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Was able to help my good friend Geno get this 36" flying A sign for his collection... picked it up Monday, Thanks Geno ;-)

Boy what a great sign, now I am really jealous. Remember what Indiana Jones once said "That belongs in a museum!"

Wow!! Either your posting a stolen sign or one that you got them to sell after I won the auction. I can tell by the stains. I bought it for a $4000 buy it now and before I could pay the seller said it was stolen. I asked for a copy of the police report and never heard anything. Geno has been after mine(this was an upgrade) for years. Hope you and Geno are happy you got the guy to cancel my buy. I'll be giving Geno a call later today you can bet on that.

Greg, this is rediculous! Another oldgas member talking people into selling an item EVEN AFTER THEY ALREADT SOLD IT ON EBAY!
Here is auction Greg's Sign on ebay He won Fair and Square
The seller told greg it was stolen!
You should be ASHAMED of yourself Visaliabob and Geno!!!
Geno, how much did you pay visaliabob to get the sign for you? This is just soooo wrong!
Same thing happened to me Greg on my gulf sign eric grinder ended up with a week later! Sketchy people offering sellers more money ONCE the item ALREADY SOLD!!!
I havent posted in weeks and NOW YOU SEE WHY!
Lurking crooks playing on BOTH sides of the street!

Wow! I couldn't even bring myself to display that sign after something like that! How could you even feel proud to own it??
Someone needs to think this over as to what they have done here.

alright guys before this gets outa control, here is what happened..

I noticed the sign on ebay a day after the auction ended, I called Geno to find out if he bought it and he said no, so he emailed the seller and asked if the buyer backed out he would be interested in buying it, later that day Geno called me and asked if I would pick it up for him as he was informed that the buyer had backed out...

you guys really think I would post this buy of the week on here if I felt that something was done wrong..

The seller of this item on ebay obviously has no integrity and deserves negative feedback,, his ebay name is 629liz he says he lives in Fresno and I went to Hanford to pick it up for Geno

Here is what seller said to me. I'm reporting him to ebay. On hold now. Will talk to Geno later. I have his # in my phone.

Dear bustermonty,

The sign was stolen from the front of my house unfortunately. I had it hanging next to my garage door and someone climbed up on a ladder and took the thing! The sign has been a staple of my collection and I was ready to pass it on and sadly some low life decided to steal it. I filed a police report and hopefully something turns up. Sorry that I had to back out on the deal if the sign is recovered then I will honor our transaction and sell you the sign

...sounds like a great opportunity for Geno to be a stand-up guy, and sell the sign to Greg...

Sounds to me like the ebay seller is at fault unless Geno paid more than $4K for the sign. Then bad on both of them. According to the info presented, I myself do not see where Visilbob did anything wrong.

Yup.

Yep, but for what price? the pos seller has his money... which has to be more than the original sale of $4k. So does Geno sell the sign to Greg for the price he paid, or for the price that Greg legitimately won the item for?

very interesting scenario this whole thing is.

I personally handed the person $4k for the sign and Geno paid me my $4k back..

& the Drama continues:
Auction ended Saturday the 24th with a buy it now & you were there Monday the 26th to pick up the sign. Sounds like a quick interception of Greg's sign. You outta give yourself a pat on the back, a true friend of Gino's.
Do you seriously believe anybody is buying your story?
I was born at night but not last night!

...sounds like it would be easy enough to untangle this: all Geno needs to do is sell Greg the sign for $4K, and everyone's even...Greg gets the sign he should have in the first place, the eBay seller would get his negative feedback, and hopefully loss of his eBay privileges...heck, maybe Geno could even get the sign he's been trying to get from Greg for years, since it's an upgrade...

Talked with Gene, ball is in his court. He had no idea seller lied to him and said I backed out. I asked him to consider the situation and left it at that. I should ad that in all my conversations with Gene he has been an honest credible individual. At least if he does nothing I know he got the sign he's been searching for. I know it means a lot to him due to a personal family tragedy and I can live with that. It's the seller who I'm really ***** at and explained it all to ebay. Probably a wrist slap offense in their eyes. And Bob cruising sold listing trying to change outcomes is not a very good practice. I hope that's not an indication of where things are going. I think this really crosses the line. To take something from someone who has legitimately one.