Re: russo and steel chop job camaro copo
I have a question about all of this that is going on! First I would like to say that anyone paying BIG $$$ for any car should check it out thoroughly before the purchase. But It looks like the Auction House and its people are not happy about the car being discussed here on the forum after the sale to this guy that "SUPPOSEDLY" discovered it to be a rebodied car.
At this point the Auction house does not loose any money because the seller of the car is going to have to pay the Auction house the money owed. But what about before the sale! Suppose an Auction house puts cars on a web site showing they are going to be auctioned off and describing them.
Now a potential buyer comes on the site here asking questions because he is interested in a certain car, and he is told by a few or many on this site the car is "NOT A REAL COPO", "NOT A REAL YENKO", "NOT A REAL ZL1" Or whatever and it is not what it is suppose to be And you guys say to the person asking about the said car "BEWARE" or "NOT TO BUY" and that "IT IS NOT REAL " IT IS A CLONE". Could the SYC site be liable for a "NO SALE" and loss of revenue to the Auction House due to the discussion claiming the car is not as advertised! Just wondering!
If a vehicle is discovered NOT AS ADVERTISED why do the AUCTION HOUSES get there panties all in a wad!Especially if the Auction house does the right thing and follows the law! What right does the AUCTION HOUSE have to tell you guys you can't or should not discuss something like this! If they get mad for discussing something like this after a sale How mad are they going to get about discussing it before the sale!
I know that things like this make it look bad to a certain extent for the Auction Houses. I know that the Auction Houses are a business and I understand that they can not inspect every car to verify if it is 100% real or correct! But can they do better than they are doing. Seems in the past few years there have been a few cars slipped through on some TOP NAME AUCTION HOUSES! That the CARS were not "AS ADVERTISED" And talking about doing the "HOMEWORK! Doesen't the AUCTION HOUSE have a responsibility to potential buyers to do "SOME HOMEWORK" on a car to protect the buyer! Sure looks like a lot of bad marks being put down for the Auction Houses in the past couple of years. From some of the things told about the Auction Houses by themselves recently on how they conduct business I would not buy a car from one of them. Also last but not least it seems everyone feels that it is the POTENTIAL BUYERS responsibility to seek out the information to find out if a car is real or not,if it is that easy for a buyer to do why can't the Auction Houses ask a few questions and find out too!Also maybe the AUCTION HOUSES should put it into the CONTRACT upon taking a vehicle for consignment that if after the sale of a vehicle it is proven the car is as not represented the SELLER is responsible for all monetary losses to the Auction House and Buyer of the vehicle plus a hefty $$$$$ penalty.
Maybe this would prompt the sellers to provide better proof a vehicle is real and it could possibly keep sellers that are less than honest from consigning the cars knowing that they are not as advertised due to loosing lots of $$$$ and creating lawsuits for themselves.
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