Alert !! 1968Roadrunner = ply30! do not buy!!

Captainkirk said
Frankie, the problem with this jackwagon is...he's generally not selling cars, but pieces of cars.
You're not gonna board a plane to go look at a bumper or a dash cluster.

That's correct, and my comments were not limited to this guy. What I WAS talking about is doing business on the net, in general.

This is how he 'cleans up'....he sells a bunch of parts, ships a few to get positive feedback, then makes excuses and back-peddles on the others. Meanwhile, he rakes in thousands (literally) before people get wise.

A basic rule of thumb: Buyer beware. Don't get so infatuated with a the parts and the "great price" that you forget due diligence.

When buying parts, insist knowing a couple of things. The Sellers, Name with a VERIFIABLE address and phone number. An email addy, and a land line phone are also preferable (you can usually trace the land line phone to verify the street address at little of no cost.).

I have one friend who insists are a street address, and checks it on google maps. Not only to verify the address, but uses that sat-images to be sure that there is actually a house or a business there. It's free and it literally takes seconds to do.

Another thing you can do it get a couple of names of past buyers the guy has sold to. Usually doing so will turn off the scammer, where as the honest dealer will not only have no issue supplying that information, but will usually have it fairly handy. You can check with these references, and you can usually also verify the sellers street address, at the same time.

Nothing is 100% sure. There are always loop holes for the dishonest to jump through, your job is to eliminate as many of those loop holes as possible.

I no longer do business on the internet with private individuals that I don't know. PERIOD.
If I'm in the marker for something th reality is, it isn't necessary to go beyond a 100 mile radius from my house to find just about anything I need. Not only for cars, but for anything. Maybe a little more expensive, maybe a little more time consuming, or maybe requiring me to be a little more pro-active. But, since I adopted that policy some 4, or so years ago, I have not had a single issue.

I'm no longer in the cars and parts purchasing mode, I have my Swinger, it's finished, and all that's necessary is normal maintenance and enjoyment of the car. However, I STILL buy guitars, and mostly bass guitars that I find on the net. I use the same due diligence in that endeavor. Realize that it's not unusual for these vintage instruments to range into 4 or 5 figures, and parts and accessories into the hundreds of dollars. If I can't see it and touch it, and look the seller in the eye, I don't buy it. PERIOD.

That's my philosophy and my method of doing personal business, and it works great for me.