Long Term Owners contacted through Registry by "Flippers"?

[Bill]

A friend of mine who, has been a Shelby Owner of the same car for over 40 years, recently confided in me that he has been contacted multiple times by different Shelby dealers asking if he would like to sell his car.  Each time the reseller found his name and address through the registry.  The last time being quite recent, he lied about his status in business and made it appear that he was just an enthusiast who was looking for a Shelby like his "all his life".  How often do you think this happens?  Has anyone else had this experience?  The registry is a wonderful tool, but with great power comes great responsibility...

Brian,

   It happens more than you would think, here, at shows, on forums such as this, and within all collector circles. Some dealers troll around thinking they are all that, drawing in the naive, or those new to the hobby,  they attempt to get what they want, those peoples money, thinking they are above it all. Yet in the long run, it is their greed, ego, or both that leads to their downfall. Somewhere along the line, everyone has to decide whether they are going to have integrity, or not. Those that do, prosper without having to take advantage of others. Those that don't, no matter how sure of themselves they are, will find themselves on the wrong side.

Instead of rambling on further, I'll just lay it out as simple as possible:

Greed makes seemingly good people do bad things.

I'll leave it at that.

Bill

[gt350shelb]

since the owners are not the issue here  maybe we need a list of those who are calling ....

[roddster]

  Well, this thread was about flippers using the registry to locate current owners, I will say that, at more than a couple of car shows I have been approached with some way low-ball guestimate of the car's value.  Like I'm going to go "gee, if I could get that much, I'll sell it right now"!

[Bigfoot]

since the owners are not the issue here  maybe we need a list of those who are calling ....

We do

[Steve McDonald Formally known as Mcdonas]

if any of the "flippers" want to buy "the most expensive Shelby ever sold" Look up the highest price ever for a  Shelby, add $100,000 and I'll sell you mine

[Don Johnston]

If I get repeated calls, emails and letters concerning the sale of my Shelby when I do not want to sell it, I will refer them to B-J auctions where they can play in their sandbox. 

[owenkelley]

I got a call several years back from a gentleman who apparently got my name out of the Registry. He said he was looking for a car exactly like mine and was wondering if I was interested in selling it. He was nice and was talking prices that were in the line with what the market was at the time, but I wasn't interested in selling.

Most local car shows want you to put your name on the car for judging purposes, so I always would put my wife's name on as well. Then one day she got a phone call from somebody who saw her at the show and got her name off the car and called her to see if she ever messed around on her husband, because if so he was interested. As far as I know that's the only time she heard from him.........

[BGlover67]

 

[Side-Oilers]

You can meet all kinds of new friends at a car show!

[FL SAAC]

agree with everyone, getting that call from flipper when you just sat down to have dinner.

then that annoying squeal on the other side of the phone...painful