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Discussion in '308/328' started by jjmalez, May 25, 2006.

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  1. jjmalez

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    #1 jjmalez, May 25, 2006
    just listed on e-bay. 1984 Ferrari Mondial Cabriolet. red/tan 16K mi. Carfax and service records. photos look good, buy it now price of $9,900?

    auction # 4643924824

    why does this sound too good to be true?????

    joe
     
  2. wetpet

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    #2 wetpet, May 25, 2006
    looks like it sold for 9,800
     
  3. jjmalez

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    #3 jjmalez, May 25, 2006
    and NADA guides.com shows "average" retail for this car @ $22K either the deal of a lifetime or a questionable deal. should be interesting to see what kind of feedback seller leaves. i've just seen too many auctions on e-bay for F cars that were later pulled. kinda thought this was one of them.

    wish the buyer luck.

    regards,

    joe
     
  4. Gast308

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    #4 Gast308, May 28, 2006
    I sold my 85 Mondial for $18,500 and it was in bad condition. I bought it sight unseen on ebay in December with out checking Carfax......and I got scammed for $19K. I got the car to California and it was a mess. It was a Euro car, orig blue painted red, non stock seats, barely ran and all the emisions had been removed, along with alot of misc trim, and interior parts. Be careful on ebay...always run a Carfax.
    Good news is I did buy a 80 308 GTSi on ebay that was good on carfax and the car is in very good condition for $25K. Win some and loose some :)
     
  5. Birdman

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    #5 Birdman, May 28, 2006
    It is a scam. Or I should say it sure seems like it has to be at that price. Just too good to be true. On the other hand, it doesn't have many of the common scam giveaways like "contact me before bidding for additional info" where they tell you the REAL reserve and the low Buy It Now is just to get attention. But it does have a $500 is due within 48 hours clause, which could mean that it's a scam. The real trick is to see if anyone here recognizes the pictures from another auction in the past few months. That's where the scammers typically get their pics.

    Birdman
     
  6. jjmalez

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    #6 jjmalez, May 29, 2006


    hello,

    sent the winning buyer a e-mail congratulating him on his quick purchase. i got a response from him late last night.

    " no response from seller. e-bay responded that someone had entered the ad without the owners knowlege."

    joe
     
  7. Birdman

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    #7 Birdman, May 29, 2006
    Scammers are so stupid! Sheesh, if you are scamming someone, at least know what the actual value of the car is and make it a LITTLE underpriced, not ridiculously underpriced so that it draws attention!

    Birdman
     
  8. DavidDriver

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    #8 DavidDriver, May 29, 2006
    If that's the white car;

    Then it is technically a "bait-and-switch", to get you to buy their service, which in my interpretation of what they wrote suggests that, "it is a great way of finding cars for sale, that have been bought as insurance recoveries".

    Wether they still have that car after at least 6-months of advertising at that price, it highly quesetionable.

    I think Craigslist may have pulled their ad's already.
     
  9. DavidDriver

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    #9 DavidDriver, May 29, 2006
    The winner should report the fraud, and then sue for damages.

    The damages are at least, the value of the money put up, that won the highest bid. And probably treble that.

    It's a play on words to say, "the value of the money". However, the truth is: "It cost "something" to put that money up.".

    Therefore; I believe the winning bidder is entintled treble damages!

    I rest my case!
     

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