Ebay numbskull O' The Day!

[neilrr]

On other forums (fori?) there is a usually a thread for various ebay stupidities which members find amusing. About time we had one here.

I'll start with this one.


Mercedes Benz 190E 2.6 V6 Special Order

Mercedes Benz 190E 2.6 V6 Special Order (sony mex-5d1) on eBay (end time 27-Sep-09 02:11:35 BST)

I emailed the owner to say "I think you made a mistake, check under your bonnet & you'll see it's a straight 6" & got this indignant reply

"I think its you who don,t really know much about engines,let me educate you a bit....all mercedes over 2.5 fall in the category of v6..check it out on the internet if you have one,,or pop into your nearest dealer on info about my car and they will tell you...thanks for your question.

- inn4o"

I love ebay!

 

[lynall]

Mercedes Benz 190E 2.6 V6 Special Order

Mercedes Benz 190E 2.6 V6 Special Order (sony mex-5d1) on eBay (end time 27-Sep-09 02:11:35 BST)

I emailed the owner to say "I think you made a mistake, check under your bonnet & you'll see it's a straight 6" & got this indignant reply

"I think its you who don,t really know much about engines,let me educate you a bit....all mercedes over 2.5 fall in the category of v6..check it out on the internet if you have one,,or pop into your nearest dealer on info about my car and they will tell you...thanks for your question.

He/she is now probably counting plug leads



Lynall







Lynall

 

[jpskiller]

just emailed the seller :-

could I see a picture of the engine bay please, I'd like to see if someone has done a engine transplant as these cars never came with a V6 engine

waiting for reply 8)

 

[EDZ649]

Yet another ebay virgin with no idea how to respond to potential buyers!

 

[speedybiker]

On other forums (fori?) there is a usually a thread for various ebay stupidities which members find amusing. About time we had one here.

I'll start with this one.


Mercedes Benz 190E 2.6 V6 Special Order

Mercedes Benz 190E 2.6 V6 Special Order (sony mex-5d1) on eBay (end time 27-Sep-09 02:11:35 BST)

I emailed the owner to say "I think you made a mistake, check under your bonnet & you'll see it's a straight 6" & got this indignant reply

"I think its you who don,t really know much about engines,let me educate you a bit....all mercedes over 2.5 fall in the category of v6..check it out on the internet if you have one,,or pop into your nearest dealer on info about my car and they will tell you...thanks for your question.

- inn4o"

I love ebay!

I dont think its a good idea to have section like that on THIS forum.

No doubt at some point someone will Email the concerned person that he or she is being slagged on this forum, next thing you know they will join and ask the Admin to delete the offending post or even worse start spamming the forum.
Does NOT look good for this place.

P.S. Not getting at you but I dont think its a good idea on a respected forum like this.

Alex.

 

[lynall]

But who would mail the ebay seller and more to the point why?

Good point about spamming etc.

A jokes section would be good though


Lynall

 

[speedybiker]

But who would mail the ebay seller and more to the point why?

Good point about spamming etc.

A jokes section would be good though


Lynall

All it takes is a member feeling sorry for the person and Email is sent.

Yes a joke section would be good, but in this case the Ebay person selling his car is not a joke, we dont know the persons knowledge of Mercedes cars or circumstances.

OK granted he could have answered the OP's question in a better way and possibly also said Thank you for the info and ammended his listing.

Alex.

 

[MercFanUk]

But if the seller doesn't amend (as in this case), someone might be doing research on the car if they don't know much about it, and then find out that it's very likely to be wrong information, and could well stop someone unintentionally buying something other than what they thought they were getting.

 

[speedybiker]

But if the seller doesn't amend (as in this case), someone might be doing research on the car if they don't know much about it, and then find out that it's very likely to be wrong information, and could well stop someone unintentionally buying something other than what they thought they were getting.

I understand what you are saying.

I just dont think we should have a specific section here for it as it could get out of hand or " a thread for various ebay stupidities" as mentioned on the original post.


Alex.

 

[Chas]

Has it occurred to anyone the ebay seller may be a member of this forum ?

 

[EDZ649]

If they are they should be banned for saying thats a V6!

 

[neilrr]

Surely it's impossible to be a member here & be that ignorant about your own M103 equipped car? The bloke says it's been in his family for 9 years & he hasn't figured it out yet. He hasn't heard of M104 engines either or the W124s, W129s or W140s or other models so equipped.

If the mods want to delete this thread feel free. I'm easy.

 

[lynall]

Yes a joke section would be good, but in this case the Ebay person selling his car is not a joke, we dont know the persons knowledge of Mercedes cars or circumstances.

Alex.

I meant a joke section as in joke funny, not the seller or his car was a joke

If the mods want to delete this thread feel free. I'm easy.

How easy



Lynall

 

[neilrr]

All it takes is a member feeling sorry for the person and Email is sent.

Yes a joke section would be good, but in this case the Ebay person selling his car is not a joke, we dont know the persons knowledge of Mercedes cars or circumstances.

OK granted he could have answered the OP's question in a better way and possibly also said Thank you for the info and ammended his listing.

Alex.

Sheeeeeeee-it, I feel sorry for him! I'm sorry he's an idiot.

I think your concerns over his level of knowledge are misplaced. He is, after all, offering to educate me on the topic of 190Es, a subject I'm always ready & willing to learn more about.

 

[speedybiker]

Sheeeeeeee-it, I feel sorry for him! I'm sorry he's an idiot.

I think your concerns over his level of knowledge are misplaced. He is, after all, offering to educate me on the topic of 190Es, a subject I'm always ready & willing to learn more about.

My concerns over his knowledge are not misplaced at all.
I was just saying that we do not know his knowledge about mercedes cars or circumstances.

Alex.

 

[Druk]

Has it occurred to anyone the ebay seller may be a member of this forum ?

I've often pointed this out to the 'great and the good' on the other forum Neil is referring to. They get on their high horse cos someone has (in their eyes) adulterated some specimen or other by fitting different wheels or somesuch. How do they know the seller (or his pal) isn't a member of the Club and takes umbrage at the slagging off?

 

[Ian B Walker]

If he is a forum member here he should know better than to claim it is something it isnt.

 

[neilrr]

I've often pointed this out to the 'great and the good' on the other forum Neil is referring to. They get on their high horse cos someone has (in their eyes) adulterated some specimen or other by fitting different wheels or somesuch. How do they know the seller (or his pal) isn't a member of the Club and takes umbrage at the slagging off?

I wasn't thinking of any particular forum.

A thread such as this one can be found on many car sites, though usually with less chat between each instance of ebay stupidity.

 

[SilverSaloon]

My concerns over his knowledge are not misplaced at all.
I was just saying that we do not know his knowledge about mercedes cars or circumstances.

Alex.

ah, but we do;

he has no knowledge....

remember many buyer may buy it thinking he is going to get a V6 if they know nothing about cars...

its not as described.


EDIT: Just this minute i have seen that he has revised it as a STRAIGHT SIX !

 

[bennesspipers]

He's altered the heading to straight six, but the text still says V6.