This car has been listed on Ebay many times and never sold. --- In Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Ryan Hill <ryan_hillc300@...> wrote: > > > I've had a couple of sellers on ebay insist on talking to me by phone before sending photos and documentation of their cars. Their reasons were fraud related. Some of the many scammers are able to fool the foolish, and sometimes not so foolish, who think they're doing all their homework when researching a purchase. > > > > A picture of a valid VIN and data plate copied from a 'real' car on ebay etc., accompanied by a group of photos of any car fitting the general desription could be enough to entice some strong winning bids. Having a valid tag with a nice history attached, thanks to a good legitimate write-up on ebay or the like and an ususpecting buyer could end up a victim. Deposits and full payments are often paid well in advance of pick-up. > > > > Buyer Beware....always. > > > > Ryan Hill > > > > > > To: pennsy300@...; chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > From: nekramer@... > Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:11:20 -0500 > Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] That Coral 300D Coupe > > > > > > A valid reason to them would be that with the VIN someone could presumably > check on the car's history. Can't remember if they showed the data plate > either. If I was a buyer I would want to see that too and for that kind of > money I would want to see the original factory card like Gil can find for > our cars to check on the color. > > On big expensive collectors items that kind of stuff it is called > provenance. Meaning the <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin>origin, or > the <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Source>source, of something, or the > history of the ownership or location of an object from Wikipedia. I bet > if you say your car has provenance it's worth a few thousand more. A more > high class antique. Anyway for that kind of money the car should have > history and documentation that authenticates the color and all the options. > > The car sure looks nice in photos but that does not necessarily mean all > that much. One thing if you restore a known original car yourself, you can > be sure what you have with no slick car dealers and salespeople in between. > > Regards, > > Nancy Kramer > > At 09:57 AM 1/12/2010, pennsy300@... wrote: > > > > > >Can anybody come up with a valid reason that the serial number has been > >hidden? McTaggart in cold, snowy Dayton OH > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ To send a message to this group, send an email to: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm For archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: Chrysler300-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Chrysler300-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Chrysler300-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/