Tigers,
I have been unable to forward the response I got to my inquiry to the
Central Valley Classics. It, and my commentary, were too long for the
list to post. If there is enough interest, I will forward them
separately. In general he denies responsibility as he is "only an
advertiser", and threatens me with unspecified legal action for even
asking if he has checked out the claims made, as well as lambasting our
good Norman, Sean, and JENSEN!!
However, following up on the responsibilities of a merchant handling ad
postings, I contacted HotRodHotLine.com, a large operator in this area,
and asked what they do. I have included their quick reply, and find it
refreshing that there are honest merchants out there. Of course they
specialize in real Hot Rods, not sports cars, but they do it well, and
are ad carriers.
Enjoy, and let me know if anyone wants me to post the reply and separate
my commentary on CVC, who is now advertising in his local newspaper as well.
Steve
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Subject: Fwd: Faked Classics
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 09:53:05 -0600
From: HotRod HotLine <maryann@hotrodhotline.com>
To: SLaifman@SoCal.rr.com
Dear Steve,
We find this dealers conduct reprehensible ! We do screen each
ad before it goes online with us and if we were notified of something
like this we would not allow the ad to remain online. Once we had a car
advertised as having been build by a big builder in the east and that
builder called us and told us that he only build the chassis not the
entire car so we contacted the seller of the vehicle and told him that
he would have to change his ad or we would remove it and refund his
money. This is really the only time such a thing has happened here but
we feel our responsibility to our customers... both buyers and sellers
.... is to keep all content on our site as accurate as possible and to
not allow people to deceive potential buyers. We are "car people" and
as such value our customers as we do our friends .... I wish that this
dealer would do the right thing... I think he is putting himself in a
very serious legal position by ignoring these notifications. Good luck
in having this rectified.
Thanks, Mary Ann@Hotrodhotline.com
Mary Ann Lawford
www.HotRodHotLine.com
<http://www.hotrodhotline.com/>www.HotRodTrucks.com
<http://www.hotrodtrucks.com/>877-700-2468
208-562-0470
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Steve Laifman
Editor
http://www.TigersUnited.com
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