Pagoda SL Group

W113 Pagoda SL Group => General Discussion => Topic started by: Shvegel on November 25, 2017, 16:46:59

Title: Seems cheap to me.
Post by: Shvegel on November 25, 2017, 16:46:59

Fairly nice car with some minor correctness issues.  I am a few miles away for the next week if anyone is interested I can make time to take a look.

https://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/cto/d/1970-mercedes-benz-280sl-auto/6370222872.html

Title: Re: Seems cheap to me.
Post by: Rolf-Dieter ✝︎ on November 25, 2017, 17:24:36

Have to agree! Who ever thinks of getting into this one better check the car actually exists... looks like a scam to me.

Dieter

Title: Re: Seems cheap to me.
Post by: alpina on November 25, 2017, 17:27:47

scam.
https://www.classicdriver.com/de/car/mercedes-benz/sl-pagode/1971/496280

Title: Re: Seems cheap to me.
Post by: Pawel66 on November 25, 2017, 18:08:42

Yeah, looks better now...

Title: Re: Seems cheap to me.
Post by: badali on November 25, 2017, 18:36:11

I have seen it listed in Pittsburgh craigs list also.  Its a scam...

Title: Re: Seems cheap to me.
Post by: Shvegel on November 25, 2017, 23:07:22

I almost feel like calling to hear the story.  The area code checks out as Palm Beach area.  I always get nervous when any licence plate pictures are omitted.

Title: Re: Seems cheap to me.
Post by: johnk on November 26, 2017, 00:44:44

I was being led by a similar scam for a 190 several years ago. They gave me the address in New York, but said to call them before I booked the flight. I was ready to book the flight and they just happened to sell it that same day. Saw it for sale in another state a few months later.

Title: Re: Seems cheap to me.
Post by: scoot on November 26, 2017, 15:22:42

Well if a couple of people flag it as prohibited it will go away...
Perhaps that's our Pagoda civic duty...

Title: Re: Seems cheap to me.
Post by: StevenF on November 26, 2017, 22:31:15

Craigslist is a famous arena to post fraudulent Pagoda's for sale.
Before I purchased my car, I was dealing with someone was trying to sell a Padoda whereas the pictures and description were taken directly from Aventura Motors in NY.

When these bogus ads appear, it makes me sick.  It is 100% a scam.  Stay away and save your money. 

Steven

Title: Re: Seems cheap to me.
Post by: badali on November 27, 2017, 15:19:00

Here is the same car in Mansfield OH with a different phone number..

https://mansfield.craigslist.org/cto/d/1970-mercedes-benz-280sl/6368083804.html

Title: Re: Seems cheap to me.
Post by: BRYANH815 on November 28, 2017, 00:56:39

Guys'  thanks I had the same experience when I bought a 1956 Corvette. Wherever there is a chance to hoodwink and scam, there will be somebody trying.
GREAT WORK 
  I was looking at the pictures and wondered why the intake was different than my 1970..
Bryan Hepper

Title: Re: Seems cheap to me.
Post by: Rothko on November 28, 2017, 22:06:54

Yeah, that photo of the car was definitely not taken in Jupiter, Florida.  We don't have trees like that down here.

Kind of scary...  I imagine they've been able to scam somebody, otherwise they wouldn't keep posting in different venues.