Re: Buying a car site unseen.
Whew ! Some horror stories for sure. I bought a 34 five window sight unseen except for photos at Hershey. I had chased the owner trying to catch up with him and finally gave up. Came home and started reading ads in Hemmings when these cars were more plentiful and saw one I liked, called the owner and it turned out to be the Hershey car I had tried to find. Anyway, bought it sight unseen and when it came late in the day/early evening my heart sank badly. Needless to say I did not sleep well that night. I might add you can repair most anything if you cover it in enough dollar bills which I did and it turned out pretty well. It is running strong in the town where I live and the owner is pleased. The other car I have now was also purchased sight unseen from California and was as represented with some small issues which I have taken care of. The owner was a police officer and I asked him to send me a photo copy of his license to start with. I figured it would help to track him down if things went "south". Guess I have been a fortunate buyer compared to others on here. I feel bad for folks getting stiffed in any way on a deal.
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