Buyer beware......

[Bob Carriere]

...or if it sounds too good to be true....it probably isn't.

In the lastest issue of Convoy Magazine was a For Sale listing that read......

SELL: Cab 12 Chev: has frame mounted winch, modified rear frame/dual wheels axle ALSO another cab 12 Chev C15 (apparently a running/smoking truck complete with box)Both must be moved quickly! Take them both for $800 Location East York......( apparently by-law officers were making life rough for him.)

By 3 pm that same day I started to call and only connected when the guy got home after 8 pm......

Well the story had changed now..... only the modified truck was for sale and asking $600.... agreed it might be reasonable if some close up pictures could be exchanged to support the condition described on the telephone.

Said pictures arrived via a friend also a regular seller from Epay.
Pictures where good and honestly supported the verbal description so relayed that I would buy the truck for $600 that he asked for. Following message from the Epay friend is that I am really stealing his friend and he could get a lot more for such an antique if listed on EPay........ can't disagree but without the roof hatch, no seats, modified frame and rear axle I explained that it was still a good deal at $600..... after all that is what I had paid for a more complete model from Doug W. last Summer.

Well last contact this evening is that the buyer was now entertaining bids of up to $1200 dollars sight unseen from other buyers..........

I had not understood that the initial "For Sale" of two trucks at $800 was just a "common on" for an auction war of a parts truck.

Well I didn't loose any money on it .... just a little steam.

Pays to deal with MLU regulars and those associated with the hobby........ where I have never ever encountered this crap before.

POed but wiser.

Bob C.