Unbecoming classics

tomsheppard · Post by **tomsheppard** » 17 Oct 2004, 20:41

Thought it was more appropriate!
I have checked out GReddy who are an American tuning parts company with dealerships all over America and Canada.
Now I wouldn't waste my time Emailing them to find out if they know about their unlisted UK offshoot but I'm sure that they would be interested to know if anybody is passing off their work as GReddy's who appear to enjoy a good reputation - amongst owners of Japanese cars.

nick · Post by **nick** » 17 Oct 2004, 20:59

HM Customs & Excise wouldn't be too happy about that 'VAT' invoice either.

arry_b · Post by **arry_b** » 17 Oct 2004, 23:03

C+E would have trouble tracking them down, the postcodes for both the "garage" that did the work, and the customer relate to different towns than those on the invoice!
Plus, I think he needs new batteries for his calculator - the VAT on the invoice comes to more than £644!

JohnM52 · Post by **JohnM52** » 18 Oct 2004, 00:28

and on top of all that I don't see any information about uprated braking system to cope with 149.2mph!!
Phone number is not even correct for the area...01280 is the area code but i think that Brackley then follows with 70 certainly not 60.
Mmmmmmm!

Post by **martyhopkirk** » 18 Oct 2004, 02:05

Sure this should go on general chat ebay thread but....
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... RK:MEBI:IT
This is the 3rd time this bloke has sold the car, first time seesm to have been to a timewaster, second time seems to have been to a genuine bidder who also purchased a £10000 VW caravell from him and left +ve feedback - so i mailed him thus:
Whats going on with the 106? i notice this is the 3rd time its been up for auction. the first time appears to have been a bogus bidder, but the second time seems to have been won fair and square - even left +ve f/b for you. Now its up again. Are these shill bids to get the price upto your "reserve" or is there something wrong with the car? I would appreciate an honest answer then i can either bid a sensible amount or run like fluff away!. ta.

DoubleChevron · Post by **DoubleChevron** » 18 Oct 2004, 07:32

Hi Guys,
the answer is simple, he's got two (or more) ebay user ID's and is bidding on his own auctions (to drive the price up), then leaving good feedback for himself when he 'wins' 'cos no-one wants to enough .....[:D]
seeya,
Shane L.

tomsheppard · Post by **tomsheppard** » 18 Oct 2004, 14:17

I'm beginning to change my mind;
This has to be the most talked about BX ever,
he's given us all a great laugh
and we have all learned quite a lot about how the Ebay system works.
I'd guess that thread has been the busiest topic of the year!

Post by **martyhopkirk** » 18 Oct 2004, 23:35

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by DoubleChevron

Hi Guys,
the answer is simple, he's got two (or more) ebay user ID's and is bidding on his own auctions (to drive the price up), then leaving good feedback for himself when he 'wins' 'cos no-one wants to enough .....[:D]
seeya,
Shane L.
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Oh aye - worked that one out Shane, which is why i asked him in the email if he was shill bidding - he has declined to reply[;)]

nick · Post by **nick** » 18 Oct 2004, 23:42

I think the winding-up of clueless ebayers could become Britain's new national sport [:D]

DLM · Post by **DLM** » 18 Oct 2004, 23:51

I've certainly wound up a few sellers of "BX 1.9 turbodiesels" - some of whom seem to think that if an air box is in the same place as an intercooler, then it's got to be the same thing.