Is this even legal?!

[todds112]

1993 M35A3 C 6X6 2.5 TON CAT TURBO DIESEL ALLISON AUTO :eBay Motors (item 140356247019 end time Nov-06-09 08:16:21 PST)

Will they even let the buyer on the base? Sounds like the seller won the A3, but is going to re-sell the truck wihtout even picking it up from the base himself.

Amazing.

 

[dc3coyote]

yes it is, as long as he sells to a American. All he needs to do is sign a release of property for "his" truck.

 

[ida34]

The seller can give the release to the new buyer and the new buyer could pick it up just like a carrier picking it up.

 

[kurtkds]

I think his add needs a larger font...

 

[todds112]

Hmm, seem like just asking for problems.

 

[WyoDeuce]

Sounds like a big gamble to me. Everyone has a screwed by ebay story. ebay + govt. paperwork = disaster

 

[BKubu]

It is BS...but it is perfectly legal as stated above.

 

[todds112]

That makes sense though about the carrier being allowed to pick it up.

 

[jpcj-7]

Wow!

 

[m16ty]

I bet the guy has never seen the truck in person. If anybody bids on this truck they are crazy. I figure he's just going by the GL discription on the condition of the truck and we all know how that can turn out. The least you can do if you are flipping trucks is to atleast recover the truck. If you were going to bid on this truck why wouldn't you just buy it from GL only thing extra you'd have to do is fill out a EUC. All the risk is still there.

It is perfectly legal though. I bought a trailer from a guy like this but my deal was I knew what he paid for it and I gave him a few extra dollars for the paperwork. He had bought it and couldn't recover in time so I got him out of a bind.

 

[boomer]

Why didn't I think of that?

 

[Tnrobocop]

On top of everything, I was watching these auctions and they were selling for around $3K and I don't recall any of them listed as being able to start, even with a jump.

Somebody is about to be screwed big time both on cost and what kind of shape they really are in.

 

[rlwm211]

I read the EBAY listing and it seems like a fairy tale the seller is spinning.

God help anyone that buys the truck. Its a pig in a poke at this point.

RL

 

[nhdiesel]

It could very well be a hijacked account...there isn't a history of military items for sale. Someone takes pics they find on the web, make an ad using a jacked account, and collect the money.

If its real, then this guy is on crack. He seems to be asking as much for an unknown A3 as what you would pay retail from a known seller, for a truck thats been inspected. I could understand it if he got into trouble and can't pick the truck up, so he lists it for what he paid for it.

This doesn't make a whole lot of sense though, the guy has 100% positive feedback, and a lot of it. If he did things like this on a regular basis, he sure wouldn't have 100% positive.

Jim

 

[BugEyeBear]

Just because he's aking $8.5K doesn't mean he'll only sell it for $8.5K....

I've sold a lot of cars on eBay, & it is pretty common to get buyers offering to pay a lower price. (Sometimes WAY lower...)
The seller might just be setting the starting bar high so that he'll get offers near what he thinks is "reasonable".

Someone might think, "Gee I've always wanted an A3, but I'd only be willing to pay $5K for one. Maybe I'll offer this guy $4.5K & see if he'll take it."

A "Great Deal" is one where the buyer THINKS he got a bargain....
Used Car Lots make a ton of money based on this principle.

 

[coyotegray]

Who ever does buy it will be pissed when they don't get the gun ring with it.
C.g.

 

[atankersdad]

Who ever does buy it will be pissed when they don't get the gun ring with it.
C.g.

Better yet, wait until the buyer finds out his truck is on the hold list, and the original buyer, with cash in hand, has gone on a permanent vacation to Nigeria, A year from now , with only a signed over invoice in hand, the ebay bidder gets his truck and asks " what happened to all of my gauges. The pictures showed gauges???" all of this went on while he is still trying to get something called a title since the SF-97 went to the original buyer who is still somewhere in hiding. This is a disaster in the making...

 

[jpcj-7]

Who ever does buy it will be pissed when they don't get the gun ring with it.
C.g.

I didn't notice the first time!

 

[Nonotagain]

Better yet, wait until the buyer finds out his truck is on the hold list, and the original buyer, with cash in hand, has gone on a permanent vacation to Nigeria, A year from now , with only a signed over invoice in hand, the ebay bidder gets his truck and asks " what happened to all of my gauges. The pictures showed gauges???" all of this went on while he is still trying to get something called a title since the SF-97 went to the original buyer who is still somewhere in hiding. This is a disaster in the making...

I looked at the posting of effected vehicles and lot 4960 item 6847 is not on the list.

Still, I would not touch this auction with a ten foot pole.

 

[redcoat54th]

Yes the last pic shows the truck with a ring mount while the close up pics do not. I wonder if they are the same truck? Was the ring mount pic "as driven" to the disposal site and then the Verboten stuff removed? Either way the buyer will get a pig in a poke.