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Oh yes. Craigslist is chock full o' scammers and flakes.
Ironically, it worked out perfectly when I sold my truck. After dragging my feet and mentally preparing to go toe to toe with all the Nigerian scammers and derps who want a test drive, I listed it and had it sold a few hours later. First inquiry, no scam. AND, I totally didn't get murdered either.
So yeah. Although, I also had a desirable vehicle, not an Acura. So YMMV.
"Hey brah, I wanna by ur car but r U inderested in trading for a 4weelr (not runnign) or sum oveously stolen guns?"
"Can you finance? Take payments? Half now / half in 6 months?"
"What's your lowest price? I need to save some cash for the new Jordans Kanyeezey 78s and a new vape blaster so I can only go like $3400"
"Dearest sir. I would like to dispatch my courier to your residence to take delivery of the vehicle. He will be able to provide you with a cheque for your total asking price plus $5500 since that is what my bank has pre-issued for me to buy a new vehicle. You may cash the check and provide a refund to my account and you may keep $500 for your troubles."
"Hey brah, I wanna by ur car but r U inderested in trading for a 4weelr (not runnign) or sum oveously stolen guns?"
"Can you finance? Take payments? Half now / half in 6 months?"
"What's your lowest price? I need to save some cash for the new Jordans Kanyeezey 78s and a new vape blaster so I can only go like $3400"
"Dearest sir. I would like to dispatch my courier to your residence to take delivery of the vehicle. He will be able to provide you with a cheque for your total asking price plus $5500 since that is what my bank has pre-issued for me to buy a new vehicle. You may cash the check and provide a refund to my account and you may keep $500 for your troubles."
The last one is what I've been getting the most. "I will send entire money through paypal then I will have someone pick up the car once you have received the funds." mehhhh
The last one is what I've been getting the most. "I will send entire money through paypal then I will have someone pick up the car once you have received the funds." mehhhh
Got that one too, and when I responded with "Sorry, cash only, in person" they replied with some sob story about a bad hip. I was also asked if I accepted bitcoin, and one person asked if they could rent the car from me for a month. Seriously? People fall for this stuff?
My bro-dog who is not a dummy, almost bit (years ago when the 419 scams really started picking up). I was like, "how are you even considering this not to be a total scam?"
I think he still has the totally-legit-this-isn't-stolen-or-forged check that they sent.
If you're bored, it can be kind of fun to mess with the Nigerians. See if you can get them to actually send a check. Or take a picture with a shoe on their head and their willie in a chicken (baked or alive, whatever your heart tells you to do).
Let me preface: Mr Armando works at a remote power plant location and doesn't have good cell service. Only text over wifi. At first, only contact over email. But I insisted he call, he said he would try to text me. The following is what ensued.
Seeing how difficult it is to get someone to meet with me only a few miles away, there's no way I would trust my time waiting up for a guy across the country. Who knows though you may get lucky!
Seeing how difficult it is to get someone to meet with me only a few miles away, there's no way I would trust my time waiting up for a guy across the country. Who knows though you may get lucky!
Or murdered.
lol I don't trust anyone who wants to buy a car sight unseen for $14,000 but only has a simless phone that can only work on wifi hahaha
lol I don't trust anyone who wants to buy a car sight unseen for $14,000 but only has a simless phone that can only work on wifi hahaha
a google voice number can send over wifi
tis what I use...
Google voice--->hangouts.
all calls and text come through hangouts so i dont get confused with regular callers and texters.
ESPECIALLY if I know i'm listing my number; because throwaway
but probably not the case here. 'Mando sounds weird.
Last edited by justnspace; 06-08-2017 at 06:40 AM.
a google voice number can send over wifi
tis what I use...
Google voice--->hangouts.
all calls and text come through hangouts so i dont get confused with regular callers and texters.
ESPECIALLY if I know i'm listing my number; because throwaway
but probably not the case here. 'Mando sounds weird.
Because he is a scammer lol... he didn't even give me a reason why he liked my car. He just "fell in love"
Hey Joe
You can make a road trip to Germany
I give you 16k and a ride on the Autobahn. LOL
But for real. I would really buy your car if you would live near my home. And i know why I fell in love for your car
Hey Joe
You can make a road trip to Germany
I give you 16k and a ride on the Autobahn. LOL
But for real. I would really buy your car if you would live near my home. And i know why I fell in love for your car
ahhhhh man, maybe I should make that happen. I wonder how much to ship a vehicle to Germany hahaha.
the only way to deal with CL is PHONE ONLY.
dont respond to text. i dont even turn on email.
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Good call. craigslist has been dead in my area.
offerup has been great, you can also block/report spammers and not deal with them again, the rating kinda gives ya an idea of people's reliability too.
Not sure if anyone else is like this, but I love just looking at cars for sale lol. For the first time in years of looking I found a newer than 2010 (2011) TSX V6, within a 200 mile search radius. It's not even priced bad at all, if I was in the market I would jump on it immediately. When I first saw it I considered if I traded mine in, but after doing new tires, brakes, $400 worth of service and then adding close to 3-4K on top of trade in, I just don't think it's worth it for me. Plus it's a base and I love the sound system in mine, but V-sex
On the bright side, finally feel like my car is much more fun after a month of running Hondata.
The driver's seat looks like the foam underneath is gone and the door panel/arm rest looks trashed on that CarMax TSX. Pics 12 and 19.
Yeah I noticed that too. Maybe if it was local I would have checked it out in person and test drove it at least, never test drove a V6 TSX before, but non-transferable and 3 hours away so no go.
The plasti-dipped rims also made me feel like it was abused a bit. Can tell from experience lol
06-06-2017, 02:12 PM
