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I agree Graham, but.......

Posted by Mick on Wed Jan 23, 2002 10:58:32 AM

In reply top Re: Achtung MI6 agent Paul Millan posted by Graham ODriscoll on Wed Jan 23, 2002 08:44:43 AM

these kind of people really need exposing for what they really are, once and for all, within the laws of libel and slander.
I've heard stories about some warbird owners being taken for lots of money on various "wild goose chases" by certain people, so if it can be prevented from happening again it's for the overall good of all of us who are interested in warbirds.
What these kind of "get loads of old warbirds after you give us the money up front" schemes do, is give everyone a bad name in this biz, and causes everyone to mistrust and question almost everyone else who says they can get hold of/or know of the location of an old wreck, most probably leading to heaps of warbirds just staying and rotting where they were found because no-one is prepared to trust a "no-body" who comes up from out of the back of beyond with fantastic tales of lost/found warbirds, even if they do have photos.

Sadly some websites have become very much like the Echange & Mart, (NOT always the fault of the owner of the site of course) where all sorts of dodgy buggers are offering all sorts of amazing deals, leading to no-one being able to sort the wheat from the chaff, and you ain't gonna know you've been scammed until your phone goes suddenly very quiet or your e-mails go un-answered and you find that their address was just a "mail-drop".
I was saying to Tony earlier that these people really remind me of those people who put those small adverts in the back of newspapers where it says
"Send me ?10/$10/E10 and I will send you my book on how I became a millionaire over night" always printed along-side a photo of the person so we SHOULD trust them..........know what I mean ?

I sometimes wonder how I would react to adverts such as that if I had "loads a money" and a desire for an interesting warbird or several, and frankly I would be scared stiff of attempting to do deals with many of these warbird hunters, there's just gotta be a better and safer way.

Nuff said.
TaTa
Mick









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