does anyone know this car on ebay Item #172567243663

lets see if this works

Try to find out the VIN.

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Originally posted by Husker:
Try to find out the VIN.

yes he didn't show the vin.
and the price is now 58k but
he just replied to my question on
ebay and said " nothing to report
still holding for Sweden"
sounds fishy.

Yes, it does. Nothing is lost giving you the VIN. Sounds like he might be generating a fake bidding war.

I sent the seller an e-mail, asking for the last four digits of the VIN and when the car would be available for inspection. He responded by saying the VIN doesn't matter because it isn't in the registry and it is not available for inspection because it has been sold to someone in Sweden, subject to inspection.

I also asked him if red was the original color. His response was, there's no way to know because NO Panteras came with paint code tags.

If I were looking to buy a Pantera, I'd pass on this one!

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Originally posted by footbrake:

quote:

Originally posted by Husker:
Try to find out the VIN.

yes he didn't show the vin.
and the price is now 58k but
he just replied to my question on
ebay and said " nothing to report
still holding for Sweden"
sounds fishy.

Nothing really strange about this considering that it is most likely a scam. If you keep talking to him, the Sweden deal will eventually fall through and he will offer you the car at a lower price. The catch will be that you will have to pay a large sum of money up front before they will even tell you where the car is. Another twist is that there will be a shipping company involved and you will have to pay them a fee to get the car released. Anybody with some basic computer skills can find photos of almost anything and run adds on Ebay or Craig's List or other places. One thing that scammers don't like is people wasting their time with phone calls and emails about questions that they can't possibly answer.

Its interesting that in his ad (now expired) he says he will ship to the US. No mention of shipping overseas. Plus, in a response about rust, he says anyone is welcome to have it inspected. As David said, I'd pass on this one.