quattro digest, Vol 1 #3960 - Ur100 tangled sale...

[Larry C Leung]

You paid, you've agreed on delivery from the actual seller, go get the
car (and re-sell if
you really want to). BTW, that 100 looks exceptionally clean.....


LL - NY


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> Message: 14
> From: "J. Lyons" <raudi1 at value.net>
> To: <quattro at audifans.com>
> Subject: New (old addition to the family - revisited (NEED OPINIONS)
> Long
> Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 13:28:02 -0700
>
> Hello all,
>
> Sorry about the length,
>
> Well this has been an exciting week, to say the least. I had posted
> about my
> recent purchase of an 81 5000s off of E-bay about a week ago.
> Suffice it to
> say alot has happened since then. I was hoping the collective
> opinions of
> the list could help me see this through.
>
> I made my payment to the buyer via Paypal, with every intention of
> picking
> up the car the following Monday 9/16.  I was contacted by an
> individual
> (non-list member) who is a German car collector out of Tennessee. He
> made me
> an offer to buy the car prior to my picking it up. I declined his
> offer. He
> then e-mailed me again, upping his bid. Again I declined (I really
> wanted
> this car). He then sent me an e-mail offering nearly double what I
> paid.
>
> It was at that point I decided to accept his offer. I emailed the
> seller,
> asking if he would mind releasing the car to the person from
> Tennessee.
> Suffice it to say he went ballistic on me, accusing me of taking
> advantage
> of him and his father (who owns the car) even though he has no idea
> the
> amounts of $ involved. His big issue, apparently is that I had not
> taken
> possesion yet and so it is not mine to sell. I, on the other hand
> have a
> receipt from him & Paypal telling me to come get the car. So near as
> I can
> tell, the cars is mine.
>
> In an attempt to defuse the situation, I spoke again to my buyer
> about the
> circumstances involved, and we both agreed that maybe I should just
> get the
> car for myself and be done with this. I then made arrangements with
> the
> actual owner (the father) to do just that.
>
> Now today, I get an e-mail from the seller (the son), attemting to
> refund my
> money via Paypal so he can sell it for a higher amount, to the same
> guy that
> contacted me.
>
> I am just not sure what to do?! I went into this with every
> intention of
> owning this clean nice car and now everything has gone straight to
> hell!
>
> Was I wrong in what I did? Or is this guy out of his mind, and now
> being
> sorry he couldn't sell it for more?
>
> Any help / opinions would be appreciated. Especially since this is
> now
> looking to be a legal battle with these people.
>
> Regards,
> J. Lyons
>
> 84 CGT turbo
> 86 4KCSQ
> 79 5KS
> maybe an 81 too....
>