

| Subject: | Re: Ebay trade gone wrong... |
| From: | Donald Baxter |
| Date: | Mon, 9 Aug 2004 07:52:04 -0500 |
I actually sold my '92 Passat to a couple from the suburbs of Boston after I bought my '85 Vanagon. But I was very careful to reveal all the cars warts and scars--and even at only 65,000 miles, there were plenty. The '92 Passat just wasn't a stellar vehicle (and the '96 Passat I have now is sadly not that much different). But I didn't want them to have any surprises when I met them at Dulles Airport (I agreed to drive the car to DC, the agreed to fly down to pick it up) and I certainly didn't want the embarassment of feeling "caught." I got Christmas cards from them for several years after buying the car--it went very well. I don't have a huge burning issues to have another Vanagon. I mean, I plan on keeping the one I have--but Iowa has taken it's toll on its appearance. But now I think I'll use the $2300 for banging out some dents, sanding downs some rust spots, and new paint (or at least use that money TOWARD that goal). Now I just hope this guy doesn't decide to get nasty and send the EBAY gestapo after me :-) DB '85 GL On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 07:20:00 -0400, vw4x4@fyi.net <vw4x4@fyi.net> wrote: > Stuff like this is why buying a car on E-bay is just foolish! To many > things > that you can not inspect a head of time. Sorry but I've warned the > list about this. > ERic > > > --------------------------------------------- Donald Baxter 316 Ridgeview Avenue University Heights, Iowa 52246 http://www.mindspring.com/~onanov
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