Re: [Chrysler300] What's happening to the gene pool?

[<jerrylindsay300h@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Someone from the club commented on this subject several months ago. I believe it was a place in Alabama.

Jerry Lindsay
Seminole, FL 33772

---- "ripinator@xxxxxxxxxxx" <ripinator@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> Speaking of clueless sellers, I'm talking to a kid who is trying to sell his  
> deceased grandfather's Chrysler. He has no title or can't find it.  Car is  
> in NJ and I'm in MD.  Any ideas how I can get a title for this car, if I  
> decide to buy it ?
> 
> Rip
> 
> 
> 
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> -----Original message-----
> From: LabLoverDC@xxxxxxx
> To: ryan_hillc300@xxxxxxxxxxx, nekramer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,  
> olson77@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sun, Jul 28, 2013 10:48:17 GMT+00:00
> Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] What's happening to the gene pool?
> 
> I think that's a very good point regarding the misrepresentation--it's  
> often rampant.  In my experience, it ranges from relatively clueless   
> sellers 
> who actually think in their minds that their car is a prize, to those  who 
> will say anything to get you there to look at the car, hoping you will buy   
> it 
> even though it may be junk.  The worst is when you are very clear about  
> what you want or don't want, grill the seller to tell you the truth, and 
> either  drive or fly a long distance at considerable expense only to  
> discover the 
> car  was not as described.
>  
> That said, apparently what happened to Mr. Olson was just the  reverse.  
> After arranging to meet someone who was very interested in the  car, and  
> going 
> through a lot of trouble and expense to make that happen, it  appears the 
> potential buyer just stood him up, and didn't even have the courtesy  to  
> tell 
> him that he couldn't (or didn't want to) make it to the meeting.   To me, 
> that is just as unconscionable as misrepresenting the car.
>  
> To me, one of the saddest things about the collector car hobby is the  
> occasional (or perhaps frequent?) lack of integrity among either sellers or   
> 
> buyers.  Fortunately, with respect to 300 collectors, there are often  
> volunteers who will go look at a car that happens to be close to them, to   
> provide 
> an independent opinion before a prospective purchaser makes a long  trip.  I  
> 
> have personally benefited from that, and feel it is one of  the many great 
> attributes of the Club.
>  
> Shannon
>  
> 30
> 
> 
> 
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