What's going on?

[FHP813]

There are many reasons to sell a car, priorities change, loss of income or the loss of a garage space. The problem I have, as apparently do others here is when someone exploits the information on this site, the resources of some of the members here to acquire hard to find parts, when they have no intentions of keeping the car. Some may say that at least the car is being preserved, and that is true but by the same token it prevents someone that has limited income, the opportunity to own the car at a reasonable price. My .02

[mac88chp]

Originally Posted by FHP813

There are many reasons to sell a car, priorities change, loss of income or the loss of a garage space. The problem I have, as apparently do others here is when someone exploits the information on this site, the resources of some of the members here to acquire hard to find parts, when they have no intentions of keeping the car. Some may say that at least the car is being preserved, and that is true but by the same token it prevents someone that has limited income, the opportunity to own the car at a reasonable price. My .02

That's one of the downsides to having all these resources in a pubic arena like websites. Almost anybody is an instant member of the club with access to pretty much everything whereas in the not so olden days, this stuff was generally shared only between people who belonged to formal clubs or associations through newsletters, meetings and events and private correspondence only available to dues paying members in good standing. Sometimes the price you pay for being instantly welcoming to everybody on the web is that a few interlopers will slip in and take advantage. But it also happens to traditional clubs as Andy pointed out, it just that it takes more skillful face-to-face decit to pull off.