Re: Buyer Beware
Charley,
I chose not to start another thread because unless Jim elects to repost what he has already posted the thread is a waste of time? I can't think of a reason he would rewrite everything all over again after all the abuse he received the first time? He is the person with the first hand information not me. My ONLY intention in discussing the other car was to prevent another prospective buyer from getting screwed. It actually matters to me when I see people get screwed in this hobby. It happens far too much and since no one is going to police our hobby for us it seems to me that leaves it up to us? If we, and I am as guilty as anyone continue to look the other way everyone in this hobby eventually suffer. Just ask any of the honest dealers who frequent this site how hard it is today to overcome the fears newcomers have when buying a high dollar muscle car for the first time? Its always been a tough road for muscle car dealers but each and every time someone buys a rebody or otherwise gets screwed it gets that much harder.
Recently a well known muscle car dealer was selling a 69 Yenko despite the fact the car had passed two sets of judges deeming the engine to be the "born with" engine the dealer still had his doubts based on his experience and things he had heard and put very clearly in his description that he thought it might be a restoration correct or restamped engine. This disclosure thereby allowed prospective buyers to make an INFORMED decision on their own. The dealer could have taken the easy road but instead took the high hard road making it that much harder to sell the car. My point is not everyone in this hobby takes the easy road and many care about unknown buyers and their integrity.
In regard to this thread I was wondering out loud if there was any desire on anyones part to gather the information in a coherent form and send it along to BJ. I doubt if the information was presented properly that BJ would ignore it? I would be happy to prepare an affidavit and send it along to BJ free of charge if I could get some help?
In regard to your "be an adult remark". I am very happy still thinking and acting like a kid. The thing about kids is they still believe in right and wrong and that we can make the world a better place. Imagine that?
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