Re: 71 Cheyenne Value
What you paid would be very cheap for a restored truck.Before computers we called it buying sight unseen and it was considered risky and most people avoided dealing in that way.It took something really special to lure a buyer "sight unseen".Now with computers and Ebay people are finding that a picture isn`t always worth a thousand words.A few pictures and a few lines of description and people are bidding away.But,some things never change.An old truck is just that and unless you can closely inspect,you really don`t know what you are buying.In an auction,you set the price and not the seller.You say there was little description other than "restored" and now you see it is not.That is enough basis to call it a dirty deal and,although it may be a hastle,if you`re not happy with it you could take legal action based on fraud.
The values vary and for the quality you describe it sounds like the price was high.I`ve bought a few unrestored trucks that were not said to be restored for that kind of money based on what they were and been very satisfied.But,they had alot going for them as an unrestored harder to find model & options.Like I said,if you got the truck that it sounds like you had expected,it would have been a steal at that price.
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Last edited by special-K; 08-19-2007 at 10:12 PM.
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