[DeTomaso] funny listing response? yellow L car

[Rob Dumoulin]

It's up to $34,900 as the starting bid now.  Typo.

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 6:20 PM, Rob Dumoulin <rob at dumoulins.net> wrote:

> I remember seeing an add in Road & Track.  There was a picture of an old
> barn with a Porsche 356 covered in dust with flat tires but in apparently
> great shape. The ad went something like this:  You break down on a country
> road and walk to a farm house to call a tow truck.  You see this old Porsche
> through an open barn door. After some idle chit chat with the farmer you
> find out that his son parked it there when he went off to Vietnam and was
> killed. It hadn't moved in over 40 years.  He needs the space, but just
> couldn't bring himself to sell it. You assure him that you will honor his
> son by fixing it up and driving it.  He agrees that it would honor him and
> you ask him how much he would like for it.  He says, just take it.  As you
> reach for the phone to ask for a double flat bed tow
> truck........poof.......you wake up from the dream.
>
> All of you are going to kick yourselves if this is real.
>
> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 4:44 PM, cullen mccann <
> clarkwgriswold2nd at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> well, I knew it was a scam or a typo....plus I thought this car was on
>> eBay
>> now or recently.
>>
>>
>>
>> but I thought, what the heck, leave it to me to take the bait. I inquired
>> about the car as an unsuspecting passer-by: here was the response I got.
>> definitely setup for failure. haha...how do these people sleep at night?
>> funny stuff. no attachment so don't be scared. copied the text into this
>> email from a secure network.
>>
>>
>>
>> where do I sign? let me give you my complete name and address, plus my
>> social just to be sure you have all the  info you need. hehe.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>> From: Rhonda K [mailto:1852863454s30804738 at anon.oodle.com]
>>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 2:51 PM
>>
>> To: clarkwgriswold2nd at gmail.com
>>
>> Subject: RE: 1974 Other Makes De Tomaso Pantera L
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> First of all I want to thank you for your interest for my car.The car is
>> in
>> excellent
>>
>> working condition, no scratches, flaws or any kind of damage,
>>
>> slightly used in 100% working with a clear title.
>>
>> >From the begining you have to know that for the payment I request only
>> secure pay, I
>>
>> prefer the payment to be made using Oodle services.
>>
>> We will use a safe payment method because I am affiliated at Oodle .
>>
>> The final price that I want for this car is $3600
>>
>> including shipping and handling costs.
>>
>> If you are interested in buying it please provide me your full name and
>> address so I can
>>
>> initiate the deal through Oodle .
>>
>> I will wait your answer(if you are interested to buy) very soon.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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