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Re: FS: Nice 162, SOLD	Thu, 29 July 2004 15:08

I dont know whether this is the right stage. So if the following comments are out of line or inapropriate plz contact me. This is a sequence of events that transpired in my vail attempts to purchase a car: 1 mth ago I contact devil rolla, initially to enquire about price and details of this car. I show some interest and we have lenghty discussions about celica's/imports i.e mostly cars. Overtime it becomes apparent that this car is what I'm after and i communcate with Steve often via the net. He gives me details of the car and I updated him with my movements often. I'm located in Victoria and the car was in NSW hence the obvious problem. I work interstate during the university holidays. So over the next several weeks I continued to communicate with steve and let him know when I'd be travelling interstate so as I could view the car. Week of 20th July I fly up to sydney and inspect the celica on the wednesday. Taking it for a test drive doing the usual sort of run through. I let steve know that I would want a mechanical test on the car if i would purchase it. Over the next 3 days negotiations occur as to the price of the car and what the sale would include i.e spares. I fly back down to melb on 23rd. Sat 24 july We come to an agreement on sat 24th July. Price is finalised as are preliminary details. It is made known I would want an inspection on the vehicle if this is passed I would obviously purchase it. Monday 26th July I arrange it with the NRMA to conduct a mechanical inspection on the vehicle at my expense. I email steve several times to let him know details. 4:57pm - I decide to ring steve to ask when a good time would be for the mechanical inspection that i had arranged. At this moment he makes it known to me that another potential buyer has shown interest in the vehicle and offered the same money I had and was offering a hefty deposit on the spot. Basically what transpires is that he would sell the car to the 3rd party unless I paid a deposit to the value of 15% of the purchase price that night. This all unbeknown to me 3 minutes before the close of business. A deposit had never been spoken of previously as I had been under the impression that after he mechanical inspection I would be prepared to pay the amount in full or the deposit. Basically whatever was required of me. I contact steve and let him know my situation and wish him well with the sale. Now nothing Steve did was striclty dishonest or against any contract we were under. However I believe it was unethical and utterly appaling that he would sell the car to someone else under these circumstances. I had flown up to sydney, inspected the car, we had agreed on a price and I was getting a mechanical inspection done at my expense. Basically I believe I had proved my own good faith. Yet Steve sold the car to a 3rd party because I could not produce a deposit after the close of business on the monday night. I bear steve no hard feelings and found him to basically be a good bloke who just wanted to sell his beloved car. However what he did was wrong and totally belied the faith and agreement I stupidly thought we were under. Nothing I have mentioned above is a lie nor a misrepresentation of what occured over this last week and mths. Steve can't even try to deny this. It has left me disheartened and at a loss as to why someone would conduct themselves this way. To you on these boards he is a mate and enthusiast to me he's now the same as every other person who has dicked me round when I try to be honest when buying cars. Adam [Updated on: Thu, 29 July 2004 15:11] [Report message to a moderator]

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