Hello, I'll chime in. I'm the guy he first promised the car too. I helped him out as much as I could and told him I would be interested in the car. He said he would definately contact me first before he did anything. Along the way I found out that this guy and Greg live in the same state, and he might benefit from Gregs knowledge, so I gave Greg the contact info. I have a lot of pics of this car, so I'll put them in the Phots area under "EBAY PARTS CAR". Erik --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "timnagin" <timnagin@xxxx> wrote: > Ok, I hate gossip and office politics but I will tell some of what happened > since I have been asked on and off list. It's a long story so I will try to > be brief. > > I hope the background information is at least true, based on recent events I > am not even sure about that. This guy purchased three De Loreans from an > estate sale. The guy who owned all three of them had passed away and his > family wanted to get rid of them as a lot. The first two, one was the > automatic that sold on Ebay, had a few problems and the seller wanted to > make everything right because he didn't feel comfortable about selling a car > with problems. He is a used car salesmen. The red flag should have gone up > here. > > This first car sold on Ebay at the buy-it-now price of $14k, I believe, and > much higher than he expected. The second car, a five-speed, would run but > wouldn't move under its own power. On both of these cars I tried to help as > much as I could, also posting some questions here, and other people behind > the scenes on the DMCForum were contributing as well. I will let those > people speak up if they wish. > > Through all of my personal efforts he kept telling me it was a blessing I > had come along and he promised over and over he would make it up to me. > Yesterday I found out he had told other people the same thing. > > The third car, the one on Ebay, was undergoing a restoration to be a painted > car. When it came time to sell the parts car he said he would offer it to > me first, and give me first refusal rights. Yesterday, again, I found out > he told at least one other person this same thing. I said I wanted it, but > since it was the weekend I needed until the first of the week to get the > money to him. He went ahead and put it on Ebay, "just to see what happens" > and he put the right to pull the auction at anytime for my benefit. All I > had to do was tell him I wanted the car and he would end the auction. > > Then he stated a sudden expense came up and he had to get as much for the > car as possible and would leave it on Ebay. If it didn't sell then he would > offer it to me. Before this sudden expense came up, he would have gladly > accepted $1,000.00 for the car to, again, make it up to me. I told him I > was done and I no longer wanted the car and washed my hands of it. The > whole situation really left a bad taste in my mouth. Keep in mind, we were > helping him out for about a month already I think. > > He also said the body panels have no holes in them. Well, ok, maybe no > "holes" but the left front fender has been sliced up and tack- welded back > together. Technically correct, no holes, but I believe this was misleading. > The only body panel even remotely close to being perfect is the hood. I am > all for restoration, but I believe this is only a parts car. To restore it > you would be starting with just a pontoon, and even it has some damage. The > frame looks pretty rough too. Remember the red De Lorean I am buying? The > red one is light-years better in condition. > > The engine, missing the injectors at the very least, and turbo have sat > exposed to the weather for no telling how long. > > If anyone is interested ask him for pictures. I have quite a few of the car > as in the auction, and a few more with the body panels off. I also have a > dial-up connection, so if anyone wants to see them I guess I can upload them > to Yahoo. > > Ok, that was a Walt-sized post. Sorry about that, but I would hate to see > someone get screwed over this. > > Greg > > -----Original Message----- > From: Walter Coe [mailto:Whalt@xxxx] > Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 1:06 AM > To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [DMCForum] sad De Lorean on Ebay... > > > Before you posted this, I was going to suggest that you tell the whole story > rather than just announce you are disappointed. It's the juicy details that > add the spice to life. ;-) > > Walt Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=244522.3313099.4604523.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1595056/R=0/*http://ashnin.com/clk/muryutaitakenattogyo?YH=33130 99&yhad=1595056> Click Here! <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=244522.3313099.4604523.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1595056/rand=392109818> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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