[DeTomaso] Bastard Pantera Imposter on e-bay sold.

[boyd casey]

On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 6:51 PM, boyd casey <boyd411 at gmail.com> wrote:

> The bid was $7900 I bid $8000 with two hours left to go. If someone who
> bought that piece of shit is going to have financial problems it won't be
> because of the $100 dollars I bid the car up. I reported the listing to ebay
> 4 times, I reported it to the California State police who directed me to the
> California DMV. I have a perfect Ebay record. !00% satisfaction as both a
> seller and a buyer. I was willing to risk my rating to stand up for
> something I believe in,\. Stopping crooks from ripping off people on Ebay or
> anywhere else for that matter. I also believe we as a group need to do what
> we can to protect the integrity of our Marque. That's why we have and
> participate in things like the Detomas registry. I bid on the car because it
> was the only way left to challenge the veracity of the sellers claims. 1..
> That it was a Detomaso automobile ( it was not) 2. That it was a Pantera (
> it was not) 3. That it was a Long and Newman reproduction (it was not)  All
> lies. Plus it had a State issued recoverd theft Vin # . A seller is legally
> supposed to disclose any salvage history on a car for sale. A recovered
> theft is considered salvage. Maybe you should make some more free time for
> your self so you can find something to believe in and stand up and fight
> for. There is an expression that comes to mind. "Put up or shut up" If you
> don't care about Panteras or theft or fraud and they are not things you are
> willing to take a stand on what do you think is a useful way to spend your
> time? Hugh Boyd Casey
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 5:26 PM, Nolan Scheid <Nolan at mortarsprayer.com>wrote:
>
>> So your telling us that you drove up the price on a car that you planned
>> to default on the auction?
>> Are you serious?
>>
>> Seems like someone has a little too much free time on their
>> hands......................
>>
>> Nolan
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "boyd casey" <boyd411 at gmail.com>
>> To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:18 PM
>> Subject: [DeTomaso] Bastard Pantera Imposter on e-bay sold.
>>
>>
>>  I did everything in my power to stop the sale of this fraud. I went as
>>> far
>>> as reporting it to the California DMV criminal investigations division.
>>> The
>>> car had an undisclosed State issued "recovered Theft" Vin. I went so far
>>> as
>>> to bid on it so I could refuse to pay and challenge  the authenticity of
>>> the
>>> listing. I was high bidder a $8k   until the very end. I was not home and
>>> some unlucky sap bid $8100. Cavet emptor!
>>> Boyd
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