Sketchiness on Ebay, '89 90q

[Kneale Brownson]

There is provision on e-bay to make comments about sellers.  Maybe if the 
seller is nonresponsive to your questions you should make that comment.


At 10:15 AM 12/30/2000 -0600, Andrew Lundy wrote:

> >From MANY of my dealings with Ebay....If you ask the seller a question you
>rarely get a response.  Some will but many have the same "opinion" as this
>guy.
>
>If they don't respond I just figure they don't want to sell it that bad.  I
>just start looking for another one!!  He'll learn if he doesn't sell it.
>
>
>Talk about sketchy...There's a 1990 90 for sale on Ebay for $3000 (at the
>moment).  It had 155k miles. The sketchy part was that it had 155k miles on
>a 4 cylinder???  What???  That wasn't a possibility.  Link:
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cgi/ebayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=532262883&
>r=0&t=0
>
>If the 4 cyl isn't a typo than someone is buying an 80 when they think
>they're buying a 90.  It might tick someone off!!
>
>The moral of the story: You really have to read carefully on Ebay!!  And if
>the seller isn't cooperating leave him high and dry....there may be a
>reason!!
>
>Later!!
>---
>Andrew Lundy
>fast928 at prodigy.net
>90 80Q
>91 90
>95 90Q
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Alexander van Gerbig" <Audi_80 at email.msn.com>
>To: <quattro at audifans.com>
>Sent: Friday, December 29, 2000 7:55 PM
>Subject: Sketchiness on Ebay, '89 90q
>
>
> >     I have been toying with the notion of a second car, a quattro this
>time
> > around.  This would be my winter car and eventually maybe a turbo
>conversion
> > car.  The FWD turbo thing just ain't gonna cut it, but I'll keep my 80
>until
> > it dies, too much invested to sell it.
> >     I saw a nice looking '89 90q on Ebay, in my area too, White Plains.
> > Title said '89 90 quattro 4x4, mint, one owner, clean Carfax.  I was on
>the
> > AOL instant messenger program today and caught the seller online.  I said
>I
> > might be interested, but I need details, service history, records
>available,
> > body condition, engine, and so on.  He never replied so I asked if he was
> > still there.  He then told me who wouldn't give me details because I
>wasn't
> > interested enough, hadn't bid yet basically.  Suffice to say I just told
>him
> > that wasn't the best sales tactic and left him be.
> >     I got curious as to why he couldn't give me details.  Luckily someone
> > posted the new URL for free carfax reports so I checked his VIN#.  It came
> > up clean, but 3 titles were issued, 2 in NY, so that could just be this
> > fellow moving around.  Though it has a title issued for Honesdale, PA. on
> > 10/12 and then a day later it was sold at an auto auction, eastern region.
> > Wait I thought this was the original owner, says only one owner?  Since
> > 10/13 it's had 400 miles put on it?  Sketchy.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Alexander van Gerbig -- '88 80
> >
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> >
> > North Ferrisburg, VT 05473
> >
> >
> >
> >
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