----- Original Message ----- From: "wagonguy" <wagonguy@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Multiple recipients of MoPar" <mml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 11:04 PM Subject: SF Bay area help needed ASAP! > As alot of you know, I have recently had alot of car trouble. None of my > cars run, so I begged and borrowed money from family members to buy a decent > older car for my family. I found one in San Jose that fit the bill almost > perfectly: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2407059739&ssP > ageName=ADME:B:EOAB:US:6 > > The seller is 1bydesign on ebay, email is afast440@xxxxxxx, and his name is > Alan. He lives in the San Jose area. Does anyone on the list know him? I did > buy it now on Thursday, March 14th, and purchased a plane ticket to San > Jose. He contacted me Friday the 15th to say the car was locked up at a > friends, and the friend was out of town for the weekend. He said he would > bring me the car the next weekend (this coming weekend). So I refunded my > plane ticket and asked him to keep me posted. Meanwhile, I paid in full via > paypal. I have not heard from him since. I have emailed him 3 times since > Tuesday, and left 2 phone messages and he will not respond. The reason I am > appealing to the MML, is hopefully someone knows him and can find out what > is happening. I always prefer to give the benefit of the doubt, like death > in the family, etc. This was all the money I had, and there is no more where > it came from. I am almost in tears as I write this. I need a car bad and if > this person takes my money, I'm basically screwed. The only running car we > have right now only holds one child seat, and on my weekends we have 2 young > ones. Basically when my daughter is here we are stuck at home. Please, > someone out there know him. Sorry about the vent, but I don;t know what else > to do right now. > > Doug in Reno