http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=010&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=200182939244&rd=1 saw it a few minutes ago... tried to contact the owner to discuss it. (I though it was a scam and it may well still be) but someone jumped on the Buy iT Now option -25K. Opinions - scam?
Seems too cheap to be real. $25k for a 16k mile 348? Unless the seller was seeking cash and was trying to cheat the wife out of her share somehow. I would think it is a bargain if the seller did not require some kind of wired deposit or something to that effect. I would suspect that flying out with cash in hand would just be a wild goose chase. I had a similar thing with an RV I was going to buy. Just my $0.02.... BT
You should still cal the seller and see if he gives you the "buyer backed out" story so send me a 10% deposit in cashiers check form so he "can hold it for you"...... or contact the buyer and see if the deal is real.....
I tried contacting him via email but didn't call. I prefer email in these times to have a written record. Phone calls can be expeditious and can reveal reasons not to proceed but I would never book a flight based on a deniable converstaion
Id follow up in a day or two and see if the buy it now buyer is going to follow through and feel out the seller. Maybe he really needs to unload the car. the thing definately looks clean and nice. im in NC and if hes not too far away and you want me to look and make sure hes legit let me know.
Thanks for the offer to check it out but if the seller returns my email and it seems even semi legit, I would fly down in a heartbeat (I checked flights just for giggles). I suspect this is just too good to be true and the guy has no recent feedback at all. The other thought that crossed my mind is that he's trying to dump his 50% share on the car due to the divorce and he may not have sole ownership or title?
....well that makes me feel better, I thought I missed something subtle. The odd thing is I also called and got fairly normal answering machine (normal sounding guy with average american first and last name ).
Guys... Let's all remember the BEST lesson we collectively have ever learned about the Ferrari world: if it seems to good to be true -- that is, if a Ferrari seems irrationally cheap -- then it IS too good to be true. Something will be wrong. I personally have run into this countless times, and I have learned also from reading this board and seeing example after example of "too good to be true" scenarios. Often, Ebay Ferraris are cars that cannot sell on their own. A Ferrari ought to be able to sell on its own. If it can't, something likely is wrong. My $.02
but how can you be certain it wasn't legit, or for that matter, how could you check if it was? what if you had a ppi and it checked out?
If the car is worth $45k then it would have sold promptly for $35k. I think a dealer might have given you $35k. Why sell for $25k? In any case, it should be checked out cause you never know.....
The dance begins.... I have been contacted by the seller and predictably, the buy it now buyer has fallen through. The email is short and sweet but fails to address any of the questions I originally posed (warning flag # 3 - #1 was the low price, #2 was a North Carolina seller with a car registered in Indiana). I have offered to fly down within 24 hours with the full amount of cash in hand (not just the deposit which is what he wants) BUT he needs to adequatly and directly answer my questions first. Let's see how he responds.
After he gives you the balogna, get him to send you a Fedex envelope to send a check in, and that way you will have an actual address and a Fedecx account number you can use for fun! BT
I think if someone gets a scammer's Fedx account # they can post it and we can send each other rocks on their dime. BT
