Ebay auction of the week

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Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2014: Ebay auction of the week
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Schmidt on Monday, November 17, 2014 - 11:21 am:

This is either a great deal..... Or a scam

http://m.ebay.com/itm/131351492038?nav=SEARCH


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By joe bell on Monday, November 17, 2014 - 11:23 am:

I would be making phone calls if I was looking for one!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mark Gregush Portland Oregon on Monday, November 17, 2014 - 11:25 am:

I am going with scam. I reported it.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Aaron Griffey, Hayward Ca. on Monday, November 17, 2014 - 11:29 am:

Yes, and the shipping is only $2.32 !!!!!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Chuck Hoffman - Gold Country of Calif. on Monday, November 17, 2014 - 12:04 pm:

The item specifics says "promo car" and "reproduction". I think what you see ain't what you get.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Roger Karlsson, southern Sweden on Monday, November 17, 2014 - 12:11 pm:

Sometimes there are great deals, it seems:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ford-model-t-rear-axle-housing-tubes-FREE-U-S-SHIPPING-1 914-1927-15-23-22-19-25-/181536575631
(looks like no rivet 1909 rear axle housings to me?)

The same seller tries again, guess this pair will be harder to sell:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ford-model-t-rear-axle-housing-tubes-FREE-U-S-SHIPPING-1 914-1927-15-23-22-19-25-/171472595215
(empty regular 1919-25 axle housings are usually hard to sell at any price)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tyrone Thomas - Topeka KS on Monday, November 17, 2014 - 12:17 pm:

its only 900.00 to buy. You can afford to lose that can't you? Then let us know.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dale Kemmerer on Monday, November 17, 2014 - 12:20 pm:

Roger, you are correct they are no rivet 1909 rear axle housings. they are now in my garage. I worried a little that someone might clue him in and maybe back out of the deal until I received notice that they had been shipped
obviously he didn't know what year they were. I had to chuckle when he listed the later ones with exactly the same wording
Dale


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Monday, November 17, 2014 - 12:26 pm:

Yep, too good to be true. Maybe he's selling a picture of a 1914 "roadster". :-)

Those axle housings in the last one are probably out of a farm wagon. Something was welded to the tubes at one time. Note the perches cut with a torch. Very classy.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kenneth W DeLong on Monday, November 17, 2014 - 12:33 pm:

Not even that is not correct as it is a touring.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ronald Bolser on Monday, November 17, 2014 - 12:35 pm:

The car sold for $500 in October according to his completed listings!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ed in California on Monday, November 17, 2014 - 01:53 pm:

Bid for it, and pay in person...armed.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ronald Bolser on Monday, November 17, 2014 - 04:24 pm:

I contacted the seller and asked him to post more pictures and list the engine serial number.
He replied back and said he would be glad to,but instead canceled the listing.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Greg Whaley, Georgetown Ontario Canada on Monday, November 17, 2014 - 05:01 pm:

Ronald, I did the same thing. :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Paul Mikeska, Denver CO on Monday, November 17, 2014 - 08:19 pm:

The shipping charges of $2.32 is kind of a tip.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tony Bowker on Monday, November 17, 2014 - 11:13 pm:

It seems it was an "Error" as it now listed as:

This listing was ended by the seller because there was an error in the listing.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Craig Anderson, central Wisconsin on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 - 02:42 am:

That was no scam.
I contacted the seller the moment I saw the auction.
He's a young man who inherited the car from an uncle and is selling it to raise college tuition money.
He simply didn't know what he had or what it's worth.
As for the shipping that was a REAL error on his part....you'll notice this was only his 2nd ebay auction and it's REAL easy to screw up a listing........I've done it myself.

This is what he wrote to me:
Most of it is real. A lot has been refurbished and some parts have been replaced. It was my great uncles car, he had quite a few of them . This one he passed on to me before he passed. I really don't know how much its worth. So I just put it up and see what happens. If it doesn't sell , then I guess I'm driving this thing to college.

He knows more NOW.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ronald Bolser on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 - 09:11 am:

Craig,
Check his completed listings.
He sold this car on Ebay to a single bidder on October 19th for $500.The winning bidder has a "0" rating.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kenneth W DeLong on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 - 09:19 am:

That's Great!! It sound's like we might have been of some help after all! I'm sure there are a few who would have easily taken advantage of him! Bud.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Erik Johnson on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 - 11:38 am:

Legitimate? Just because the guy responded with a story?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Craig Anderson, central Wisconsin on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 - 02:06 pm:

Yes Bud......I have a thing about people getting screwed or screwing themselves.
Our other communications suggest it's not a "story".
Even it is a story I don't care.......my tolerance for people taking advantage of others is extremely low.
I've been screwed by people who I thought were honorable........yeah.......right.


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