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Pat won an auction for an RV on eBay last week [eBay
auction page http://snipr.com/2007Sandpiper
] . He bid a
little over $15,000 for a vehicle that was listed for sale
by the RV company for $29,999 on other sites. Pat was
worried that Nelson's RV might try to find a loophole to
cancel the auction since he'd scored such a great deal, so
he immediately sent his required $250 deposit to them and
asked for someone at Nelson's RV to contact him.
Eventually, after some run around, he got the following
email—with one of the ballsiest excuses we've ever seen:
"We are devastated with our discovery this morning of a
swarm of Africanized killer bees in the 2007 Sandpiper
325RG 5th wheel that you have a deposit on..."
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