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PostPosted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:40 am    Post subject: swimmer on ebay Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 9:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

He tries to sell that car for 80K with one 1 picture of it?????
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 9:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

We typically have a rule against posting active eBay auctions but since this is an $80K car that says reserve not met, contact me if you think this posting affects your ability to buy this vehicle for a "reasonable" price.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 10:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I saw what you guys saw, and thought "oh yeah, I ve got an extra 80K to buy that, or wait should I buy the Brooklyn bridge" come on 1 pic, with no history, "please send money order or western unioun to Kenya."
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 7:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 6:49 pm    Post subject: Type 166 Reply with quote

I suppose it is jealousy or stupidity that makes most of you post comments like these. I have seen the car and it is original. Yes of course it has been restored, of which most war time vehicles that served in the 1940's either have been restored or are scrap. I am sure he posted it out there for the few educated buyers who know what it is worth and of course have more than 2 nickles to their name.

I hear this from Volkswagen and other car owners like Mustang and Corvette owners who think they got a diamond in the rough because they own a car in which they happen to produce 800 thousand + that year or something crazy. How would you clowns now what this car is worth unless you have owned them and are in that circle of people?

Taking nothing away from any Volkswagen owners but your 53, 57, 62, Karmann Ghia is not worth near what this car is worth no matter what kind of drug your smoking. Christ how many hundred of thousands of beetles were made between say 1955-1959? Compare that to less than the 17K Volkwswagen Type 166's made over a similiar four year period from 1942-1945. Oh, and by the way most of them were blown to bits in WW2, do you know what that was?? Morons!
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 7:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

it would seem anyone other than a moron could see the comments were more about the lack of information on a high dollar transaction and this type of tactic is common with scams.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 2:28 am    Post subject: Re: Type 166 Reply with quote

michaelbeth wrote:
I suppose it is jealousy or stupidity that makes most of you post comments like these. I have seen the car and it is original. Yes of course it has been restored, of which most war time vehicles that served in the 1940's either have been restored or are scrap. I am sure he posted it out there for the few educated buyers who know what it is worth and of course have more than 2 nickles to their name.

I hear this from Volkswagen and other car owners like Mustang and Corvette owners who think they got a diamond in the rough because they own a car in which they happen to produce 800 thousand + that year or something crazy. How would you clowns now what this car is worth unless you have owned them and are in that circle of people?

Taking nothing away from any Volkswagen owners but your 53, 57, 62, Karmann Ghia is not worth near what this car is worth no matter what kind of drug your smoking. Christ how many hundred of thousands of beetles were made between say 1955-1959? Compare that to less than the 17K Volkwswagen Type 166's made over a similiar four year period from 1942-1945. Oh, and by the way most of them were blown to bits in WW2, do you know what that was?? Morons!


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 4:30 am    Post subject: Re: Type 166 Reply with quote

michaelbeth wrote:
I suppose it is jealousy or stupidity that makes most of you post comments like these.


Dude! I don't care who you are, Its almost impossible to sell a car with only one picture for $80k. Nobody said it was worth any less.

We all know how rare these are and most of us know the values of them.

Edit: Let me clarify the problem with only one picture. How are we supposed to know which engine/transaxle/parts are on this car. How are we supposed to know anything about it from the picture shown? We can't even see if it has a prop assembly! No interior shot to see gauges, steering wheel, shifter, seats, etc.

It didn't even have hardly anything in the description to let us know anything about it!

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 1:14 pm    Post subject: Re: Type 166 Reply with quote

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Taking nothing away from any Volkswagen owners but your 53, 57, 62, Karmann Ghia is not worth near what this car is worth no matter what kind of drug your smoking.

There was only one Karmann Ghia built in 1953, and it's basically priceless. Before you go calling people morons, try to research the claims you're making.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 1:24 pm    Post subject: Re: Type 166 Reply with quote

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michaelbeth wrote:

Taking nothing away from any Volkswagen owners but your 53, 57, 62, Karmann Ghia is not worth near what this car is worth no matter what kind of drug your smoking.

There was only one Karmann Ghia built in 1953, and it's basically priceless. Before you go calling people morons, try to research the claims you're making.


Funny that you mention this one.

The 1953 ghia is currenlty for sale, but you have to buy the other 124 cars from the karmann museum as well and pay a couple of millions.

http://www.neue-oz.de/_archiv/noz_print/nordwest/2009/07/22941325.html

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

hmmm........
I even emailed the owner? and he sent me a incomprehensible response! so who's the moron? makes you say "would you buy a car from him?" inclusive to that, your response is a slight bit over the top, dont ya think?
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 7:46 pm    Post subject: Over the top response Reply with quote

Yes it was over the top!

I never claimed to know anything about Karmann Ghia's, those comments were directed at the individual complaining about 1 picture of the car and the pricetag.

Why waist time posting all sorts of information and photos of a car when 99% of the folks on this site were not the intended audience. He is most likely using this forum to reach those few prospective buyers who might frequent this site. Any sharp buyer would know doubt inquire further offline or in person in order to inpsect, view or determine an offer when completing a transaction of this magnitude, regardless of what amount of information and pictures where posted.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 8:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

No information was posted here by the seller.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 8:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

you post info to inform a potential buyer, the more you post/detail the more serious seller you become. I noticed on your post on samba you were very specific with details. well most buyers like detail as well. No more neds to be said in regards to this. the point was is that you got very snappy/sarcastic with the members on here. and if you noticed all the members in here are very detail orientated,esp splits and heb. so thats my point. now let it rest
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:40 pm    Post subject: Re: Over the top response Reply with quote

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Yes it was over the top!

I never claimed to know anything about Karmann Ghia's, those comments were directed at the individual complaining about 1 picture of the car and the pricetag.

Why waist time posting all sorts of information and photos of a car when 99% of the folks on this site were not the intended audience. He is most likely using this forum to reach those few prospective buyers who might frequent this site. Any sharp buyer would know doubt inquire further offline or in person in order to inpsect, view or determine an offer when completing a transaction of this magnitude, regardless of what amount of information and pictures where posted.


The prizetag is not the issue. On Hessisch a swimmer was for sale for € 100K and I know some people would pay high prizes for such a car. What is redicoulous, is that the car is offered on E-bay with only one picture and hardly any information. 99 out of 100 time such E-bay offers are scam.

If somebody is tying to sell such a car for such a prize, the least thing you expect is some decent information.

If the seller, just like you, thinks that everybody except himself is a moron, that would explain a lot. Why waist time posting all sorts of information and photos as everybody who is interested would ask for it himself. Good sales strategy!!
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 7:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have seen the car and it is original. Yes of course it has been restored

Those two concepts are mutually exclusive.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:32 am    Post subject: Re: Type 166 Reply with quote

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I suppose it is jealousy or stupidity that makes most of you post comments like these. I have seen the car and it is original. Yes of course it has been restored, of which most war time vehicles that served in the 1940's either have been restored or are scrap. I am sure he posted it out there for the few educated buyers who know what it is worth and of course have more than 2 nickles to their name.

I hear this from Volkswagen and other car owners like Mustang and Corvette owners who think they got a diamond in the rough because they own a car in which they happen to produce 800 thousand + that year or something crazy. How would you clowns now what this car is worth unless you have owned them and are in that circle of people?

Taking nothing away from any Volkswagen owners but your 53, 57, 62, Karmann Ghia is not worth near what this car is worth no matter what kind of drug your smoking. Christ how many hundred of thousands of beetles were made between say 1955-1959? Compare that to less than the 17K Volkwswagen Type 166's made over a similiar four year period from 1942-1945. Oh, and by the way most of them were blown to bits in WW2, do you know what that was?? Morons!


Wow....
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 10:40 am    Post subject: Re: Over the top response Reply with quote

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Yes it was over the top!

I never claimed to know anything about Karmann Ghia's, those comments were directed at the individual complaining about 1 picture of the car and the pricetag.

Why waist time posting all sorts of information and photos of a car when 99% of the folks on this site were not the intended audience. He is most likely using this forum to reach those few prospective buyers who might frequent this site. Any sharp buyer would know doubt inquire further offline or in person in order to inpsect, view or determine an offer when completing a transaction of this magnitude, regardless of what amount of information and pictures where posted.



the one picture selling strategie is the wrong way combined to the price the seller is asking. thats the point... for me the same if a ferrari owner want to sell his f40 with bad quality handycam pictures. Idea
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 11:38 am    Post subject: Re: Type 166 Reply with quote

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michaelbeth wrote:
I suppose it is jealousy or stupidity that makes most of you post comments like these. I have seen the car and it is original. Yes of course it has been restored, of which most war time vehicles that served in the 1940's either have been restored or are scrap. I am sure he posted it out there for the few educated buyers who know what it is worth and of course have more than 2 nickles to their name.

I hear this from Volkswagen and other car owners like Mustang and Corvette owners who think they got a diamond in the rough because they own a car in which they happen to produce 800 thousand + that year or something crazy. How would you clowns now what this car is worth unless you have owned them and are in that circle of people?

Taking nothing away from any Volkswagen owners but your 53, 57, 62, Karmann Ghia is not worth near what this car is worth no matter what kind of drug your smoking. Christ how many hundred of thousands of beetles were made between say 1955-1959? Compare that to less than the 17K Volkwswagen Type 166's made over a similiar four year period from 1942-1945. Oh, and by the way most of them were blown to bits in WW2, do you know what that was?? Morons!


Wow....


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