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Originally Posted by javadog
That may be but I still go back to the fact that he said “unknown history.”
At that point, I would have done a little more due diligence beyond “I’ll take it.”
I haven’t followed the market since I sold all my cars, was price a factor here? Does an average gearbox of that vintage sell for more money these days? The speed with which it was sold leads me to believe that it was priced cheap.
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Exactly.
History unknown negates any opinion anyone should have of it's condition.
"Consider it a core" is worthless for purchase consideration because it is not factual, it's an uninformed opinion.
Would anyone of us here have purchased it at that price sight unseen if OP had only listed it as "history unknown" and left out the core reference?
No, not without a PPI from a shop.
Both parties failed to do their due diligence.
Seller intentionally or unintentionally painted a rosier picture than what was reality and buyer ignored the only part of the description that mattered.