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Originally Posted by stealthn View Post
Reminds me of local ads here (Autotrader), I emailed a guy about his Gallardo for sale (out of my price range but was interested in more info. He only had one picture of it, so I asked for more pictures (it was over $100K, one picture?)

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4 months later he emails asking if I was still interested as the price was reduced, ah no....
Little anecdote.

When I bought my 356C back in '05........it was listed on eBay with a starting price and a BIN price.

It had been listed in the early morning hours and had no bids yet.

There was a description and maybe about 3 photos.

The description made it sound pretty good. But the photos weren't all that great. The seller listed his name and phone number to call for questions....but I knew at the starting and BIN price this thing could be gone real quick.

Took me about a minute to make my decision to just hit the BIN button.

Turned out really great. Car had a working electric sunroof which wasn't even mentioned - nor could you see it in the photos. The engine was being rebuilt at the time of the listing...something also not mentioned. Car had no dents - everything worked - and after the engine was re-installed and tuned up - I caught a greyhound down (Ft. Lauderdale) and drove her back on I-95. She ran great too.

Some people just don't set up their classifieds the way they should. Sometimes it's our gain.
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