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Re: good argument

Posted by Don T on March 11, 2003 at 12:47:50

In Reply to: good argument posted by njjohn on March 11, 2003 at 04:40:01:

Honestly we have contacted previous owners of cars we were considering buying when we felt the current seller was misrepresenting the facts.

I don't disagree with your point about lessons learned or buyer beware - these are lessons we all need to learn. But I wouldn't stand by and watch someone perpatrate a fraud without speaking up. Money is a bitch and people will try to take advantage of us - but knowing that and accepting that as fact doesn't in anyway relieve us of are obligations to try to protect others from criminal activities.

If my neighbor was selling a car that was always broke and very unreliable but had luckily got it into presentable condition and it seemed like it was running I wouldn't think he was trying to defraud someone if he was trying to sell it as a decent car - who could blame him. But if he bought my car and put it on jacks and ran it in reverse for 60,000 miles and then tried to sell it as a low milage car I would feel obligated to somehow intervene. Would I call the authorities? That's a tough question, and others might consider it a character flaw that I wouldn't, but surely if I knew how to contact every potential buyer I would - I would truely struggle with this - especially if I liked my neighbor. I don't think I'm on somekind of high horse.

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