Now once in a while (more often now that the DeLorean Police are in force) an eBay auction come up and people rip into it. First off lets not even try to argue DMCVIN6683, his arguments are indeed valid, but that's not the whole story. I am not affiliated with this seller or any other, but sometimes I get perturbed about these little things. This place is obviously a used car dealership getting many cars in each month and there are tons of rumors that are about the history of these cars, but lets face it, do you really expect everyone selling a car to know everything about such car? This place got this on a trade, why would they know when the hood was changed? Maybe this car was returned to the original dealer for repairs and that was the only hood they still had in stock? Maybe they wanted that hood and changed it? Is every car that was ever built pieced together if any part was replaced? If you got a good deal on a trade in for your dealership, would you spend hours reading up on each and every car, or would you take a lot of shots of the car and ask a fair market value for it? I for one would sell the car, providing as much detail as was necessary. I mean come on, the tire is low? There is a mis-spelling on the page? These are things to be concerned about? Ok, yes the lack of frame pics is suspect, but really if you were selling an old Ford would you crawl under it and take a lot of shots? Has anyone asked this guy for any frame pics? I wouldn't even know what markings my car does/should have for updates, and I own 2, one for 8 years now!!! This auction might indeed be a bad deal or a great one, but if the DeLorean Police bash every one that comes along, none will be sold as potential buyers will stray away. Just my 2 cents, but lets all try to keep eBay auctions in perspective. Jack Stiefel - Tampa, Fl DMC Vin 03461 1981 Grey 5 speed DMC Vin 16879 1983 Black 5 speed Listen to the best music of all time at www.fmtimemachine.com Come hang out in The DMC Lounge -- http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/DMCLounge/ -----Original Message----- From: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of DMCVIN6683 Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 10:54 PM To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DML] Charles Schmidt Auction at EBay The owner claims it is a real Delorean because it is a early 1981 and all the other cars are pieced together. Funny how his car has a gas flap hood and they were not available for his VIN# so it appears his is pieced together as well. Oh yeah the color of the car is Stainless Steel not Stainless Steal like he has it on the ad. Also the right rear tire is almost flat, he could at least put air in it for the photos. I think he wants too much for it but this is my opinions. No pictures of the underbody so i am assuming there may be rust because he has lots of pictures of the interior to make you forget about the underbody and none of the frame and we all know how the frames can rust. Also i dont see any markings showing any of the safety campaign/recalls have been done. I would have somebody check it out for you if you are serious. Typical used car sales man attitude i get by reading the description and not knowledgeable about the car at all. Just my opinions and i dont like fast pitch fancy sales ad's to make you think you are buying more than you see or making you think it is more of a car than it really is. Good luck. On Nov 24, 2005, at 9:51 AM, Dennis Alberts wrote: > I'm thinking of placing a bid on eBay for the DeLorean at Charles > Schmidt > and Company. Does anybody have any specific knowledge about the car? > > > > Thanks, > > Dennis > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx > > For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see > www.dmcnews.com > > To search the archives or view files, log in at > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/