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You guys are too funny.  I like the religious analogies. Think if I'd change religions I might still be saved?    Gotta be a church out there some where for me and since I survived  Jones town (well it wasn't that bad I guess)  I'll know maybe not to trust the preacher man or at least not to drink the cool aid.    I passed the collection plate around and the first owner sent me a check for $1000 which doesn't come close to making me whole but it is more then what the vast majority would have done.  

 

I'll take some time and think and I'll see if I can get my faith back.   Or I might go to the dark side and buy a ---- no wait I already did that.

 

Here are the ten commandments of buying a replica Porsche       

 

 1) Thou shalt not trust thy seller unless thy seller puts it on the tablet

 2) Thou shalt not expect thy car to be completely formed at birth

 3) Thou shalt need a friend to fix thy car in thy neighbor hood or thou shalt not buy one

 4) Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors IM 

 5) Thou shalt not consider harming thy builder even though he may deserve it.

 6) Thou shalt not swear at thy car even though it makes thou feel better

 7)  Thou shalt stop complaining when thy neighbors make the sign of the (not the cross) the one with the middle finger

 8)   Thou shalt laugh at thy self even when thy neighbors say thou is not all that funny

 9)   Thou shalt not consider stealing they neighbors speedster even though thou knowest where it be'th

 10) And finally thou must have no other God( car)  other then a Porsche replica (or at least not admit to it publicly) 

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What a bittersweet thread.

 

John---I greatly enjoyed meeting you at Carlisle and cried inside at your unhappiness.

 

Your coupe was really gorgeous---spectacular, actually. It is tough to hear of a Suby powered car that is giving angst even though it seems to be tranny related.  You are doing exactly the right thing for you because this car is never gonna make you as happy as it possibly will make the next owner who is now forewarned and ready to tackle whatever sorting problems need addressing.  I wish you the best going forward and hope you get something that is suitable for you.

 

My own journey has been trying too, as it has taken 7 years and over $40 large, counting the cost of the VS, to get my Speedster replica to where I always wanted it - a 100% reliable, comfortable  long distance high speed touring Speedster replica.  It truly is bulletproof today and I am certain that nothing else could slake the madness that I have lived with for these past  7 years.  The past 5 years of Carlisle trips, each of almost 3,000 miles, have been nothing but pure pleasure and even though your travail will scare some folks away from some fabulous friends and times, I hope they understand that these cars CAN be perfectly sorted to meet an owner's  expectations and deliver all the fun they were hoping for when they first contracted the madness.

 

You can see from this thread that you have made many friends who are on your side and I hope we see you next year at Carlisle in whatever ride you select as your next adventure. Personally I hope it is a Speedster, a Spyder or another P-356 coupe.

 

Kind regards from all of us!

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John, if he asked you for you PayPal info and then you received an email showing a payment made to your account call PayPal to confirm it.  Scammers are now sending emails that look just like they came from PayPal showing a deposit and yet no deposit was ever made.  As others have said, it sucks it has come down to not trusting anyone but................... you can't trust anyone. Especially when it comes to money.

 

Every item I have ever sold on Craigslist has included no less than four attempts, for every item sold, to con me out of money by someone.

 

I'm sure you've done your due diligence but I can't help but mention these things so you don't get taken.

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OK see if you can figure this one.   Fellow said he sent the deposit to my paypal account.  I logged on and it was there.  I had to use my password of course.   15 minutes later I log back on and it's not there I was going to transfer the money out as suggested.  Called paypal and they have no evidence of it every having been there. I can't figure how it would have shown  up even temporarily without paypal having some evidence of it coming and then going.  I am at a loss on this one.   Any help appreciated 

Originally Posted by John Heckman:

OK see if you can figure this one.   Fellow said he sent the deposit to my paypal account.  I logged on and it was there.  I had to use my password of course.   15 minutes later I log back on and it's not there I was going to transfer the money out as suggested.  Called paypal and they have no evidence of it every having been there. I can't figure how it would have shown  up even temporarily without paypal having some evidence of it coming and then going.  I am at a loss on this one.   Any help appreciated 

Did you log in following a link the buyer provided? Or did you go to PayPal through the PayPal website? If you logged on via a link provided by the buyer IMMEDIATELY change your password and notify PayPal your account was hacked.  If you used a link provided by the buyer he now has your password.  Otherwise you could end up in serious financial trouble. 

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Not sure how experienced you are with online banking, PayPal, etc., but a public forum like this is NOT the place to discuss you online business.  If/when you have a PayPal issue, go to www.paypal.com and discuss what has occurred, and how to fix it.  It's not the people who respond to you on this site that you need to worry about, it's the lurkers you never even know are present.

I just checked the web site.  Holy cow.  He has 3 coupes, 8 spyders and 25 speedsters for sale.     I had no idea.   

 

Sure hope he fixed the car so that the third owner is happier then the first two.  He knows the problems.  All disclosed.   Asking price is fair if the car has been made right.  If it has not been it will continue to haunt the owners and sellers.   There isn't a thing wrong with the car that there aren't known fixes for.  NO EXCUSES.  

 

 

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