Old member...... New car

[SS1156]

Man I am pissed and bummed out at the same time. I bought this 70 Camaro off ebay. I paid the woman the $1000 deposit within the 48hrs as instructed. Since the car is in NC we made arrangements to go up to get it at the end of Feb or beginning of March. On Feb 16 (Thursday) I get a Facebook message that she is going to buy a minivan and she needs $2000 by Monday or she will lose her $1000 deposit that she put on the van. Now... I have asked her several times if she needed me to send her more cash and she insisted that she did not and would be fine until we picked up the car. I have all this documented through emails. I told her that I would try to get it to her but I needed something in writing that the car would be safe until I picked it up. Well I had completely forgot that Monday was Presidents day and non of the banks are open. Well.... I get an email from the seller that she has lost her deposit and she has traded the car for a minivan at some other used car dealer. I immediately called ebay and filed a complaint to get my deposit back. Ebay told me that through the "Buyer Protection Plan" I would qualify to get my deposit back... thank god. You know... I'm wondering if this wasn't her plan all along. She asked me a couple of times.. "do you really want this car? It seems like a lot of trouble for an old car". Man I have searched for months to find a decent deal on a good car. I wanted to get a 70-73 before these cars have gone out of the affordable price range. I'm a working class guy that can't afford to pay $10,000 for something that needs a complete restoration. This car ran and drove, I could've cleaned it up and had fun with the car while I was aquiring parts. I think I'm just gonna sit back and keep saving money. I'm unsure of what I am going to do at this point. I think I will stay away from buying cars on ebay.

[Cruiser]

Man I am pissed and bummed out at the same time. I bought this 70 Camaro off ebay. I paid the woman the $1000 deposit within the 48hrs as instructed. Since the car is in NC we made arrangements to go up to get it at the end of Feb or beginning of March. On Feb 16 (Thursday) I get a Facebook message that she is going to buy a minivan and she needs $2000 by Monday or she will lose her $1000 deposit that she put on the van. Now... I have asked her several times if she needed me to send her more cash and she insisted that she did not and would be fine until we picked up the car. I have all this documented through emails. I told her that I would try to get it to her but I needed something in writing that the car would be safe until I picked it up. Well I had completely forgot that Monday was Presidents day and non of the banks are open. Well.... I get an email from the seller that she has lost her deposit and she has traded the car for a minivan at some other used car dealer. I immediately called ebay and filed a complaint to get my deposit back. Ebay told me that through the "Buyer Protection Plan" I would qualify to get my deposit back... thank god. You know... I'm wondering if this wasn't her plan all along. She asked me a couple of times.. "do you really want this car? It seems like a lot of trouble for an old car". Man I have searched for months to find a decent deal on a good car. I wanted to get a 70-73 before these cars have gone out of the affordable price range. I'm a working class guy that can't afford to pay $10,000 for something that needs a complete restoration. This car ran and drove, I could've cleaned it up and had fun with the car while I was aquiring parts. I think I'm just gonna sit back and keep saving money. I'm unsure of what I am going to do at this point. I think I will stay away from buying cars on ebay.

Check craigs list. Here in Tucson you can use zip 85756 as base and look around. I see on there now and then a guy selling a bunch of project cars for some what fair prices. Let me know if you find anything around here that your really interested in and I can take a look for you and send pictures.

[SS1156]

Check craigs list. Here in Tucson you can use zip 85756 as base and look around. I see on there now and then a guy selling a bunch of project cars for some what fair prices. Let me know if you find anything around here that your really interested in and I can take a look for you and send pictures.

Man, I appreciate the looking out. I will check out CL and let you know if I find anything. I'm just really bummed out about this. I thought I had found the right car. This lady wants you to think that she's just some dumb woman that doesn't know any better, but I can tell you this.... she knows exactly what she was doing. When you talk to her on the phone she sounds so nice and innocent.... I was WRONG!!. Life goes on and I know I will find another one. I just have to be patient.