From: Julian Burke (julian@knology.net)
Date: Sat Feb 18 2006 - 13:37:37 PST
Well, did you buy it or get your money back? Julian
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From: <MPop5555@aol.com>
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Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 7:38 AM
Subject: [MV] Jeeps near Petersburg, VA
> Anyone deal with a guy by the name of Nick who has a bunch of Jeeps in
> Petersburg, VA? Well, I have and I never will again!
>
> Recently, he posted an M38A1/CJ5 on EBay. I bid on it and although the
> reserve wasn't met, I was the high bidder. I made an offer and we agreed
> on a
> price for a running Jeep with mostly everything intact. All he said he
> wanted to
> remove were the seats and put in different ones.
>
> Well, I drove 200 miles out of my way in my Unimog, hauling a 30' trailer
> and
> an M105A1 to pick up the M38A1. When I got there, the Jeep had been
> stripped
> of just about any useful part off of the tub, including the windshield
> (which
> was clearly visible in the EBay auction). Not only that but the motor was
> NOT running! It was missing the starter, fan, belts, air cleaner housing,
> and a
> bunch of other stuff.
>
> This idiot then tried to convince me that the Jeep ran! He gave me his
> personal guarantee that it ran! (without major components) When I asked
> him to
> knock the price down because the Jeep obviously did not run when I came to
> see
> it, he said he was already taking a beating since he paid too much for it
> himself.
>
> This idiot tried to pull a fast one so I thought I would warn the MV
> community about him.
>
> Thanks for the bandwidth,
>
> Mike Pop
> 1987 Unimog U1300L
> 1969 Unimog S404.1
> 1952 M38A1
> 1966 German Winch Trailer
> 1970 M105A2 Unimog Camper
> 1970 M127 Semi Trailer
> Eureka, NV
> Spring Lake, NJ
>
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