History repeats itself...?

[marc at getty.net (Marc Getty)]

I concur 100% with Dan. The car Allyn writes about was not described as
"restored to original mint" like the eBay auction that ended yesterday for
$7500.00. From what Allyn writes it was known to be your average or slightly
above average condition Scirocco which is a 18 to 31 year old car.

When I bought Jason Arms' former red 16v it had a very badly cracked front
cross member that I did not look at before buying and found months later.
Not Jason's fault, not my fault, it just is. In fact, I'm not sure if I even
told Jason that this was a problem, I just dealt with it.

-Marc


-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Bubb [mailto:jdbubb@verizon.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 10:19 AM
To: Allyn; Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: History repeats itself...?

These cars have problem areas well known to listers. Buying one without
checking those known problem areas and subsequently identifying one does NOT
make the seller responsible for rectifying it!
Also, these cars are 20 years old. They will have problems no matter how
well they were maintained or resurrected. (witness my PITA 16V!)Unless you
get a warranty from the seller, the problems are the buyer's problems!

There is nothing that needs to be said about not paying for something you've
purchased!
Especially considering the offer to buy back the car.
my $.02
Dan