Re: [MBZ] 80 300SD goes to market

2008-08-13 Thread Wilton Strickland
ercedes Discussion List" Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 1:18 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] 80 300SD goes to market > > And I agree SHME! So, the auction house paid $4,000 for the > > car donated by a widow to benefit a church and is now trying to sell > > it for a profi

Re: [MBZ] 80 300SD goes to market

2008-08-13 Thread Mitch Haley
Jim Cathey wrote: >> The problem comes in if they actively discourage bidders, maybe by >> making it lot >> number 4 in the auction, then holding it back from sale, and refusing >> to tell >> the buyers when they intend to sell it. > > Yep, if they're playing any kind of games like that, treatin

Re: [MBZ] 80 300SD goes to market

2008-08-13 Thread Jim Cathey
> The problem comes in if they actively discourage bidders, maybe by > making it lot > number 4 in the auction, then holding it back from sale, and refusing > to tell > the buyers when they intend to sell it. Yep, if they're playing any kind of games like that, treating the car any differently t

Re: [MBZ] 80 300SD goes to market

2008-08-13 Thread Mitch Haley
Jim Cathey wrote: > I don't quite see the problem. If they thought the car was > selling for too little they could buy it themselves for a higher > bid, then do whatever they wanted with it. The problem comes in if they actively discourage bidders, maybe by making it lot number 4 in the aucti

Re: [MBZ] 80 300SD goes to market

2008-08-12 Thread Jim Cathey
> And I agree SHME! So, the auction house paid $4,000 for the > car donated by a widow to benefit a church and is now trying to sell > it for a profit... Just gotta' wonder if they paid the sales tax? I don't quite see the problem. If they thought the car was selling for too little the

Re: [MBZ] 80 300SD goes to market

2008-08-12 Thread andrew strasfogel
;> > >> - Original Message - > >> From: "Chuck Landenberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" > >> Cc: "Jim Friesen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 8:13 PM > &

Re: [MBZ] 80 300SD goes to market

2008-08-12 Thread OK Don
I suspect that you are becoming more Wonko - On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 7:47 PM, Wonko the Sane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The older I get (although am not quite OLD yet) and, perhaps, the more our > year long pescetarian diet turns my personal philosophy more Eastern, the > more I believe in K

Re: [MBZ] 80 300SD goes to market

2008-08-12 Thread Rich Thomas
Or maybe you're ingesting too much Hg. --R Wonko the Sane wrote: > The older I get (although am not quite OLD yet) and, perhaps, the more our > year long pescetarian diet turns my personal philosophy more Eastern, the > more I believe in Karma. Perhaps I am becoming a Buddhist Calvinist. > > Or p

Re: [MBZ] 80 300SD goes to market

2008-08-12 Thread Wonko the Sane
The older I get (although am not quite OLD yet) and, perhaps, the more our year long pescetarian diet turns my personal philosophy more Eastern, the more I believe in Karma. Perhaps I am becoming a Buddhist Calvinist. Or perhaps not. On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 7:42 PM, Rick Knoble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [MBZ] 80 300SD goes to market

2008-08-12 Thread Wonko the Sane
re as Hell wouldn't buy it from 'em now, but the ultimate > >> buyer's not > >> gonna know what crooks they are. > >> > >> Wilton > >> > >> - Original Message ----- > >> From: "Chuck Landenberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&g

Re: [MBZ] 80 300SD goes to market

2008-08-12 Thread Rick Knoble
> At the risk of waxing philosophical, I don't worry about stuff like this -- > because there is an afterlife where accounts are settled. Call it reciprocity, karma, mojo, bad luck or whatever, a LOT of accounts get settled in this life. Caveats, YMMV My 2ยข Rick Knoble '85 300 CD '87 190 DT __

Re: [MBZ] 80 300SD goes to market

2008-08-12 Thread Chuck Landenberger
uyer's not >> gonna know what crooks they are. >> >> Wilton >> >> - Original Message - >> From: "Chuck Landenberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" >> Cc: "Jim Friesen" <[EMAIL

Re: [MBZ] 80 300SD goes to market

2008-08-12 Thread Wonko the Sane
mate buyer's not > gonna know what crooks they are. > > Wilton > > - Original Message - > From: "Chuck Landenberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" > Cc: "Jim Friesen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent

Re: [MBZ] 80 300SD goes to market

2008-08-12 Thread Wilton Strickland
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 8:13 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] 80 300SD goes to market > Jim, et al > > I got a call from a guy who stayed around and gave me the straight > skinny... Car went for a bid of $4,000. the Auction house told > me $5,000 when I ca

Re: [MBZ] 80 300SD goes to market

2008-08-12 Thread Chuck Landenberger
Jim, et al I got a call from a guy who stayed around and gave me the straight skinny... Car went for a bid of $4,000. the Auction house told me $5,000 when I called them. Who to trust? The guy who called me Just the facts... The auction house charges 10% and adds the AZ sa

[MBZ] 80 300SD goes to market

2008-08-12 Thread jfreezn
1980 MERCEDES BENZ 300 SD TURBO DIESEL 59K MILES LOOKS NEW AMAZING!!! - $5995 (Phoenix) Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008-08-12, 2:51PM MST This is the same car Chuck and I looked at on Saturday.? Neither of us stayed to see it sell but Chuck was told it went for 5K.? NOT coincidently, the