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Re: I agree Graham, but.......
Posted by Graham ODriscoll on Thu Jan 24, 2002 02:55:36 AM
In reply top I agree Graham, but....... posted by Mick on Wed Jan 23, 2002 10:58:32 AM
Could not agree with you more........well wrote!
: these kind of people really need exposing for what they re
: ally are, once and for all, within the laws of libel and s
: lander.
: I've heard stories about some warbird owners being taken f
: or 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 gi
: ve us the money up front" schemes do, is give everyone a b
: ad name in this biz, and causes everyone to mistrust and q
: uestion almost everyone else who says they can get hold of
: /or know of the location of an old wreck, most probably le
: ading 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 fan
: tastic 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 s
: ort 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 ad
: dress was just a "mail-drop".
: I was saying to Tony earlier that these people really remi
: nd me of those people who put those small adverts in the b
: ack 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..........kn
: ow what I mean ?
:
: I sometimes wonder how I would react to adverts such as th
: at if I had "loads a money" and a desire for an interestin
: g warbird or several, and frankly I would be scared stiff
: of attempting to do deals with many of these warbird hunte
: rs, there's just gotta be a better and safer way.
:
: Nuff said.
: TaTa
: Mick
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