Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2014 09:29:05 -0300
Reply-To: Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA>
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From: Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA>
Subject: Re: 1991 Syncro for sale
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It didn't strike me as African or Haitian so much but there were strange word choices. It does not read as strangely as something coming out of Google translate, but perhaps a software translation aide was used in-part.
On 06-Jul-2014, at 09:00, <jpalmer@mymts.net> <jpalmer@mymts.net> wrote:
> By odd you mean different? Like African French?
>
> Jeff
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Jul 6, 2014, at 5:16 AM, "Roy Nicholl" <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA> wrote:
>>
>> Agreed ... I received such a reply yesterday and the French was a little odd.
>>
>>> On 06-Jul-2014, at 00:52, Jason wrote:
>>>
>>> Got a reply today! It was in french, even though I replied in English. It was very long & generic looking, like he sent the same reply to all to emailed. Starting to look like a scam.
>>>
>>> Jason
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 6:48 PM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
>>> Jason,
>>>
>>> I responded yesterday (when the advert had only been viewed 20 times) en français and have not had a response either. A hoax is not out of the possibility, but perhaps the first responder has a new van.
>>>
>>> Roy
>>>
>>>> On 04-Jul-2014, at 19:36, Jason wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I replied awhile ago and never got a response....maybe they didnt like my English! Cherry looking if its real.
>>>>
>>>> Jason
>>>>
>>>> On Jul 4, 2014 3:07 PM, "Roy Nicholl" <RNicholl@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
>>>> Or some old retired guy who's owned it since 1991, looked up the book value, and figured he's doing well at 8800.
>>>>
>>>>> On 04-Jul-2014, at 15:53, Chris S. wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Looks nice even in French :-). At that price there must be some foreign transaction involved or some shipping company transfer deal.
>>>>>
>>>>> Chris.
>>>>>
>>>>> Wysłane z iPhone'a
>>>>>
>>>>> Dnia Jul 4, 2014 o godz. 14:04 OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET> napisał(a):
>>>>>
>>>>>> It displays in English in my OperaBrowser ~ Seems WayToGoodToBeTrue ~
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ORR ~ DeanB
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 3 Jul , 2014, at 7:42 PM, Roy Nicholl wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> All,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A clean and fairly original 1991 Syncro Westfalia for a low price.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.kijiji.ca/v-vr-motorise/saint-jean-sur-richelieu/westfalia-campeur-complet-bus-nouveau-moteur-embrayage-et-pack/1001609921?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Had I come across this a couple of months ago, I would have been tempted ... even if its not a diesel.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The advertisement is en français, if anyone needs help with reading it, let me know.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Roy
>>>
>>>
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