<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">My story goes as follows . I purchased a classic Mini Cooper pickup on Ebay from the other side of the pond , the UK. Description and photos were appealing so i decided to bid and i won the auction. Picked up my new toy at the port and trailered her home. Nice to find out that the floor boards were nothing more then heavy gauge aluminum foil . The bottom line is buyer beware. Larry Schwartz <br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Oct 20, 2018, at 11:27 AM, marty <<a href="mailto:trmarty@hotmail.com">trmarty@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Yes, and it could save one of us from the same experience.</p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, October 20, 2018 9:12 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Andrew Uprichard; <a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a>; <a href="mailto:6pack@autox.team.net">6pack@autox.team.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [TR] eBay - a sobering story</font>
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You're doing the right thing, Andrew. Except publicize his name and where he is. E-Bay may control official feedback, but word-of-mouth has ever been a civilian's defensive tool.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">On October 19, 2018 at 6:03 PM Andrew Uprichard <<a href="mailto:auprichard@uprichard.net">auprichard@uprichard.net</a>> wrote:
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<p class="x_ox-1225cbecef-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif'">Having bought a TR3 with a body which was beyond salvage, I have been looking for, and was prepared to pay good money for, a decent tub. I recently saw one on eBay which
was advertised as being “in good condition”. It was fairly expensive, so I emailed the seller
<u>twice</u> and asked specifically about the extent of the rust: he replied by assuring me the car was “in great condition” with “minimal rust”. I asked for additional pics, but he said it was difficult as the car was at a different location.
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<p class="x_ox-1225cbecef-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif'">After I bid and won, the seller emailed me to say I had to pick the car up within 24 hours as he had a family commitment and would be gone for a week. The car was several
hours away and I explained I couldn’t make it. He said OK, but he wanted the money immediately. I called PayPal and they said I would lose any protection if I paid before seeing the car. So I called eBay and they reassured me I was covered 100% by the eBay
vehicle protection plan (VPP). So I paid. My mistake. </span></p>
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<p class="x_ox-1225cbecef-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif'">A week later I drove out and found a car with rust holes big enough to put my hand through and a passenger side with so much collision damage I doubt it could ever be
restored. Oh, and the frame was bent. I told him I wasn’t going to take the car, he had misrepresented it, and I wanted my money back. He told me tough, you paid already, it’s yours.
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<p class="x_ox-1225cbecef-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif'">I came home and called eBay only to be told the VPP only applies to cars less than 10 years old and that I had no recourse other than to sue the seller. After several
sleepless nights I decided I could do without the stress of litigation and so I drove back out to collect the car. When I got there the seller told me he had sold it to someone else. Great, I said, give me my money. Nah, he said, you take it and I’ll deal
with the other guy. The seller had brought a few buddies over, and so I simply loaded the car up and drove home.
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<p class="x_ox-1225cbecef-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif'">Bottom line – I salvaged one replacement panel and 2 fenders, one of which is fiberglass. The car is being collected this week for a trip to the scrapyard.
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<p class="x_ox-1225cbecef-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif'">It was my fault and I accept responsibility for it. Thankfully, my lovely wife has not given me grief and as a Christian I forgive the guy. But I did leave negative feedback
on eBay. The EXACT words were “Total misrepresentation of the car. Buyers beware”. It never posted. I called eBay today and was told the seller had appealed my feedback as it was “pejorative and threatened the future success of his business”. As a result
eBay had the right to remove it – and they did. And they will not let me leave any negative feedback.
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a good TR3 tub……… </span></p>
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