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Worst ebay auction EVER

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  1. enzo thecat

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    enzo thecat, Oct 20, 2010
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  2. UroTrash

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    why a scam? Beater car with a salvage title. I wouldn't pay 15k for it.
     
    UroTrash, Oct 20, 2010
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    Because the grammar is horrific. Sounds like those extortion email scams. Like it went through translator software and no English speaking person was there to check it.
     
    enzo thecat, Oct 20, 2010
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  4. kosmo

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    well, the seller is from PA afterall!
     
    kosmo, Oct 20, 2010
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  5. David_S

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    Grammar & font in all his recently completed auctions is the same. I'd say it isn't a scam - just someone who doesn't put a whole lot of effort into their item descriptions.
     
    David_S, Oct 20, 2010
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  6. Kds

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    Just your typical illiterate American as would be seen on "Jay Walking" who is selling an older "parts car" Porsche.

    You outta see how much bad grammer/punctuation and incorrect spelling occurs on covetteforum.com.........
     
    Kds, Oct 20, 2010
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  7. UroTrash

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    i have to admit one thing. It indeed a VERY rare car as it has a "V6".
     
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    Just another sign of the rapid decline of western civilization.
     
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    It says its a 1978 930 Turbo. The Slantnose job doesnt look factory and he did upgrade the bumpers to 964 vintage.
     
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    Anyone see the irony in this post? :D ;)
     
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    Regarding the seller, there is always the possibility he and his family are immigrants and English is their second or third language.
     
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    Offer $12K, add 100 hours of your time parting out and listing on eBay: Better than minimum wage, I bet.
     
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    yes i does.
     
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  15. GuyIncognito

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    from spare parts she was assembled, to spare parts she shall return...
     
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    Glad somebody saw it, because it was done deliberately..........can't get nothing past you bunch.
     
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    5 speed for a 1978?
     
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    Yes indeed. But what passes for good grammer on one forum quickly fails on another forum.
    I've made similar errors when my mind thinks I've typed a word, my eyes second the motion and somehow it never shows up on the screen.

    What will be interesting is what form technology does to texting what it did to email. Some form of electronic grunting?

    Of course email totally destroyed the practice of writing letters as well as the US post office.

    So it's not all bad ...
     
    staatsof, Oct 21, 2010
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    Nice try ...
     
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    Not a real 930, if it was the vin would start out with 93******.
     
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    :D
     
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    As a PA residnet I can say the license plate(HMW 7483) is a very new issue plate. I don't keep a record of license plates but I do know that Hxx-xxxx are the current plates being issued.
     
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