Date:         Thu, 22 Apr 2004 22:03:28 -0400
Reply-To:     Eric Zeno <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Eric Zeno <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Subject:      Re: diesel vans must be hot!?!? -- eBay
Comments: To: Jeff at Vanagonparts <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <CAEOIPKOOCKNBBDDDMBPKEMHEGAA.jeff@vanagonparts.com>
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Maybe the guy died, and the wife or kid uses his E-bay name....
   People have more money than brians.....  The only explaination
I can come up with.

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          86-SS Syncro
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler
                                   92-Jetta GWC
            www.fyi.net/~vw4x4/vw4x4.htm

On Thu, 22 Apr 2004, Jeff at Vanagonparts wrote:

> eBay car sales story....
>
>   A former customer of mine put her piece of **** '73 MB 280SE on eBay and
> it sold for $3,400.  The guy sends a cashiers check a few days later and
> tells her he'll pick up the car in about a week.  After a month, and
> numerous unanswered emails, she sends a registered letter letting him know
> that she'd going to start charging him storage.  Four more months go by and
> the guy hasn't shown.  She lien sales the car for the storage fees and ends
> up owning it again.  Pays me $650 to fix the car and has started driving it
> as her daily driver.  It's been 7 months since the scmuck paid for the car
> and still not a word.  The funny thing is... he's still actively buying on
> eBay.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
> www.vanagonparts.com
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Eric Zeno
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 12:09 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: diesel vans must be hot!?!?
>
>
> "I sold my auto trans blue sunroof GL for $2,200.
> I should have tried eBay! "
>
>           If you do ever use E-bate, be vague. Don't give
> much of any info.  There are obviously many optimizes
> out there, with plenty of easy money to be had.
>