Yes, it's amazing how a picture can improve a car.
Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com wrote:
>
> >Did you see the white GT that's
> >also on eBay right now? That car looks
> >nice.
>
> Actually, I was quite surprised by just how many Alpine were on eBay right
> now. What were there 5 or 6? Yes, I thought that white one looked nice.
> That said, I'm still amazed that people buy cars on eBay without seeing
> them in person. A shiny wax job and a funny shadow do amazing tricks to
> make cars look better than they are.
>
> Then there is a guy on another list who bought a sports car that said
> "clean title." He later found out the car had been totalled. Despite
> countless people telling him "clean title" means there are no lender liens,
> he is still trying to sue the seller claiming a "clean title" means no
> totals. Either way, people are very tricky with words. There was also a
> Porsche 356 kit car on eBay. The seller was a pro - literally and
> figuratively. There were about a dozen pictures of the car in beautiful
> locations, and pages of write up on the car - not just a few lines, pages.
> The word "kit" was not used even once. In fact, it said "Porsche
> Speedster" all over the place. There were only two places that indicated
> it. One place said "Fresh out of the box" - but that might be taken to
> mean as if it was just restored, like new. One other place said "built in
> 1998." That of course couldn't mean anything else. But, it was buried and
> could easily be overlooked. That said, I'm not sure the buyer would have a
> strong argument that it was not as disclosed.
>
> So, I guess, just be careful out there!
>
> Jay
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Ian Spencer <www.sunbeamalpine.org>
'61 Series II Alpine B9104704 LRX
'61 Harrington Alpine B9104782 OD HRO
'62 Harrington Le Mans BH9115930 OD LRX
'62 Harrington Le Mans BH9116754 OD LRX
'62 Harrington Le Mans BH9117497 OD LRX
'64 Series IV Automatic B9401426 BW LRX
'67 Series V Alpine B395016967 LRX
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