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#1
01-26-2010, 01:21 PM
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Snake in the grass.
Man. And a dumb one to boot.
So I've been looking for an inexpensive car lately. So I spot a nice old car on the unnamed auction site with an hour left. Looks like a good deal. Email him, ask if he can wait till friday, then poke around the listing again. Because I won't send a deposit without seeing the car I don't worry too much about feedback, particularly when there's a lot of good pics. But I look at his little bit of fb. Nothing as a seller, but 3 as a buyer. And lo and behold there's the car! He just bought it last month! And he's selling it as a 57,000 mile car. Bet you guessed: It's got 157k. So I sent him a quick note: DOn't bother answering my last message, I see the car's got 157k. I'll let the buyer know. Let's see what he says  Pete
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#2
01-26-2010, 01:24 PM
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"it does only have 57000, that was my younger brother i bought it from he wasn't sure so thats what he put, but have a good day"
Da-da!! Pete
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#3
01-26-2010, 01:33 PM
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By the way, the guy that tried to burn me accumulated such terrible feedback that he got shut down. (He had good feedback when I dealt with him but it went seriously downhill afterwards.) Anyway, after he got shut down he just opened up a new account and got back to his old tricks.  John
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01-26-2010, 02:21 PM
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Heck, I still buy there, but it sure can be a crapshoot!
What's really funny are the Craigslist ads IVE GOT A 87 DONK IT HAS NEW BREAKS AN A NEW FRONT BREEERING KILLER SUBS IT WONT START THNIK ITS FUEL SWICH 4900 CALL ME Or: 1984 Oldmobile, $xxxx, call XXX Or: Wow! What a GREAT classic car! A 1988 Skylark, beautiful condition, very clean. Exterior fine, only rust is front fenders rear quarters hood and trunk, and dented rear bumper. Interior wonderful, except for 8 small tears , a few stains, and a missing door panel on the back. Engine runs great, but it's got a miss, I think it needs spark plug wires. Tranny smooth unless it shifts into 2nd, probably needs fluid. Good miles. $6900 obo.  Pete
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01-26-2010, 03:12 PM
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Btw, I can't even tell the buyer.
Pete
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01-26-2010, 09:15 PM
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I like the CL ads for cars with "Manuel" transmissions. Do a search, you'll find a billion of them.
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#8
01-26-2010, 09:43 PM
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Well........ Yeah..... John
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#9
01-26-2010, 11:11 PM
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Nah, Manuel can handle the steering and the transmission.
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#10
01-27-2010, 07:22 AM
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Yeah, but is he here legally.
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