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Date:         Mon, 27 Oct 2003 13:05:54 -0500
Reply-To:     "Ware, David (EM, PTL, Contractor, ARC)" <David.Ware@PENSKE.COM>
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From:         "Ware, David (EM, PTL, Contractor, ARC)" <David.Ware@PENSKE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Be careful what you buy on eBay
Comments: To: "S.Harrison" <diverseimaging@EARTHLINK.NET>
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>>But we're not talking about misrepresentation in the case you mentioned, just the whim of someone who may or may not decide to pay for an item that they've contracted to purchase.

1. Yes, we are talking about misrepresentation in the case I mentioned, and exercising some caution by not buying something sight unseen. If the seller is accurate in his description then the sale does and has gone forward.

>>If there is dissatisfaction in the information provided the potential bidder should look elsewhere.

2. Uhh, right, but when you are lied to you don't know it until you recieve or inspect the merchandise. Right?

>>To place a bid with a laissez-faire attitude that one can just back out of the obligation because they didn't end up liking what they saw- when they're now contractually obligated to consummate- demonstrates a lack of integrity and honor.

3. Not the situation in this case. This technique simply guards against the sort of problems that occured w/ the 1.9 engine. Review # 1 above.

>>But don't equate what happened to this man with the unscrupulous behavior of your "friend" who "only bids on machines that are within driving distance, so he can check them out before actually going through with the payment".

4. Sounds like a good technique to me. That way, if the seller does misrepresent then you have the opportunity to find that out before you're out some money. So in your view, the gentleman who got screwed with the 1.9 engine...if he had driven to pick up the engine and then learned it was a 1.9 instead of the 2.1 he had been promised, he should have bought the 1.9 anyway? "unscrupulous" to back out of paying for something that isn't what was represented? Sorry Mr. Harrison, but you're taking my post to mean something other than it means.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Ware, David (EM, PTL, Contractor, ARC)" <David.Ware@PENSKE.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 7:05 AM Subject: Re: Be careful what you buy on eBay

> >>Justifiable flakiness? > > No, rather a way of covering one's behind in case the seller in fact > misreprestented the item. > > >>You bid, you buy. > > Well, if you agreed to buy a 2.1 engine and drove a few hundred miles to > discover that it was actually a 1.9 that didn't fit your needs, only a fool > would proceed with the purchase. >


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