over and over, months on end... Sometimes I see the same cars listed for 6 months.. So what's wrong with it?? Are you in the market for one?? |
j scott leonard (Jscott)
Member
Username: Jscott
Post Number: 482
Registered: 1-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 10, 2003 - 10:51 pm: | |
Sorry, here it is: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2419020315&category=6212 |
Kenny Herman (Kennyh)
Member
Username: Kennyh
Post Number: 985
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 10, 2003 - 10:49 pm: | |
(What car?) |
j scott leonard (Jscott)
Member
Username: Jscott
Post Number: 481
Registered: 1-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 10, 2003 - 10:49 pm: | |
I seem to remember that there was something odd about this car or was it the seller or am I wrong? Anyone remember something odd? If I am wrong, my apologies to the seller!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2419020315&category=6212 |