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ED. I watched that auction on ebay. The seller clearly said it is a project and also stated the Instrument panel to be gone... Hartmut Ed Burkhead wrote: > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > Syd, > > Can't he file a protest with e-bay? I'd say that a seller who is selling a > plane, even as salvage, that's stripped out like that and who DOESN'T > clearly state the condition is committing fraud. E-bay should not allow a > potential buyer to get stuck like that. > > If they won't return his deposit, let us know and I, for one, will let E-bay > know they are on my banned list for five years. (If Larry overlooked clear > warnings, then I withdraw my outrage.) > > Ed Burkhead > http://edburkhead.com/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sydney Cohen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 9:18 PM > To: Ercoupers Social > Subject: [COUPERS-FLYIN] eBay Deer Valley Coupe > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > advice in this forum.]---- > > Hi All, > Just in case some of you are wondering about what happened to the > Ercoupe at Deer Valley, AZ that was offered on eBay about a month ago, > heres "the rest of the story." > My friend Larry Markey, here in Wausau, who won the bid asked lots > of questions of me, my mechanic, other Ercoupers like Dennis Spiegel > (who is also a friend) and an Arizona mechanic he hired to look the > plane over, he decided not to buy it after all. He lost his 10% > deposit, but that's all he lost. He found out that the plane is > completely gutted inside. Everything is out from the firewall to the > tip of the tailcone. We figured that it would take a huge amount of > time and money to bring it up to flying condition, so he dropped it. It > was a very long way to go for a project. > Dennis told us about Paul Tanzer's E model, N94821, that is for sale > at Schaumberg Airport in IL. Larry contacted Paul and was impressed. > So tomorrow I'm driving Larry's Porsche (!) from Wausau to Schaumberg, > will get the key from Paul, fly the plane up here to Wausau so my > mechanic can do a pre-purchase evaluation of it, and will fly it back if > a week or so. The weather has been quite bad here for about a week, but > looks great for tomorrow. So Greg, even though Fred's spirit can't help > us with the Deer Valley Coupe, it looks like he is helping with Paul's > Coupe. > I'll keep you posted on the events here. > Oh, what happened to the Deer Valley Coupe? I guess the seller > contacted the next highest bidders. I hope they don't have to haul it > very far. > > Syd Cohen > > ========================================================================== == > == > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > ========================================================================== ==== > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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