Derek,
        There is no such thing as a used car
in perfect shape.    I've looked at  thousands of used cars.  Never
once have I found the owner to be so detail oriented, and educated
with vehicles, that they write down and disclose every problem.  That
is your job as the buyer, and you can not do this without seeing the
vehcile.
         Even used vehicle I buy, I put in the shop first.  I give It a
complete
inspection.   I've never had a vehicle make it back to the road without
something, having to be fixed.
          Bring me your best used car deal.  I put up $1000, to say
that I can find a problem that you did not know about.
                                                                   ERic

Derek Krueger wrote:

>Eric -
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>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."
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>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.
>
>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
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>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:
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>>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?
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>>Thanks, Doug
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