[MV] Jeeps near Petersburg, VA

Anyone deal with a guy by the name of Nick who has a bunch of Jeeps in
Petersburg, VA? Well, I have and I never will again!

Recently, he posted an M38A1/CJ5 on EBay. I bid on it and although the
reserve wasn't met, I was the high bidder. I made an offer and we agreed on a
price for a running Jeep with mostly everything intact. All he said he wanted to
remove were the seats and put in different ones.

Well, I drove 200 miles out of my way in my Unimog, hauling a 30' trailer and
an M105A1 to pick up the M38A1. When I got there, the Jeep had been stripped
of just about any useful part off of the tub, including the windshield (which
was clearly visible in the EBay auction). Not only that but the motor was
NOT running! It was missing the starter, fan, belts, air cleaner housing, and a
bunch of other stuff.

This idiot then tried to convince me that the Jeep ran! He gave me his
personal guarantee that it ran! (without major components) When I asked him to
knock the price down because the Jeep obviously did not run when I came to see
it, he said he was already taking a beating since he paid too much for it
himself.

This idiot tried to pull a fast one so I thought I would warn the MV
community about him.

Thanks for the bandwidth,

Mike Pop
1987 Unimog U1300L
1969 Unimog S404.1
1952 M38A1
1966 German Winch Trailer
1970 M105A2 Unimog Camper
1970 M127 Semi Trailer
Eureka, NV
Spring Lake, NJ

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And his eBay name is?????


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Subject: [MV] Jeeps near Petersburg, VA

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> Anyone deal with a guy by the name of Nick who has a bunch of Jeeps in
> Petersburg, VA? Well, I have and I never will again!
>
> Recently, he posted an M38A1/CJ5 on EBay. [/color]


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Well, did you buy it or get your money back? Julian



----- Original Message -----
From: <MPop5555 (AT) aol (DOT) com>
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Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 7:38 AM
Subject: [MV] Jeeps near Petersburg, VA

[color=blue]
> Anyone deal with a guy by the name of Nick who has a bunch of Jeeps in
> Petersburg, VA? Well, I have and I never will again!
>
> Recently, he posted an M38A1/CJ5 on EBay. I bid on it and although the
> reserve wasn't met, I was the high bidder. I made an offer and we agreed
> on a
> price for a running Jeep with mostly everything intact. All he said he
> wanted to
> remove were the seats and put in different ones.
>
> Well, I drove 200 miles out of my way in my Unimog, hauling a 30' trailer
> and
> an M105A1 to pick up the M38A1. When I got there, the Jeep had been
> stripped
> of just about any useful part off of the tub, including the windshield
> (which
> was clearly visible in the EBay auction). Not only that but the motor was
> NOT running! It was missing the starter, fan, belts, air cleaner housing,
> and a
> bunch of other stuff.
>
> This idiot then tried to convince me that the Jeep ran! He gave me his
> personal guarantee that it ran! (without major components) When I asked
> him to
> knock the price down because the Jeep obviously did not run when I came to
> see
> it, he said he was already taking a beating since he paid too much for it
> himself.
>
> This idiot tried to pull a fast one so I thought I would warn the MV
> community about him.
>
> Thanks for the bandwidth,
>
> Mike Pop
> 1987 Unimog U1300L
> 1969 Unimog S404.1
> 1952 M38A1
> 1966 German Winch Trailer
> 1970 M105A2 Unimog Camper
> 1970 M127 Semi Trailer
> Eureka, NV
> Spring Lake, NJ
>
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>
> [/color]



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Yup. Ebay expressly warns about trying to make a deal outside the box. This
is probably why.

apb

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Subject: [MV] Jeeps near Petersburg, VA


| Anyone deal with a guy by the name of Nick who has a bunch of Jeeps in
| Petersburg, VA? Well, I have and I never will again!
|
| Recently, he posted an M38A1/CJ5 on EBay. I bid on it and although the
| reserve wasn't met, I was the high bidder. I made an offer and we agreed
on a
| price for a running Jeep with mostly everything intact. All he said he
wanted to
| remove were the seats and put in different ones.
|
| Well, I drove 200 miles out of my way in my Unimog, hauling a 30' trailer
and
| an M105A1 to pick up the M38A1. When I got there, the Jeep had been
stripped
| of just about any useful part off of the tub, including the windshield
(which
| was clearly visible in the EBay auction). Not only that but the motor was
| NOT running! It was missing the starter, fan, belts, air cleaner housing,
and a
| bunch of other stuff.
|
| This idiot then tried to convince me that the Jeep ran! He gave me his
| personal guarantee that it ran! (without major components) When I asked
him to
| knock the price down because the Jeep obviously did not run when I came to
see
| it, he said he was already taking a beating since he paid too much for it
| himself.
|
| This idiot tried to pull a fast one so I thought I would warn the MV
| community about him.
|
| Thanks for the bandwidth,
|
| Mike Pop
| 1987 Unimog U1300L
| 1969 Unimog S404.1
| 1952 M38A1
| 1966 German Winch Trailer
| 1970 M105A2 Unimog Camper
| 1970 M127 Semi Trailer
| Eureka, NV
| Spring Lake, NJ
|
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Was that deal "outside the box?" He was the high bidder but didn't meet
reserve. The seller and he (i.e., the winner) reached a satisfactory
price. Isn't that the way it is supposed to go? I thought so but now
am not so sure.

Unrelated... I always thought that Ebay warned against outside deals
because they want to profit from every sales transaction in the galaxy.

BR,
Dan
Auburn, IN

Arthur Bloom wrote:
[color=blue]
> Yup. Ebay expressly warns about trying to make a deal outside the box. This
> is probably why.
>
> apb
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <MPop5555 (AT) aol (DOT) com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh (AT) mil-veh (DOT) org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 7:38 AM
> Subject: [MV] Jeeps near Petersburg, VA
>
>
> | Anyone deal with a guy by the name of Nick who has a bunch of Jeeps in
> | Petersburg, VA? Well, I have and I never will again!
> |
> | Recently, he posted an M38A1/CJ5 on EBay. I bid on it and although the
> | reserve wasn't met, I was the high bidder. I made an offer and we agreed
> on a
> | price for a running Jeep with mostly everything intact. All he said he
> wanted to
> | remove were the seats and put in different ones.
> |
> | Well, I drove 200 miles out of my way in my Unimog, hauling a 30' trailer
> and
> | an M105A1 to pick up the M38A1. When I got there, the Jeep had been
> stripped
> | of just about any useful part off of the tub, including the windshield
> (which
> | was clearly visible in the EBay auction). Not only that but the motor was
> | NOT running! It was missing the starter, fan, belts, air cleaner housing,
> and a
> | bunch of other stuff.
> |
> | This idiot then tried to convince me that the Jeep ran! He gave me his
> | personal guarantee that it ran! (without major components) When I asked
> him to
> | knock the price down because the Jeep obviously did not run when I came to
> see
> | it, he said he was already taking a beating since he paid too much for it
> | himself.
> |
> | This idiot tried to pull a fast one so I thought I would warn the MV
> | community about him.
> |
> | Thanks for the bandwidth,
> |
> | Mike Pop
> | 1987 Unimog U1300L
> | 1969 Unimog S404.1
> | 1952 M38A1
> | 1966 German Winch Trailer
> | 1970 M105A2 Unimog Camper
> | 1970 M127 Semi Trailer
> | Eureka, NV
> | Spring Lake, NJ
> |
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>
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