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Originally Posted by SilberUrS6 View Post
This is my main beef with flippers. It's not the fact that they are trying to make a few bucks - heck, I've done that myself here on Pelican. I've also lost a little money here and there on parts/pieces. But still, it's REALLY hard to tell the difference between someone who had an idea to get into a project, then changed his mind (oh, and BTW, is selling the parts at a small profit to himself) and a person who deliberately buys stuff that might have been discounted originally for a reason, then marks it up all the while pretending to be someone trying to get out ofrom under a project/needs room/wants to start a business/looking to upgrade Porsche stable, etc, etc.
Do you remember about 6 years ago a guy put up a post on Pelican saying he was stocking up on 1972 and 73 911s -- maybe buying 10 of them -- to "pay for his kids' college" and ended up buying 30-40 of them and flipping under multiple names.

That's where I agree with Silber -- be a man. You want to buy the car and do a better job of marketing it, say so. Sellers will still sell under market for an easy no-recourse sale, which is what flippers offer.
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