So many scammers on craigslist... It's quite phenomenal. I didn't know this was such a prominent thing.

 

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.

 

i sold a $5k truck on CL.
buyer came to my office, so I wouldnt get murdered

 

 

"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

 

I hate selling stuff, but then it's not as hard as I recall every single time.
Just unnerving, that's all.

 

I hope you tell the new owner about AZine and give them the rights to your account as well.

I look forward to meeting the prince of Nigeria.

 

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?

 

Yes. Yes the do.

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.

 

Seems legit.

Get him to recommend an Nigerian food restaurant in the area you guys can meet at.

 

Not bad English though. Better than most.

 

 

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

 

I am an idiot and bought the vagon sight unseen for substantially more
I'm an idiot though.

 

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.

 

I have Justin's actual number.
but that's cause he's slept in my bed.
He's MY mystery meat.

 

Because he is a scammer lol... he didn't even give me a reason why he liked my car. He just "fell in love"

 

homer simpson? a radioactive fragment fell into Armando/Homer's clothing

 

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.

 

lol, reminds me of this:

https://imgur.com/a/h061t#VGVlp3b

 

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.

https://www.carmax.com/car/14639991

 

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

 

Must have been a big dude to smash the side foam like that. Only 14.6k for the same year/mileage as my car Might as well keep my car forever.

 

Or for $13.9k one could get in a sweet 09 Supercharged TSX

 

Wow, you're right! Anyone looking at this forum in the market for a used TSX would be crazy not to buy it from you!

 

 

after this payment. i only have one more left on this car. exactly 3 years, i will have had this paid off.

 

You might be in the running for the 2017 AcuraZine Most Paid Off Car Award Winner

 

Great feeling. Congrats.

No payments is great.

 

I didn't get it til i looked at his signature

 

Did any of you guys get cool stuffs on prime day?

 

yeah, I saved a whole bunch of money by not buying anything on prime day!
something something Geico

 

I bought a $25 Amazon e-gift card for the free $5 credit. Will apply both back to my account. Bam. Amazon gave me $5 to click a few buttons.