[TR] eBay Madness, part duex

[Tony Gordon]

My entire family is now convinced the that the entire 6-Pack and TR Lists are
populated by folks as whacky as me ... and have joined in the fun.  My son
added the Queen and Prince Charles photos.

The messages I have got off the list have been hilarious (well, to me anyway).
The Snow Cat, Nigerian business man and the Faberge questions are priceless!
Have a look at the ongoing saga on eBay item # 190183325605

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Tony Gordon
72 TR6
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  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Ted
  To: Joe Burlein
  Cc: Tony Gordon ; TR list ; 6pack
  Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 2:32 PM
  Subject: Re: [TR] eBay Madness, part duex


  That's a pretty nice French translation, if that's babblefish or another
online translation engine, it's not bad at all ...

  C'est viritable un bijou de multinational dans la couronne de l'iquipement
original partie... la bonte a igalement la ligende passionnante "filtre
d'huile". Je sais que ceci excitera mes acheteurs internationaux.


  On Dec 13, 2007 7:32 AM, Joe Burlein <supertr6 at earthlink.net> wrote:

    Tony,

    Nice write up!  Question sent!  ;-)


    Joe


    Tony Gordon wrote:
    > Having seen the eBay madness messages, I got to thinking ... what do I
have
    > that is so rare, so precious, so unique that no one would mind bidding
a
    > fortune for it ... needless to say, I came up empty handed.  Then I
recalled
    > that in the back of the garage, buried with all my other treasures were
some
    > parts that were in the boot of the TR6 when I bought it.
    >
    > Yes ... there it was, just the kind of thing that would make some
salivate for
    > ... a genuine Unipart Oil Filter, still in its rather battered box, but
the
    > real McCoy nevertheless.  It just shouted out to me ... here I am, use
me to
    > make your fortune ... and there it was, carefully hand made by English
    > artisans slaving over the hot fires of industry in Birmingham and
Coventry,
    > crafted to an exquisite jewel like perfection of folded pleats of
    > non-bleached, high quality velour of the quality only used by the Queen
to
    > write on, and all assembled in a lightweight, scintillating aluminium
capped
    > splendor.
    >
    > I'm hoping to raise somewhere between one and two grand for this unique
trophy
    > class item, and I buy anyone on the list a beer when Jonmac makes it to
    > Detroit using my windfall.  Given how much I expect to make, I thought
largess
    > was needed, so half the money will go to the American Cancer Society
(joking
    > apart, a cause very near to my heart).
    >
    > If you wish, you can add to the mirth by asking wonderfully strange
questions
    > that might be seen in a Sotheby's auction ... and I'll post all the
replies to
    > the eBay page.  Just is case you're interested, the item number is
    > 190183325605 ...