"To every rule there is an exception." I bought a vehicle sight unseen (except for photos)off ebay and it's been just as the seller advertised. The only thing I've done to it is replace a burned out headlamp - which happened after I got it home ...and I had to replace the "third eye" brake light, which was burned out when I bought the vehicle. Other than that I've only had to put gas in it. I paid about $2500 for a vehicle that the local department of motor vehicles assessed at $7500 (but that was for tax purposes so it might've been a little high) ...

Moral of the story is, all that glitters is not gold, but sometimes it is.