Check out this LS6 Scam

**Zedder** · #1 02-07-2006, 05:25 AM

Check out this auction that was on ebay last week...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chevrolet...609149767QQrdZ1

The car was not too far from me, so I attempted to arrange to see it, but the owner ended the auction after I met the reserve. I got his number from a lead on Team Chevelle and spoke with him on the phone and he seemed legit and said he already had sold the car for $75K. So, I move along and find a triple black LS6 and was doing some pricing research tonight to help me negotiate and come across this...
http://www.barrett-jackson.com/aucti....asp?id=181765

Look familiar???

**Mr70** · #2 02-07-2006, 06:30 AM

Although identical looking,the VIN's don't match.
Are you saying this is the very same Chevelle,or that it never existed?

**Zedder** · #3 02-07-2006, 06:36 AM

If you look closely, you'll see the pics are the exact same...even the clock is at the same time on the interior pic. I believe that the ebay pics are just photoshopped to make them look like they were taken somewhere else. Look at the underhood shot too...identical.

**Mr70** · #4 02-07-2006, 06:40 AM

I agree those Ebay pix do look identical to the B/J one that just sold for $89,640.00 w/fees.
So you're saying the Ebay Chevelle never existed at all,or was he just to lazy to take his own pix?
I have seen a few do that,deceitful as it is.

**Zedder** · #5 02-07-2006, 06:43 AM

I can't believe how well those photoshopped pics came out! The crazy thing is that I spoke to this guy at his home from a number listed in the phone book! He obviously is either really stupid or has the biggest balls ever

He said the car hadn't moved in 10 years and that his friend's father had owned it and passed away. He even explained to me why the alt was wrong and the vent was missing on the cowl etc. He said that he took the pics last summer.

**Mr70** · #6 02-07-2006, 06:45 AM

Is his name Kurt..

**Lynn** · #7 02-07-2006, 07:45 AM

Looks suspiciously like the MO of Kurt. I don't know this seller, but this is at the very least, quite suspicious. My guess is, and this is just a guess, that the problem (for him) is that you were local. A US bidder may have lost money big time on this deal.

That is how Kurt operated. "Sell" the car, get the money, and then either no delivery, or deliver a pile of junk instead.

Nothing against our Canadian neighbors, but I would be afraid to purchase almost anything from Canada on ebay.

Lynn

**Zedder** · #8 02-07-2006, 07:52 AM

I suspect you are right Lynn about why he pulled the ad. It wasn't Kurt though as it was a Sudbury, Ontario number. I think his name was Warren if I recall correctly. I wouldn't buy any car without setting eyes on it in person or via an inspection.

**Rainer** · #9 02-07-2006, 08:34 AM

The pix in the B-J auction catalog were taken at Valenti Classics, a dealer in SE Wisconsin.

NapsterNova · #10 02-07-2006, 05:18 PM

Well I consider myself a master in Photoshop. Look at the placement of the tire lettering. The tires are rotated. Besides there is really no way possible to remove the grass from the "through the tinted windshield". Also the BJ pic has a front license plate bracket that appears to have the name mentioned above, "Valenti Classics, a dealer in SE Wisconsin" IMO

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