Eric -

How can you make a blanket statement such as "Anyone to buy a vehicle on
E-bay, has got to be getting the deal of a life time, or is in for a
very bad experience when you see it for the first time."

How is it that you have come to the conclusion that unless you see the
vehicle in person you are in for a very bad experience?  Has this
happened to you?  I see a large number of vehicles moving on eBay, many
of which are sold by dealers that have 99% plus feedback.  Obviously,
their buyers are not all having a bad experience and I doubt that all
buyers are inspecting/viewing the vehicle pre-sale.

I was more than happy when I first saw my van after purchase.  It was
better than expected.

Genuinely curious,
Derek

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of EMZ
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 9:56 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Buying on E-bay

A word of advice.  Anyone to buy a vehicle on E-bay, has got to be
getting the deal of a life time, or is in for a very bad experence when
you see it for the first time.  There is just no way you can have a any
idea of what you are buying unless you see the vehicle.

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          86-SS Syncro
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler
                                   92-Jetta GWC
            www.fyi.net/~vw4x4/vw4x4.htm

On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Douglas L Urner wrote:

> I've been trying to figure out how buying a car on e-bay works.  I
> can't quite get my head around the notion of buying a car, evan a
> Vanagon, sight unseen.  Has anybody done this?  How did you manage
> getting the car inspected?
>
> Thanks, Doug
>