well that was it, really.
waited til the sale was over then contacted the seller to offer 70% ish of what he wanted initially. or at least 70% of where the bidding was to start from... which i guess was the reason for his "no".. he wanted a lot more than £1000 starting point.... and then i offer him waaay less... so i'm not that surprised....
and, by gong, of course i did........... (not dismissing totally the appropriate, reasonable and justified prostestations from others here that they wouldn't feel comfortable bidding for the car)
i had no such moral issues with it and would've thoroughly enjoyed owning the car
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