OUCH ! Vette Engines on Ebay.Not so good a deal

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Tedd Riggs - 27 May 2004 21:08 GMT

Was reading the local Seattle Times and saw this.

Man allegedly tried to cheat eBay buyers
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001940016_ebay27m.html

In short form if you don't feel like going to the URL.

"Brent Young offered a 1968 427 Corvette engine that he advertised on eBay
as a "high performance 'best of everything' racing engine." Young provided
photos of the engine depicting a 427 engine with "High-Perf," stamped on the
heads of the engine. $4,600"

What came in the mail ?

"1970, 402 Monte Carlo engine that was not anything like the engine
advertised on eBay," the complaint states. "Further inspection of the engine
revealed that one of the rods ... was broken, which would not allow the
engine to function."

The guy also scammed 11 separate victims on EBay. Painful lesson !

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Diode - 27 May 2004 22:03 GMT

Tedd Riggs spoke thusly:

> Was reading the local Seattle Times and saw this.

<etc.>

Ouch indeed. I won't risk more than $30 or so on evilBay.

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Shut up, Dave.

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ZombyWoof - 28 May 2004 02:52 GMT

>Tedd Riggs spoke thusly:
>
>> Was reading the local Seattle Times and saw this.
><etc.>
>
>Ouch indeed. I won't risk more than $30 or so on evilBay.

While I don't have a fixed firm limit, I always expect the worse and
never spend more then I am willing to flush down the toilet. Ordered
a set of Yamaha speakers once. When I received them they were
actually Yamha speakers. But what the hell the price was right and
they didn't sound to bad.
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You can run, but you'll only die tired.

ZombyWoof

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