From: Arthur Bloom (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Sat Feb 18 2006 - 14:25:53 PST
Yup. Ebay expressly warns about trying to make a deal outside the box. This
apb
----- Original Message -----
| Anyone deal with a guy by the name of Nick who has a bunch of Jeeps in
is probably why.
From: <MPop5555@aol.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 7:38 AM
Subject: [MV] Jeeps near Petersburg, VA
| 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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