Annoying sellers

I just drive almost 200 miles to look at a 66 Coronet that was advertized as "some body rust". I should have known better as I had been emailing the seller for two weeks and getting a response was like pulling teeth. I understand some folks don't want to "bother" with an email conversation, but if someone has asked several fairly important questions and appears knowledgeable and interested, why wouldn't you invest time in a potential sale?

Anyway, after I get there, I find out the pics were taken of the "good side" quarter, and the other side is rusted up halfway to the trunk, with filler cracking out of it, and every panel has at least a crusty 50 cent piece or larger hole, usually on difficult to repair laminated sections.

$2000 was the asking price, which would have been fair for a solid rolling shell.

The only body panel that was worth saving was the pass side fender, which I desperately need for my current project, and of course he wasn't willing to sell that!

What tops it off is the seller is in the restoration business. He HAS to know that pile of unusable parts is only worth $300 in scrap, plus another $300 for the good fender and maybe $200 in miscellaneous trim.

I told him up front I was looking for something to drop a running 318 in. Never once did he say anything like "it's very rough" or that it would need both quarters, a cowl, and a roof...or maybe that's what "some body rust" means to him.