From what I've seen/heard on the diesel list, you made a wise decision.

Jim

On Nov 14, 2006, at 10:09 PM, Raymond Paquette wrote:

> FYI
>
> I'm posting my experience with Vic from ZSImports.  Decide for
> yourself.
>
> Raymond
>
> --------------------
> Text from ad in ubidzmall (which I'm told Vic owns but doesn't
> disclose, at
> least in the ad):
>
> 1990 T3 Transporter
>
> Double Cab, rebuilt 1.6 liter Turbo-Diesel, new clutch,  Orange, 6-
> seater,
> 4-speed, factory Westfalia heavy-duty tow hitch, runs great, daily
> driver,
> AS-IS Unrestored !!!!!
>
> --------------------
> My email to him: (phone calls were not answered)
>
> Vic
>
> I'm interested in the 1990 TRANSPORTER DOUBLE CAB TURBO-DIESEL you
> advertise
> with ubidzmall.
>
> But I have questions:
>
> It's been advertised a bunch of times before, and the price seems
> okay.  Why
> isn't it gone?  I've seen people bid on it.  Is there something
> wrong with
> it that isn't visible (rust, leaks)
>
> Your ad says that the engine is rebuilt.  Who rebuilt it?  How many
> miles
> ago?  What did the rebuild include?
>
> How many miles on the vehicle?
>
> Title and registration okay?  I assume it's Nevada?
>
> Raymond
>
> --------------------
> No response, so I sent the same email again.
>
> --------------------
> Still no response
>
> --------------------
> My email to the "vanagon" and "Syncro" lists:
>
> Anybody have experience with an outfit near Las Vegas called
> ZSImports?  Guy
> named Vic?
>
> They put stuff on ubidzmall (auction) at what appear to be good
> prices, but
> then I see (some of) the same stuff again and again, suggesting
> that they
> are holding out for higher prices than the minimum bid listed.  I have
> called and emailed with questions about items I'm thinking of
> bidding on,
> and never gotten a response.
>
> It seems a little fishy to me.
>
> Raymond
>
> --------------------
> Vic's response to my post on the list, which came within hours (to my
> private email):
>
> But it's fishy? Why interested?
>
> --------------------
> My as yet unanswered response to Vic:
>
> Exactly as I said in my email to the vanagon list.  You list things
> on ubidz
> and don't sell them.  You haven't answered my previous emails nor
> telephone
> calls.
>
> Is this thing for sale?  Can you answer my questions?
>
> Raymond
>
> THE END (AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED)
>

Jim Felder
felder@knology.net

  "I long ago lost a hound, a bay horse, and a turtle dove, and am
still on their trail. Many are the travelers I have spoken to
concerning them, describing their tracks and what calls they answered
to. I have met one or two who had heard the hound, and the tramp of
the horse, and even seen the dove disappear behind a cloud, and they
seemed as anxious to recover them as if they had lost them
themselves." - henry thoreau