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Old Mar 19, 2011 | 07:06 PM
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Scam or no http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cto/2274864961.html
Old Mar 19, 2011 | 07:11 PM
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I'm thinking they left a digit off in the price.
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I say scam because:

1) no phone number or personal info of any kind (like what city-nothing)
2) nothing in that pic says SF Bay area to me- architecture and geography don't jive.
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Looks like they might have fumble-fingered the price assuming it's a real ad. Could be $19,804?? Kind of a funny price; most people put a price on a car that ends in zeros.
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Yeah something does'nt jive . Grass is brown price is strange. If it was for real, I would have to buy it.
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with all the above. I've seen similar ads that wind up claiming to be in other states but "the car is already at the docks ready to go and I'm selling it cheap due to divorce".
Pass-adena.
He also developed a stutter when he typed.
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if its too good to be true....SCAM.
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No reply from him either, just fishing.
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Thats in frisco maybe, a friend of MrT
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Scam. I flagged it. I suggest everyone else does the same.
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regardless of if the ad was legit or not, you've been busted looking for a C5!
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Originally Posted by mike100
regardless of if the ad was legit or not, you've been busted looking for a C5!
If it was NOT a scam, a 40,000 mile '04 vert in good shape for under $10K sounds like something worth looking at! (I may not want a C5 INSTEAD of my C4, but I'd certainly take one in addition to it!)
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Old Mar 19, 2011 | 11:39 PM
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I flagged it also. I wasn't really looking for a c5, just crusing cl for deals. If this was for real I would buy it but keep my c4. Maybe sell the c5 for a little profit.

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