Being harrassed by ebay non-bidder

[red-beard]

The title says it all. I have a douche-nozzle, uninformed idiot sending me "questions" about my car for sale on eBay.

He asked me to phone him, and he's relatively local (Austin area). So, I expect he wants to arrange to come over and look at the car.

I phone him and he starts out telling me that the modifications I've done to the car have ruined it's resale value. Why did I do this, that and blah blah blah.

Then he starts asking about the suspension. I tell him that a PO has replaced the rear springs with 140 lb, heavy duty units.

He calls me stupid. "914's don't have rear springs. They have torsion bars. I'm a certified Porsche mechanic with 35 years experience, blah blah blah." I call him on his attitude at some point. He tells me he is a cash buyer for my car. We start discussing the transmission, which I personally rebuilt, etc.

And at some point, he hangs up on me.

Then I get this e-mail:

Dear sandiego914,

so the car had rust thats why the doors and the floor pans were replaced right you ruined this cars resale had you gone back all orriginal it would be worth more why didnt you do the engine I think your telling stories LOL stick dip

- jameshd57

Uh, it must have had rust at some point, since the floor pan was replaced...but the doors, nope. I HATED the window regulators. I also hated the tail shift transmission, and my wife hated the fixed passenger seat...

Well, I simply told him not to contact me anymore and I would reject any bid he put on the car. I also sent eBay a copy of the e-mail. It is in their system, which is even better.

So, this evening I get this beauty:

Your the one who told me that 914's have rear spings dip stick I have been in the Porsche business for well over 35 years and have rebuilt and restored well over 100 914's including building a 916 with 3.2 911 fuel injection ask me any question you want about 914's any year and I tell you every detail MR dip stick I had my own shop with 14 techs for 27 years OH also I am a registered Porsche tech and engine builder you can apologize any time DS the reasone you fell the way you do is because YOU tried to act like the pro who knew everything and you do NOT spings in the rear not unless you did a coil over conversion which has not been done so MR DS feel better about your self now LOL

He certainly isn't a proof reader or speller. I do find it funny that he found the apostrophe, but could find the period.

Let's see, 100 divided by 35 is about 3. If we all knew someone in the Austin area that has restored 100 914s, he would have a huge reputation, and everyone should know him. And, rear springs? PLEASE!

Here I post a scan of a 914/6 (Notice the heat exchangers, the carbs and the 5 lug axels), which clearly show rear springs...shop manual 5, page 3...



Oh, I see. It's "spings". He is right. 914s don't have spings. I guess I'm thinking with my dip-stick, Jimmy...

[tabs]

Havn't you figured it out yet it is the ole man of wealth and taste shape shifting again...

[Gogar]

Total D-bag. He completely ruined the value of that 916 by putting a 3.2 in it.

[924slover]

send him a factory pic of the suspension and then ask him what porsche dealer he works at basically call his bluff

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by tabs

Havn't you figured it out yet it is the ole man of wealth and taste shape shifting again...

Can't be you. You found the period.

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by Gogar

Total D-bag. He completely ruined the value of that 916 by putting a 3.2 in it.

That's funny! True...but funny!

[red-beard]

Well, he probably ruined the value of a 3.2, by putting it in a 914!

[dad911]

Put his email address in your spam rules, and move on. Ignore the moron.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by dad911

Put his email address in your spam rules, and move on. Ignore the moron.

That is more difficult. He is sending the messages through the Ebay "ask seller as question" feature.

I'm having more fun posting his stuff here! I already notified Ebay. I expect his account is gone in 24-48 hours.

[Laneco]

You know what Redbeard? It's funny how many "porsche certified mechanics" are out there... Who don't seem to know diddly squat.

Had one call me out on chevy car forum (of all places). On two seperate points! Once to explain to me that Porsche 911's are all fuel injected and the next time to argue that the oil filter location. He adamantly insisted that the filter was most definately NOT above the height of the valve covers, but that it was attached to the engine. That I didn't know what I was talking about because he was "certified porsche mechanic." Whatta tool....

Can't fix stupid Redbeard, and arrogant isn't worth fixing. Ignore him and hang out with smarter people. This guy is way, way below your league.

angela

[tabs]

Originally Posted by red-beard

Can't be you. You found the period.

I anticipated that you would notice that there were no periods...so I purposfully delelted them.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by Laneco

You know what Redbeard? It's funny how many "porsche certified mechanics" are out there... Who don't seem to know diddly squat.

Had one call me out on chevy car forum (of all places). On two seperate points! Once to explain to me that Porsche 911's are all fuel injected and the next time to argue that the oil filter location. He adamantly insisted that the filter was most definately NOT above the height of the valve covers, but that it was attached to the engine. That I didn't know what I was talking about because he was "certified porsche mechanic." Whatta tool....

Can't fix stupid Redbeard, and arrogant isn't worth fixing. Ignore him and hang out with smarter people. This guy is way, way below your league.

angela

I'm not offended by this tool. I'm laughing at him! Anyway, I thought people here would appreciate this stuff.

[JE928sx4]

Originally Posted by red-beard

I'm having more fun posting his stuff here! I already notified Ebay. I expect his account is gone in 24-48 hours.

Uhhhhh....doubt that. Ebay could give a rats ass as long as they get $$$. Can you even leave negative feedback against buyers anymore?

[Gogar]

Can you add his "questions" to your listing, and post eloquent, literate, answers with references in your "replies" to embarrass him in front of everyone who sees the listing?

I don't know, maybe you don't want to mess up your listing.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Half the prospective bidders on ebay are f*cktards. Especially when it comes to vehicles. I just ignore the total morons. I could care less about their bids. It ain't worth the trouble.

As a general rule when "local" people ask to come look at it I just say "nope, I've had too many people in the past arrange for that and then stand me up/waste my time, that's why I'm listing it on ebay - either bid on it or don't - I've been forthright about the condition".

If that's not good enough, I don't care.

[89911]

If ebay makes something you sell available to a few million viewers, your bound to get idiots like this at some time. Ignore him, block him from bidding, and think of ways you can pull his chain.

[dewolf]

Give us his email address so we can all spam him.

[dad911]

Send him a link to this thread....

[emcon5]

Did you tell him that Torsion Bars are springs?

[masraum]

Sounds like a real weiner (not Steve Weiner, that guy's awesome! ) I've met/spoken to a few folks like this. They are not based in reality. It reminds me of the line from "Cheers" where Frasier asks Cliff Claven, "Cliff, what color are the clouds in your world?". I think that about sums it up. I'd say, see if you can get him wound up, but he doesn't seem like the type. I suspect that regardless of what you say, he'll always think he's right, even if you back it up with proof.

You gotta real dumbazz on your hands here. I guess this is your lucky day.