Ryan, Points well taken! My wife plays golf with a lady whose husband is still waiting for a Corvette he bought over the internet for $35K 7 years ago from of all places RUSSIA! Of course the money evaporated in the ethernet without a trace! ROB KERN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan Hill" <ryan_hillc300@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <nekramer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <pennsy300@xxxxxxx>; "Chrysler 300" <chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 1:31 PM Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] That Coral 300D Coupe > > 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@xxxxxxx; chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > From: nekramer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > 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@xxxxxxx 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 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/