As Mark indicated I would do some homework on the laws regarding his representation of the car. It may be worthwhile to seek a local attorney to review these issues and write a letter to the seller on your behalf. Often times when the seller receives notice on law office letterhead it gets their attention quickly. Good Luck!
Thank you all so much. You guys won't believe what the seller is putting me through. Before I bid on the car, I spoke to him on the phone. The guy seemed so nice. He told me he had hoards of parts he would sell me and we agreed on a total price of $16,250 for everything including the car. I wired him the full amount the next day. He assured me that he would load as many parts into the car as he could fit and mail me the rest at his cost. He told me the same story about how some of the parts were at his house in New York, but I had no reason to doubt he would send them. We're talking Boss 351 intake, NOS chrome tips (3 sets), you name it. I paid a deposit to a shipper for $175 and the car was scheduled for pick up today. Last night, I called him and started to express my concerns after reading Travis' post about the car and the guy LOST IT. He said he was going to sell the car and parts on Hemmings. So he has my money, the car, the parts, and plans to keep them all. I filed a claim with Ebay, but it is useless. He says he is making the car available for pick up but he didn't respond when the shipper called today. There are many more details, but no time to post now. This guy is not like anyone I have ever dealt with before. He is claiming that I was backing out of the deal when I called him, but I was only trying to get his side of the story. He hung up the phone on me and refused to communicate. He told me to go ahead and file a claim on Ebay, which I did, but you would not believe how hard it is to recover anything once the seller has your money. Here's the kicker: Look at his message to me through the Ebay system:
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FROM THE SELLER (keep in mind that I have already paid this Guy $16,250 and I'll probably never get the car or the parts):
I did NOT inform you that I did not want to go through with the sale. In fact you called me Friday about the pick up by the trucking company and we agreed that the pick would be tomorrow, I have proof of this call as well as texts and emails from the trucking company so that lie won't fly.
You in fact called me two days ago and told me that your wife had breast cancer hinting that you could not go through with the sale. Then today you call me and tell me that you were on a forum telling people that you bought the Mustang and that another person on the forum told you that he had looked at the car and it was NOT a matching numbers car which is a blatant lie, the car is matching numbers and there are no problems with the car. Then you told me that you wanted to back out of the deal without even seeing the car or asking me to confirm or explain what you heard from some third party that doesn't know anything about my car.
Now you write a letter through eBay saying that I backed out on the sale to try to get eBay to cover any potential claim. Unfortunately for you i have documentation of all of the calls and your lies.
I have lost other buyers due to your nonsense. You wanted out of the deal and now you blame me.
I am stunned by your ability to blatantly lie about the facts of the case.
I'll turn this over to my attorney and he will prepare a bill of particulars for the damages that i am incurring as a result of your nonsense.
You will need to pay him for his fees and pay for the associated damages that I am now suffering including storage and maintenance of the car.
The cost to store the car is $250 per day. A maintenance charge of $500.00 per month will also be included.
My counsel bills out at $850.00 per hour, he is located in New York.
We can go to court on this but that will take months if not years.
Ebay is a contract to buy the car if you are the high bidder it is not a contract to consider the car and then change your mind.
Oh, and the part about my wife just being diagnosed with breast cancer, yes, I told him that, not because I wanted out of the deal, but because I was sad and strangely felt like I was becoming friends with this guy! I am so stupid!
[attachment=43552][attachment=43552]I just bought this fairly rare 1971 M code Convertible in Grabber Green Metallic.
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