RE: Re[2]: Alfa purchase

["Glenn Wasserman" <glennwa@domain.elided>]

You are probably right - in matter of this much $$$ I'd be tempted to tell the seller. But I'm not sure I would - I guess I'd have to be in that situation to really know what I'd do.
 
On the other hand - it's up to the seller to accept/reject any offer. If the seller isn't educated about what he/she is selling, that's not the buyer's fault. 
 
And you could also consider that 9 times out of 10 there are probably things wrong with the car (maybe minor, maybe major) that the seller knows about but isn't saying. And, of course, there are usually problems with the car that the seller doesn't know about either. Think about it - have any of us ever bought a "needs nothing" car that truly needed nothing?

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: Ed Lutz [mailto:edlutz@domain.elided] 
	Sent: Wed 5/22/2002 12:44 AM 
	To: Alan Lambert 
	Cc: George Schweikle; alfa@domain.elided 
	Subject: Re[2]: Alfa purchase
	
	

	I guess since a buyer is to beware that a seller should be too.
	However, I think it was nasty. I would have felt much better showing
	the owner that the car could be made to run again easily. The fact
	that the buyer saw the "problem" and then made comments to get the
	seller to come down even farther tells me the buyer is dishonest.
	
	Ed
	Loveland, CO.
	
	Tuesday, May 21, 2002, 7:09:31 PM, you wrote:
	
	AL> jUST A GENERAL QUESTION--IS THIS SHREWD, OR IS IT NASTY?
	
	AL> --- George Schweikle <schweikg@domain.elided> wrote:
	>> Digesti,
	>>
	>> Eric Storhok tells of John Hoard buying his GTA Junior at a reduced
	>> price due
	>> to a rattley cam chain. Here's a similar tale: A local alfisti was
	>> pursuing a
	>> very clean mid 80's Spider, and called the seller to continue their
	>> negotiations, only to be told that "the car won't run any more". Said
	>> friend
	>> went to look at the car, saw the impact switch for the fuel cutoff
	>> impact
	>> switch button in the "up" position. He responded with some line about
	>> the
	>> expense of repairing Alfa Fuel injection systems, whereupon a much
	>> reduced
	>> selling price was offered. Said friend went through the charade of
	>> having a
	>> flat bed come to haul his just purchased spider home, where he reset
	>> the fuel
	>> cut off, started the car and drove it into his garage.
	>>
	>> George Schweikle
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