Needing reassurance on purchase

[Grusum]

Thanks guys, all opinions are welcome.

[Rick H]

At the request of the buyer I was asked to review a few pictures and give my opinion. After review I contacted both the seller and buyer and asked them to resolve this issue and if possible to do it offline.

Let me state that if I found that the pictures favored the buyer I would have stated so, if it favored the seller I would have stated that as well. I was to be objective and look with an open mind.

I reviewed the above pictures and a couple more and have found some very disturbing issues. These issues show that in my opinion the seller has a very good case.

Again, I was only trying to help and was not favoring either party. BUT, the pictures shown above are just a few of what I looked at.

Again I hope they can resolve this in a civil manner.

Rick H.

[GaryH]

Rick, you say the seller has a good case. So the car is acceptable then?

[SuperNovaSS]

I meant to say was the seller ignorant or dumb like a fox. OOPS. Sorry about that.


Jason

[Rick H]

Gary,
In my opinion, no. I would hope that they can resolve this where all parties are satisfied.

Rick H.

[EUGENE OREGON]

Grusum,
It was nice talking with you this morning on the phone. I'm sorry for you loss on your Camaro. I agree with 69HURST (yup), and lots of other guys. You should ALWAYS have a car inspected before purchase.
ESPECIALLY from "Milford Auto Sales" in Hopedale, Massachusetts. Scott has obviously gotten better at shading the truth to protect himself. Of course every car a dealer sells isn't bad, but Scott will shade it to sound like every one is good! We true "car guys" need to stick together and inspect cars for each other--and drive shady dealers out when we can.
Yes, I purchased a misrepresented car 3 years ago from Scott. NO ONE would have paid what I did if they had seen it! My $30k "done" car I'll have over $50k in it before I can actually drive it. That's $20k in just mechanical problems! I won't bore you with the details, if you want to know, search for him on www.complaints.com.
I got the same song and dance, all the things that make it sound like he cares and will settle. Then he tells you to f-off. I wouldn't hold out any hope that he will help you.

I hope he does do the "stand up" thing! Can we all say in unison: INTEGRITY?

[PeteLeathersac]

I've stayed out of this thread 'til now but I just went back to the original eBay auction to review how it was laid out....here's the link if anyone else wants to.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=4603329540

Here's a few comments....only an opinion from a simple car guy so please don't anyone attack. .
First off, I'm not saying Grusum is right because it's a buyer beware world and he did jump the gun and pass on the opinion of others. . Two, maybe not what he expected or worth what he paid, it appears he's got a real car there and a correct maybe even original motor that some foolish has dummy-stamped the pad? . So although not a 'flipper' for Grusum, hopefully he can enjoy working on the car improving it and in the long run the value will surpass what he paid. .
On to the seller....after reading the auction, I can't help but feel he knew more than he lets on now and avoided some points or worded around them carefully? . Worse was the disrespect in his postings here? .
That's it, good luck Grusum....hope to see your postings of progress on your car! ~ Pete

[Belair62]

I don't believe its a real Z 28...those gas pedal studs look kind of weird...

[Late BrakeU2]

"Contacting the seller: I talked to the seller the day the car arrived and told him of my disappointment with the car. Even the truck driver that delivered the car said, "This is a rough car!".

I have bought and sold cars,sight unseen,with sYc members and have had very pleasant experiences.When looking at ebay auctions one of the first things I look for(aside from hide and seek)is how candid the seller is.If he goes into detail about the faults and to a degree,understates the cars condition that tends to score high on my INTEGRITY meter.

The description of the car was pure babe in the woods fare,but clearly it should have been touched prior.That being said not everyone has the resources to fly all over inspecting cars.By the time you pay for air fare,rental,hotel etc that adds to the amount invested in the car(Yeah,a lot less than being a bagholder of bondo)but let's face it we all have rolled the dice at one time and hoped it would be boxcars not snake eyes.I would never purchase a collector car from "dealer" because rule #1 is never fall in love with the merchandise,and that can have ramifications with the code of ethics sometimes.JMHO

[Grusum]

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Gary,
In my opinion, no. I would hope that they can resolve this where all parties are satisfied.

Rick H.

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As Rick knows, I have more issues here than simply fit and finish. I will withold posting these pending Scott and I coming to some middle ground. I sincerely hope that we can.