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glassbuggy Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2005 Posts: 897
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Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 11:37 am Post subject: Scumbags and Cattle Rustlers |
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Today's news highlights the sad story of an elderly couple who placed a wanted ad for a 66 mustang, they are missing, their car was found submerged and a dubious punk is in jail under suspicion. This leads me to the topic. In our travels as hobbyists you and I have traveled hill and dale for every part imaginable with zest and excitement while never considering the wolf behind the tree line. What shady stories can you share here amongst your brothers? |
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Mike Fisher Samba Member
Joined: January 30, 2006 Posts: 17970 Location: Eugene, OR
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Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 12:59 pm Post subject: |
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We drove down from Redding & tried to buy some pot on Haight/Ashbury one night in '69. The sellers we found put both of us in the front seat of a '60's bug to go get a $70 bag of pot. 2 blocks up from Haight the back seat guy put a chrome automatic pistol on us! They pushed us out on the sidewalk without our $70. _________________ https://imgur.com/user/FisherSquareback/posts
69 FI/AT square Daily Driver
66 sunroof,67,70,71,71,71AT,72,72AT,73 Parts
two 57 oval ragtops sold
'68 Karmann Ghia sold
Society is like stew. If you don't keep it stirred up you end up with a lot of scum on the top! - Russ_Wolfe/Edward Abbey |
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vwracerdave Samba Member
Joined: November 11, 2004 Posts: 15308 Location: Deep in the 405
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Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 2:19 pm Post subject: |
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I read local news story where a man agreed to buy an item listed on Craigslist for $600. The seller said he would meet him at "X" parking lot for the sale. When the man got there he was robbed at gunpoint of the $600 cash. _________________ 2017 Street Comp Champion - Thunder Valley Raceway Park - Noble, OK
2010 Sportsman ET Champion - Mid-America Dragway - Arkansas City, KS
1997 Sportsman ET Champion - Thunder Valley Raceway Park - Noble ,OK |
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Letterman7 Samba Member
Joined: March 14, 2004 Posts: 3198 Location: Downingtown, PA
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Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 2:51 pm Post subject: |
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There's quite a few robbed at gunpoint stories for less than $600 around here. I'm next to a quite depressed 3rd class city, and the drug trade is rampant. I rarely buy something off CL, but if it's something I really want (like, my latest acquisition - an '82 Corvette), I take my 6'1" 300 pound football player built neighbor with me.. just in case. And if it really looks shady, and I'm by myself, I simply turn around and go home. There's nothing I need that bad to be worth dying for. |
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skills@eurocarsplus Samba Peckerhead
Joined: January 01, 2007 Posts: 16879 Location: sticksville, ct.
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Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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my mother in law, father in law, and I went to go look at a 90 triple white cabby for my mother in laws soon to be daughter in law. her cabby was stolen while being repaired (as in, the shop stole it, sold it to another customer)
anyway, they wanted to surprise her with this car as a wedding gift. found it here on the samba and made arrangements to go look at it.
it was buried deep, deep in the bowels of some shithole factory converted to storage units in a bad part central Connecticut.
anyway, I don't think the guy expected 3 people to turn up, let alone my father in law who is a pretty big dude. when we got in the car to leave, my father in law pulled a .45 out of his pocket and said "just in case the deal went sideways, I brought my heater" I laughed and pulled out my .357.
the dude was shady, but the city in which it was located was the red flag. in the end, we walked away from the deal over like 300.00. kinda glad, the car was a piece of shit. _________________
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my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
Jake Raby wrote: |
Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
Brian wrote: |
Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69824 Location: Phoenix Metro
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drscope Samba Member
Joined: February 19, 2007 Posts: 15273 Location: Baltimore, Maryland USA
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Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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BIG problem in the Baltimore area is selling motorcycles on CL.
They come look at the bike, do the deal, pay you the money, get the title signed and take it away. As soon as they turn the corner, their buddies show up and rob you of the cash.
Cops won't do anything to connect the two and treat it simply as a robbery which means it never gets investigated and you never get your stuff back. _________________ Mother Nature is a Mean Evil Bitch! |
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crukab Samba Chef
Joined: December 13, 2002 Posts: 6116 Location: Vermont
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Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:54 am Post subject: |
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drscope wrote: |
BIG problem in the Baltimore area is selling motorcycles on CL.
They come look at the bike, do the deal, pay you the money, get the title signed and take it away. As soon as they turn the corner, their buddies show up and rob you of the cash.
Cops won't do anything to connect the two and treat it simply as a robbery which means it never gets investigated and you never get your stuff back. |
Not really a suprise for "Bal more" though ??
I'd do the "bring some BIG friends & some visable heat" to be on the safe side. _________________ Tom
My Pops:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=604100&highlight=
I know you will always be with me, rest in peace with no more pain. 8/13/14.....
In the yard right now:
'51 Dodge 5 window truck
'65 Bug
'66 Singlecab
'82 Rabbit Truck Diesel from CALI
'86 Doublecab W/T
'91 Vanagon carat/wolfsbrg.Tiico
'88 Dodge Ram pickup
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glassbuggy Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2005 Posts: 897
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Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 8:42 am Post subject: |
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WOW. Honestly didn't think there would be many replies to this post. A sad commentary to the world we live in. |
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drscope Samba Member
Joined: February 19, 2007 Posts: 15273 Location: Baltimore, Maryland USA
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Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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crukab wrote: |
drscope wrote: |
BIG problem in the Baltimore area is selling motorcycles on CL.
They come look at the bike, do the deal, pay you the money, get the title signed and take it away. As soon as they turn the corner, their buddies show up and rob you of the cash.
Cops won't do anything to connect the two and treat it simply as a robbery which means it never gets investigated and you never get your stuff back. |
Not really a suprise for "Bal more" though ??
I'd do the "bring some BIG friends & some visable heat" to be on the safe side. |
If it was just in the city with it's 300 plus murders a year it would be expected. But the problem is that the suburbs and county surrounding the city are a whole different world. Mostly crime free and filled with respectable working folks who live a sheltered life.
They are the ones getting clobbered. They innocently list their toy on CL and become the victim of evil they couldn't imagine ever existed. _________________ Mother Nature is a Mean Evil Bitch! |
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chaosisme Samba Member
Joined: August 29, 2005 Posts: 1256 Location: Orange County, Ca
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Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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Mike Fisher wrote: |
We drove down from Redding & tried to buy some pot on Haight/Ashbury one night in '69. The sellers we found put both of us in the front seat of a '60's bug to go get a $70 bag of pot. 2 blocks up from Haight the back seat guy put a chrome automatic pistol on us! They pushed us out on the sidewalk without our $70. |
Pot was that expensive back then? _________________ '65 1500 S [quareback]
'68 FI Sunroof Squareback
'70 Westy
OCT3 - Orange County Type 3's |
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Mike Fisher Samba Member
Joined: January 30, 2006 Posts: 17970 Location: Eugene, OR
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Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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chaosisme wrote: |
Mike Fisher wrote: |
We drove down from Redding & tried to buy some pot on Haight/Ashbury one night in '69. The sellers we found put both of us in the front seat of a '60's bug to go get a $70 bag of pot. 2 blocks up from Haight the back seat guy put a chrome automatic pistol on us! They pushed us out on the sidewalk without our $70. |
Pot was that expensive back then? |
It was supposed to be 1 pound of Mexican, which was all that was being grown/smoked at that time. It was the early 70's before NorCal homegrown started ramping up. _________________ https://imgur.com/user/FisherSquareback/posts
69 FI/AT square Daily Driver
66 sunroof,67,70,71,71,71AT,72,72AT,73 Parts
two 57 oval ragtops sold
'68 Karmann Ghia sold
Society is like stew. If you don't keep it stirred up you end up with a lot of scum on the top! - Russ_Wolfe/Edward Abbey |
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6T5 square Samba Member
Joined: September 15, 2005 Posts: 1084 Location: Dover, DE
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 11:06 am Post subject: |
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aahhh the 70's! those were the days.
I once received 7 ounces of Hawaii's finest in a saltine cracker can, through the US mail.
Man I miss pot. _________________ John
65 square 1500S (weezer) sold but always on my mind
60 beetle (Ned)
Quoting John Muir -- Open the rear boot. Get out the stool and sit down. Contemplate the air-cooled beauty before you. - How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive -- Step-By-Step Procedures for the Compleat Idiot |
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my59 Samba Member
Joined: August 13, 2003 Posts: 3793 Location: connecting the dots
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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 3:54 am Post subject: |
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Aaahhh metal Saltine cans.... I miss them. _________________ my59: Well son, my grandfather died before I got to drive it, so does that answer your question?
our79: sunroof bus w/camper interior and 2.0 FI
Other:'12 Jetta, '77 Benz 300D, and a 74 MG Midget. |
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weisswurst Samba Member
Joined: May 07, 2013 Posts: 233 Location: south florida
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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 7:44 am Post subject: |
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my59 wrote: |
Aaahhh metal Saltine cans.... I miss them. |
hey! I got one of those on my desk!!
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nsracing Samba Member
Joined: November 16, 2003 Posts: 9479 Location: NOVA
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Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 1:06 pm Post subject: |
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I have been lucky, have never been robbed or anything in my dealings w/ people.
I have been as far down as Fla, Ala, TN, KY, MO, and northeast, midwest -been treated good.
Just be mindful though that when the deal is too good to be true -IT IS!
Although there was once I went to pick up a machine I had already paid for online. And the fella insisted I meet him after hours when the shop was closed. I said....hmmmn...this could be trouble. Either I end up killing him or I end up in jail for receiving stolen property or I end up part of the robbery.
I made sure I had plenty of conversations through the company phone lines beforehand to establish my dealings. I went to the bathroom, put my hand print on the glass - in case I get killed. Did a press-check on the lowly companion Mr. SIG...and I went.
He got me loaded up, gave me my bill of lading, I secured the load and I was off.
I can only remember a couple of times when my sorround made me a bit nervous, but overall, my experiences w/ people have been good. I go out w/ the attitude that people are essentially good. |
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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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6T5 square wrote: |
aahhh the 70's! those were the days.
I once received 7 ounces of Hawaii's finest in a saltine cracker can, through the US mail.
Man I miss pot. |
Google Denver 420 they will pick you up at the airport and put a joint in your hand that's better than anything you remember. Be sure and ask for the Girl Scout cookies. Also visit the medicine man. It's a friendly place. |
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Volks Wagen Samba Member
Joined: February 13, 2013 Posts: 2926 Location: Germany
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Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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nsracing wrote: |
I go out w/ the attitude that people are essentially good. |
I was that way once, but now I'm convinced most folks are fuckers, and I don't give any 'benefit of the doubt' anymore. I trust my instincts and screw diplomacy. _________________ 1973 1303 with AB-motor - sporadic
reconstruction as time permits, 1986 ex-Bundeswehr Doka - on the road again.
I'm definitely, probably, the worlds greatest lover.
Aithníonn ciaróg ciaróg eile. |
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MacLeod Willy Samba Member
Joined: February 18, 2014 Posts: 933 Location: Ontario Canada
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