Re: [Chrysler300] That Coral 300D Coupe

["rob kern" <robkern@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ryan,
    Points well taken!  My wife plays golf with a lady whose husband is 
still waiting for a Corvette he bought over the internet for $35K 7 years 
ago from of all places RUSSIA!  Of course the money evaporated in the 
ethernet without a trace!  ROB KERN
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From: "Ryan Hill" <ryan_hillc300@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <nekramer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <pennsy300@xxxxxxx>; "Chrysler 300" 
<chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 1:31 PM
Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] That Coral 300D Coupe


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> I've had a couple of sellers on ebay insist on talking to me by phone 
> before sending photos and documentation of their cars. Their reasons were 
> fraud related. Some of the many scammers are able to fool the foolish, and 
> sometimes not so foolish, who think they're doing all their homework when 
> researching a purchase.
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> A picture of a valid VIN and data plate copied from a 'real' car on ebay 
> etc., accompanied by a group of photos of any car fitting the general 
> desription could be enough to entice some strong winning bids. Having a 
> valid tag with a nice history attached, thanks to a good legitimate 
> write-up on ebay or the like and an ususpecting buyer could end up a 
> victim. Deposits and full payments are often paid well in advance of 
> pick-up.
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> Buyer Beware....always.
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> Ryan Hill
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> To: pennsy300@xxxxxxx; chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> From: nekramer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:11:20 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] That Coral 300D Coupe
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> A valid reason to them would be that with the VIN someone could presumably
> check on the car's history. Can't remember if they showed the data plate
> either. If I was a buyer I would want to see that too and for that kind of
> money I would want to see the original factory card like Gil can find for
> our cars to check on the color.
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> On big expensive collectors items that kind of stuff it is called
> provenance. Meaning the <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin>origin, or
> the <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Source>source, of something, or the
> history of the ownership or location of an object from Wikipedia. I bet
> if you say your car has provenance it's worth a few thousand more. A more
> high class antique. Anyway for that kind of money the car should have
> history and documentation that authenticates the color and all the 
> options.
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> The car sure looks nice in photos but that does not necessarily mean all
> that much. One thing if you restore a known original car yourself, you can
> be sure what you have with no slick car dealers and salespeople in 
> between.
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> Regards,
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> Nancy Kramer
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> At 09:57 AM 1/12/2010, pennsy300@xxxxxxx wrote:
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>>Can anybody come up with a valid reason that the serial number has been
>>hidden? McTaggart in cold, snowy Dayton OH
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