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Skriven 2009-05-13 21:10:18 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
     Kommentar till en text av Roy Witt (1:397/22)
Ärende: Ebay
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Hello Roy,

On Tuesday May 12 2009 09:06, you wrote to me:

 MvdV>> I simply see no added value in buying a car from someone far
 MvdV>> away over buying it from a local seller. There is plenty of
 MvdV>> supply, so why not buy locally?

 RW> You must have missed that part of the thread. It started out with the
 RW> subject of old rare cars, like my 1956 Chevrolet. Not that many around
 RW> these days.


No, it didn't. It started out with "a vehicle too far away to drive there and
back in one afternoon"

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 RW> Sure. If you are interested in a vehicle that's too far away to
 RW> drivethere and back in one afternoon to take a look at it, you can
 RW> hire a person in that area that does vehicle inpections for a living.

It *after that* that you mentioned the 56 Chevy and you said you did NOT do it
that way:

 RW> I was able to drive to Elgin, TX to inspect my 56, before I even put a
 RW> bid on it.

 MvdV>> When I buy a car at the local garage, I get a guarantee.

 RW> A used car has a 30 day guarantee offered by the local garage or used
 RW> car lot.

When I bought my Volvo the garage gave me a one year guarantee. When I brought
it in for the yearly inspection the exhaust was replaced under guarantee....

 MvdV>> A guarantee that means somethings as when something gooes wrong
 MvdV>> I can go there and get it fixed. How do I do that with a
 MvdV>> sellerr 1000 kmm away?

 RW> In that case, the person you hire guarantees that what he's reported
 RW> to you is what you'll get. Plus there is always CarFax, which gives
 RW> you a complete history of the vehicle from day one of it's life.

How do I cash in on it when something goes wrong? When it breaks down on me how
do I get the seller tp pay for the cost of repairs?

 MvdV>> No matter how skilled and trustworthy that person is, he/she
 MvdV>> can never judge if I am going to *like* the car. Only I can
 MvdV>> judge that.

 RW> That's right. For a person like you, only seeing the vehicle up close
 RW> and personal would satisfy you. That's why they make airplanes and
 RW> sell tickets to fly on them, so you can go look at it yourself.

I am not ineterested in rare old cars. I want a car as a means of transport.
There is plenty pf local supply, so I buy locally.

 RW> You say you're a cheap Dutchman, so you probably wouldn't buy an
 RW> airplane ticket to go look at a rare specimen in Italy.

Indeed I would not. I am not a collector of rare specimens.

 MvdV>> We don'really have used car lots here. Most used cars are sold
 MvdV>> by dealers who get them through trade-ins. The second channel
 MvdV>> is person to person sale without a dealer.

 RW> Unlike Europe, in the US we have the freedom to select vehicles from
 RW> dealers, dealer used car lots, independent used car lots, dealer
 RW> auctions, reposessed vehicle auctions thru banks, credit unions,
 RW> wholesale sellers, private sellers and the list goes on and on.

Eh?? What makes you think we do not have that freedom here?


Cheers, Michiel

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