Being taken by memorabilia dealers- my new 430…

What a scumbag. To me, unless the owner of the car that the books belong to wants them, the value is minimal. He’s obviously trying to take advantage of that. Not having them won’t change your ownership experience though. Hold firm on your price in case he comes back as the market for your books is limited.

 

Even worse than owners keeping the glove box torch.

 

And the Ferrari branded car cover, battery charger, manuals, tools, and one key. Why in the eff does some one keep a key?

 

A single key may mean a Leased vehicle as the leased company usually espects to keep one key set.
When it goes to sell the lease company may not find the key is normal to.


For many decade the dealers keep the books or tools or things and know they sell later for thosands

 

Let him know that you'll tell every subsequent own that he's a **** head and scammer and not to deal with him. He'll never sell them.

 

same thing happened to me and I did pay a smaller amount. Frankly, I would just keep the $5000 and tell him to **** off.

 

I'd expose the jerk.

 

Won't someone think of the Ferrari owners!?!

 

Report it as stolen from the car... THEN see how the tune changes. Why else would you have books with the VIN on them from YOUR car?

 

Are there any high quality replicas that can be had or made? You could leave it in the car and not worry about what happens to it and actually thumb through it and use it without worrying about the value of it.

 

What law enforcement agency would investigate this "theft"?

 

I had this when USPS tried to sell thee toolkit from my car. It limits listing it on ebay and the online retailers. I don't get it personally.. extortion.. but whatever.

 

It happens far more than most know. Most owners consider books and tool kits to be in the way. They get taken out of the car and stashed in the basement. 2 years after car is sold or traded in they find them and throw them away or from time to time they get sold. I remind people constantly they belong in the car. Typical response is "Who gives a ****". Personally I use it as a yardstick for quality of ownership. If owner is selling and does not know where books or tools are big red flag for care of car.

 

Ferrari owners. Of course they don't read the ****ing manual and throw it away and then ask on FChat "How do I lock the doors?"

Sometimes you gots to pay. With my 991 I bought a full manual set from fleabay for a few hundred bucks and kept it in the car. The extortion is annoying, if only just for fundamental basis of it all..

 

+1 agree

 

also, buyers will say, “keep the books and tools” to get a lower buy price.
and dealers and mechanics sometimes forget they were taken out of the car when detailing or work was performed.