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Where is the honor?
I've been trying to buy stuff from the parts classified. So, my first shot was to try and buy a 964 black rear deck with the rear three-point seat belts. The seller and I haggle over price and discuss shipping. "No problem" sez the guy, and then...
Nothing. Don't hear a word. E-mail, PM, then his FS post comes up "sold".
Dude, WTF? "Oh, shipping it was too much hassle." Well, why the Fuchs did you waste my time with the negotiations? Why not just list your ad as "for pickup only"? I wouldn't have even bothered to look at the ad again!
I know why - he looked at what kind of a pain it would be to package the part. And it would have been a pain. It actually would have taken some effort.
Recently, I tried to buy some Fuchs wheels. I had to verify that my wheel guy was comfortable undoing some curb rash on them. In the couple of hours it took me to take care of this (I was at work, so I had better things to do than buy Porsche parts), the guy sold them out from under me (after a price was agreed and payment type was figured out). Then the guy that he sold them to tried to immediately flip them - to me!
I think it's a schitty way to act to other Porsche guys, frankly. Not that it really matters all that much, but it would be nice if folks who show some small amount of honor.
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