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Old 10-23-2003, 09:29 AM
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Nuke & Evan,
you're both right (and wrong).

The guy is definetely benefiting by using the name Shelby in the ad, no doubt about it. But, if I were trying to sell my car, I would too. Ebay works like any other search engine. Type in what you're looking for and it brings it up. Therefore, if I were selling my car I would include "Shelby", "Cobra" "427", ERA and any other things which might increase the chance of someone seeing it.

However, the guy is not trying to misrepresent the car as it clearly says that it is a SPF.

So, in a nutshell, he is benefitting by using the Shelby name, i.e., increased exposure, but he is not trying to misrepresent what it actually is. And I'd do it the same way.

Now excuse me while I go back to staring at HIQ's avatar. . .
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