<VV> was: '60 Corvair on ebay, now idiot buyers on ebay

[Garth Stapon]

Please give him a copy of an old Corsa Communique and encourage him to join
our club.


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----- Original Message -----
From: <NicolCS at aol.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>; <golden251 at msn.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 10:10 PM
Subject: <VV> was: '60 Corvair on ebay, now idiot buyers on ebay


>
> Well, Jeff, it sounds like a deal I had on ebay a couple of years  ago.  I
> had a 308 Ferrari that I sold on ebay.  The buyer's name  was "Buddy", but
I
> prefer to call him as "Bubba".  Bubba wanted me to  pick him up at a mile
marker,
> as he was going to come via Greyhound.  (Apparently, he's not familiar
with
> either the concept of a bus STATION or an  airport.  I suggested a local
> buyer's check and shipping the car; not for  him, he said!  He was going
to DRIVE it
> back.  Now bear in mind  that this puts 3000 miles on a fairly aged '75
model
> showing  52k. 52k makes this a higher mileage Ferrari and 3000 miles puts
> you that much closer to the major service at 60k (Figure $5k+ for the
service).
>  Also bear in mind that anything breaks, an engine rebuild is  about $20k.
> AAA told him 4 - 5 days for the trip.  He figured that by  driving day and
> night it would only take 2.5 days and he would save on  motels.  Did I
mention
> that it was November?  OK... take the southern  route, Bubba, I said.
Nah, too
> much extra time, I'll take the Northern  route (Idaho to South Carolina).
> Bubba, that takes you over the continental  divide, then through the
freezing-cold
> lands in November...  Not a  problem!!!???  What about snow??  What about
the
> last $1200 windshield  in North America having just been installed?  What
> about the fresh $1000  repaint of the nose??  This guy was setting himself
up for
> a big, big fall  and I saw myself being asked to step-up is anything did
go
> wrong.  In the  end, I returned his deposit and informed him that I
WOULDN'T
> sell him the  car.  I sold it to the second bidder, a guy in Seattle who
flew in
> with his wife and met me at a specialist's shop for a buyer's check.  He
> bought the car and 5 hours later it was in his garage in Seattle.  Best
decision
> I ever made!
> Craig Nicol
>
> <snip>
> It keeps getting better folks. The guy that actually  won the auction for
my
> '60 for $800.00 is flying in to Denver from Toronto to  pick up the car
and
> drive it home. Isn't that about 2000 miles? I hate to put  his name out
but
> maybe I should so that someone could tell him he's nuts and I  could let
him off
> the hook for this deal. Sorry, I just had to pass this on.  Thanks for all
> replies to my previous post. Scratching My Head, Jeff Golden  <unsnip>
>
>
>
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