Some people are amazing aren't they! I sold a guy an old cheap oldsmobile several years ago and he called me all pissed off 4 months later because it had a star chip in the windshield and the muffler went bad. He had already put over 6,000 miles on it in 4 months. He said I must have known about the chip and the muffler and that I had rigged something up to try to hide it from him. He bugged me repeatedly and could never explain how I was able to hide the chip from him or how I had rigged the muffler to last long enough that it went out only after I had sold it to him. He kept bugging me and I actually found a few of the service records that I had forgotten to give him. The muffler had a lifetime warranty from midas or some similar place. We finally agreed that he would bring the car to me and I had to bring it to Midas to have the muffler replaced under warranty. It didn't cost anything -- except aggravation and time. But, I was truly astounded by the nerve of the guy. I wondered about how crazy his thoughts were. He sincerely believed I was able to cover these things up and make them fail only after I had sold the car to him.
There are a lot of crazy people in the world. Don Snook -----Original Message----- From: Kaleb C. Striplin [mailto:ka...@striplin.net] Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2016 9:16 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: [MBZ] Stupid buyers I have not had a chance to tell the tale of the selling of my ML which I immediately regretted due to selling it way way way too cheap. Anyway this guy bugs the crap out of me wanting to look at it. I talk to him on the phone and answer his questions. He wanted to know if it had 2 sets of keys and owners manual. He also wanted the vin to run a carfax. The truck had a cracked from bumper due to neighbors cow running into it. No police or insurance involved. So he shows up and starts looking it over. Then said he pulled autocheck which shows the bumper shows as wrecked. I pull out my phone and run a carfax which shows clean and explained how it would be impossible for the cow damage to show up. Probably a ploy to get me to sell it even cheaper. Guy turns out to be a dealer and was talking dealer talk about auctions etc to which I responded with dealer talk as well. He low balls me on my already way way way too cheap price to which I tell him I am firm and he can take it or leave it. I ended up knocking $100 off just so I did not have to deal with any further idols. His big concern was the cd changer was missing the magazine and kept asking if I had one. I had several 140s and 124s out back and he said surely they have one, he has never seen an s class that didn't. I told him I did not have a spare one to give him. Later on I am showing him around and looking at cars and as we are looking he keeps opening the trunks probably looking to see if I have a changed magazine. Kind of annoyed me. He finally pays and leaves. Now keep in mind I just put a brand new set of Michelins on it as well as brand new ac with new Denso compressor. Probably close in value to what I sold it for. When I did the work I figured people would appreciate and recognize a well properly maintained vehicle bit I guess the M class crowd is just looking for a cheap car. I probably should have pulled the tires off and Put the old work out tires back on. So anyway a couple of days ago the guy call s up saying it runs and drives great but has the most uncomfortable seats in and ML he has ever had, said somebody but have replaced the padding with something else. Was also complaining about the way it steered around corners. He then wanted me to send him receipts for the tires and ac work. I told him if I ran across them I would send them to him. Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
