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Buying a car off Craig's List
| January 28th, 2011 at 5:28:48 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Nov 2, 2009 Threads: 153 Posts: 2912 |
Total sams. If a person wants to sell a car very cheap and fast there are plenty of lots they can drive to and take them. Nothing wrong with buying local on CL as opposed to looking in the classifieds. A buddy of mine almost fell for a scam like this. He was looking at a 1963 Falcon for $2400. I told him $2400 was what my dad paid for his in not as good shape in 1986! Same deal touugh, pay then I ship. Just buy local unless you are buying a classic car, and if you are buying a classic, get a local broker who knows to help you. "The Roman Empire wasn't planned, but neither did it 'just happen.'" |
| January 28th, 2011 at 6:24:06 AM permalink | |
| SFB Member since: Dec 20, 2010 Threads: 1 Posts: 92 | I beleive the site to check a VIN is Carfax.com. Works well. $30 per VIN, I think. SFB |
| January 28th, 2011 at 6:44:47 AM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Nov 11, 2009 Threads: 218 Posts: 7280 | I can only think of two things to say: 1) never buy a used car without looking it over first. if possible have a mechanic you trust givve it a once over. A car that seems and drives fine may be hanging by a thread and then need repairs in the thousands. 2) If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. This space is closed for remodeling |
| January 28th, 2011 at 7:21:45 AM permalink | |
| pacomartin Member since: Jan 14, 2010 Threads: 547 Posts: 6206 |
I tried to sell a car on Craig's List, and I think I was overwhelmed by the number of scam artists who were contacting me. If they weren't scam artists, they were bottom feeders who wanted it for 50% to 75% off the blue book value. I took it to a small auto dealer, and I had a perfectly simple/professional cash transaction for more money than I expected. Wine loved I deeply, dice dearly -Edgar, betrayed son of Gloucester in King Lear |
| January 28th, 2011 at 7:41:05 AM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Nov 11, 2009 Threads: 218 Posts: 7280 |
I once bought a car from a customer and long time friend of my dad's. The car seemed fine and it drove fine, but I did take it to the mechanic and he found several issues with it. Nothing major, and nothing the seller was trying to plam off on me, but it needed some work. I managed to knock down the price a few thousand pesos because of that. All done in a friendly and cordial fashion. Last car I sold was to a dealer in trade for a new car. He gave me about the same as the used car lot offered, and a bit more than an acquaintance siad he'd pay for it. This space is closed for remodeling |
| January 28th, 2011 at 7:55:34 AM permalink | |
| MathExtremist Member since: Aug 31, 2010 Threads: 46 Posts: 2519 | Exhibit #1
And Exhibit #2, from the Craigslist scams website at http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams
Reply #2 gets bonus points for lack of originality. You've been given other good advice so I won't repeat it, but it's a good thing your suspicions were raised. Craigslist requests that users send them details of suspected scams. The link above has details. "In my own case, when it seemed to me after a long illness that death was close at hand, I found no little solace in playing constantly at dice."
-- Girolamo Cardano, 1563 |
| January 28th, 2011 at 12:03:00 PM permalink | |
| discflicker Member since: Jan 1, 2011 Threads: 14 Posts: 240 | Nice research, MathExtremist... very interesting, indeed! The difference between zero and the smallest possible number? It doesn't matter; once you cross that edge, it might as well be the difference between zero and 1.
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| January 28th, 2011 at 1:59:01 PM permalink | |
| TIMSPEED Member since: Aug 11, 2010 Threads: 39 Posts: 564 | I've bought and sold a few cars on CraigsList...however, I have also LOOKED at a few cars that were complete jokes. As with anything, just use common sense...if I were buying another car off CraigsList, I would NEVER buy one that wasn't local (although my cousin bought a 97 Corvette from SC, with no problems; aside: It was actually production #00013) They say casino's aren't built on winners...
No...they're built on ignorance. |
| January 28th, 2011 at 3:32:35 PM permalink | |
| EvenBob Member since: Jul 18, 2010 Threads: 231 Posts: 6402 | I've bought 5 cars over the years at car auctions and have always got a good car and a good deal. The trick is to look for low mileage cars with manual transmissions and crank windows. They go for far less than the exact same car with a automatic and power windows. Nobody wants a manual tranny anymore. I got a 2000 Saturn in 2004 with 45K miles on it for $2000, I kid you not. I got it for my daughter who dang well learned to drive it. One casino owner to another: "It would be so much easier if we could just hit them over the head, steal their money, and throw their bodies in the creek." Al Swearengen, Deadwood |
| January 28th, 2011 at 4:14:18 PM permalink | |
| teddys Member since: Nov 14, 2009 Threads: 100 Posts: 2723 | NO NO NO NO NO NO NO. Offers to ship cars are 100% fraudulent. No ifs or buts about it. Don't even think about it. "If you can make one heap of all your winnings / And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss / And lose, and start again at your beginnings / And never breathe a word about your loss..." -Rudyard Kipling |
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