That Gut Wrenching Rage Of Classified Listings:

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#1
Ok, you see one of your bucket list cars listed - looks good, its 500Km from home - theres no phone number / youve got cash in your pocket / you would take it no questions asked

BUT!

Its a classified - you email, you email again - you hunt thru old listings / feedback / praying for a contact # - hell you even google their username in the dim hope they might have asked a Q on someones auction & left a worded cell #!

Then - sure enough a few days later the listing is withdrawn - sold I guess

It feels like someone just took a crowbar & rammed it thru my chest

Im sick of classifieds & dont understand how you can legally upload one without at least some kind of contact number

Driver_zephyrheaven

Feb 21, 2012, 6:48 pm

#2dont leave us in suspense zeph. what did you miss out on!
At least your free to grab this one now.

:-)

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx!id=449488403

Driver_friendly_prawn

Feb 21, 2012, 9:51 pm

#3Well that one hasnt "reformed" itself very well now has it.

Driver_gunhand

Feb 21, 2012, 9:53 pm

#4Oh Behave FP!!!

It was a nice looking Mk2 Zephyr - I bought a PA Vauxhall to try & quash the endless search for a good Mk2 but it reared its ugly head last week - to the point of driving to the Nelson region & showing people photo's & asking "Have you seen this car"

This no phone # system is flawed IMHO

Driver_zephyrheaven

Feb 21, 2012, 9:53 pm

#5My favourite movie

Driver_zephyrheaven

Feb 21, 2012, 9:54 pm

#6Didnt buy the PA from the man over in wilsons road did ya!

Driver_treachug

Feb 21, 2012, 10:00 pm

#7
ahh, the old PA's. Owned several of them over the years. used to have a thing about them and Mk4 zeph/zodiacs.

re Mk2, Bummer. another will pop up on trademe. Just got to wait it out as frustrating as that can be. But I do know the feeling. Been there before.:-(

Driver_friendly_prawn

Feb 21, 2012, 10:07 pm

#8trainspotter ha ha
but nah he wont sell
got mine from mairehau - not bad not great

Driver_zephyrheaven

Feb 21, 2012, 10:19 pm

#9nope, used to work with him.very odd man indeed lol. Could tell you some stories!
He had one also parked up at his other house just along the road from work - think its dissapeared now, heard he sold that house (if you could call it that) - pa must be back at wilsons rd

Driver_treachug

Feb 21, 2012, 10:25 pm

#10I agree with the classifieds being annoying without a phone number, was a rather nice old 1989 RS legacy in Nelson I wanted, it had late 90's WRX engine, turbo, gearbox, diff, etc, but looked totally stock and original looking with 120,000ks on the clock. but the guy never replied to my emails, 2 weeks later, listing expired, didn't come back on, doh.

Driver_vtecnet

Feb 21, 2012, 10:28 pm

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