Kai,
Be thankful you have a potential buyer so hot on the car that he wants to
see it before anyone else. :-)
I have news for you, there is software out there that anyone can buy that
will guide someone street by street right to your house. If it's privacy
you crave don't publish your phone numbers where the entire world can gain
access to it forever. FYI, Just about all mail lists are archived on the
internet now for all to see.
Frank Bart
72 driver and 73 project
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kai M. Radicke" <kmr@pil.net>
To: "Triumph List" <triumphs@autox.team.net>; "6-Pack"
<6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 8:11 PM
Subject: Car Buying Ettiquette
> Today I had one of the most maddening experiences I've ever had while
owning
> a British car. And it had to do with someone who was interested in
> purchasing my TR6.
>
> In my original email to the TR and 6Pack lists, I made it very clear I
would
> not be home until late Tuesday night of this week. Fine. I also posted
my
> cellular telephone number, and that along with email, is the most reliable
> method of contacting me as I have access to either most of the time.
>
> Well today, a person, contacted my home telephone number four times within
> 90 minutes finally getting a hold of another family member the last time.
> Within another 90 minutes of that last telephone call, he showed up at my
> house to look at my TR6. Why is this so bad?
>
> I personally was never contacted, NO effort was made to call my cellular
> phone (which is the same area code he was calling from, so it was not a
toll
> call). He managed to get a hold of one of my younger siblings, who still
> happens to be in HS and was not aware of the car for sale. This person
> somehow managed to obtain my home address, and within two hours of his
last
> telephone call was at my home to view the car. Again, still with no
contact
> with me!
>
> I did have a voicemail from my brother at 2:20PM saying that this person
had
> kept calling, but no indication that he was going to stop by to look over
my
> TR6. At around 4PM he came by, at which time my much younger brother had
to
> go to work... I feel this person took advantage of me and my family. I
had
> made it clear I can be contacted via my cell phone or by email, and that
if
> I don't have access to my email at a given moment my cell phone is most
> certainly on! Then somehow he obtained my home address, and stopped by
> still unbeknownst to me!
>
> You should NEVER EVER attempt to purchase a car or look at a car with out
> direct contact with the person who owns the bloody car! Especially, not
> after you've only talked with children... who know nothing about the
> vehicle, are young enough to still be minors, and who don't own the damn
> thing.
>
> Anyway, just please be considerate of people and their families. And try
to
> make contact with the seller directly.
>
> On the other hand, I must note that I've had a very satisfactory
experience
> with James Maddox who purchased my supercharger kit. It will be going off
> to him shortly. He was polite and prompt. Bravo.
>
> Kai
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