Re: What have I done...

"Carl Gibbs" <cagmeister@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Oooops!!

I bought the Manta, BX and SD1 on ebay without looking at them first. BX
and Manta turned out to be ok, so lets hope the SD1 does.

But, each of those cars have been <£600, so not huge amounts of money.
But also quite rare, so my view was it's better to bid and hopefully win
without looking than not getting the car at all. If it's a complete dog
when you get there you can still walk away!

My view with buying any car on ebay is to find out a bit about that
particular model, and ask questions that, assuming they've been answered
honestly, should give away at least some telltale signs that it's knackered
in some respect or other. If they turn out to have obviously lied in
response to those questions, then you've got a valid reason to walk away.

--
"For want of the price of tea and a slice, the old man died."


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