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BEWARE 2005 Acura NSX JH4NA21645S000143 - Southeast Auto Group
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Reserve is meaningless apparently to this questionable dealer. This NSX "sold" twice in no reserve auctions and once with a reserve and yet it is still being listed on fleabay by Southeast.
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shawn110975
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Bald tires, if the new owner or sucker that buys it next drives away and wrecks it because of the bald tires that would suck.
also the area I circled show frame damage that is a putty they use to cover up bang marks with a hammer when pulling the frame IE aluminum
you need to pull and bang pull and bang to keep the aluminum from going back out of spec.
and they also use this to cover up new welds. vs painting it to match, with the mentality oh that's just road grim.
this car 100% had frame work done or a new rail was welded in.
also the area I circled show frame damage that is a putty they use to cover up bang marks with a hammer when pulling the frame IE aluminum
you need to pull and bang pull and bang to keep the aluminum from going back out of spec.
and they also use this to cover up new welds. vs painting it to match, with the mentality oh that's just road grim.
this car 100% had frame work done or a new rail was welded in.
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An amazingly on the first day of a 7 day auction it gets bid up to 40k right away. But I shouldn't be surprised since the dealer has already sold this 3 times already.........
Too bad it has such a colored history :frown:... would love to add a LBBP to the stable!
shawn110975
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I found a thread on reddit where some ebay employees explain how these guys can do fake bids. read some of it its pretty interesting the scam ebay is
https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlik...5_who_is_buying_smart_phones_on_ebay_for_10k/
https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlik...5_who_is_buying_smart_phones_on_ebay_for_10k/
If the scams only represent about 1% of their transactions, I wouldn't qualify Ebay a scam. What you have is a small number of buyers and sellers feeding off the greed or stupidity of others. If you were selling one of your many NSXs to the average Joe through Prime or a classified ad in the newspaper, you'd wait until the funds were in your hand or securely in your bank account before you gave them the keys and title. What some of these scammers do is find a way to make you let your guard down in the hope of making a too good to be true deal. Gordon Gekko was wrong, Greed is not good. It's a weapon that can be used against you. If people would just follow Ebay's guidelines that are there to protect the buyer and the seller, these scammers would have little chance to succeed. I've done many transactions on Ebay and only once have I run into something that wasn't as represented in the auction. I tried to contact the seller first and when that went nowhere, I contacted Ebay. Ebay got my money back. And I sent the item back to the seller even though he didn't want it back. I just wanted to do right on my end of the deal. I think Ebay does what it can to protect its legitimate clients.
Good catch RSO 34, there is a LOT of faux bidding on ebay. In addition to the accident history of this 05, the market for 02-05 cars has softened greatly over the last year. The market overall for the pop up headlight cars has gone up, especially for the 97-01 cars. I wish I still had my 00!
You guys seem to be slamming the car, what would be a fair price?
Shady seller though, should just list it at a BIN price.
Shady seller though, should just list it at a BIN price.
It has a BIN on their website of $59k and it has "sold" 3 times now, twice with no reserve and once with a reserve that ended up being higher than their BIN. Unless someone does a thorough PPI and checks about possible frame damage there is no way of knowing its real value.
The sad reality about this is that out there, there's someone that really will buy {knowing it's history} it to own/drive/enjoy and not flip for profit. But at the end of the day, he's stuck with a "branded" car that he'll nearly never be able to sell should that day come.
I'd buy it if the price was below wholesale value and use it a daily driver for 100k-200K miles. As long as it drives straight and wasn't a flood car, who cares about the hit to the front.
That's what I'm saying. Things get fixed. As long as it was done well and is sound mechanically. For the right price of course.
shawn110975
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this thread is not about the car.. but the shady dealer and their tactics. I rebuild wrecked nSX's as long as you disclose the info and show them pics before and after your good. but only after prodding the dealer for info they finally gave a one liner about the wreck. that is shady.
the car sure looks great if it drive great then cool... but the seller milking people for years off ebay etc. is the real reason for this thread.
the car sure looks great if it drive great then cool... but the seller milking people for years off ebay etc. is the real reason for this thread.
i've seen it on the p-car forums. the unfortunate buyer will find their way here and realize that in their exuberance, they bought the turd the everyone knew was a turd. no one will take it off their hands, the seller will not offer a refund despite having been threatened with legal action. buyer - an unsuspecting and relatively good person - will end up spending tons of money to get it "right." like watching a crash in slow motion.
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Saw that and had already edit the listing that is automatically imported to Prime to reflect the background of the car.
I hope this isn't off topic but I just joined Prime and what you guys are doing is amazingly awesome. I hate when car dealers pull this kind of bullshit.
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