vette scams
Thread Starter
Advanced
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 87
Likes: 0
From: knoxville tn
vette scams
seems like vette hound is scam central - saw three cars on three adds and all say they're selling the same car. two adds even used the same pictures and back ground but one car wAs in FL and the other in TX am I missing something?
Lepus-temperamentalus
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 5,827
Likes: 5
From: Roswell Ga
Your best bet is to check out the ads here and buy from old, established members (rather than someone who joined yesterday just to run an ad).
Next best is autotrader in your home town. Go look and drive it.
Next best is autotrader in your home town. Go look and drive it.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,170
Likes: 0
From: BROOKLYN PARK MN
Administrator
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 368,311
Likes: 24,776
From: In a parallel universe. Currently own 2014 Stingray Coupe.
C7 of the Year - Modified Finalist 2021
MO Events Coordinator
St. Jude Co-Organizer
St. Jude Donor '03 thru '25
NCM Sinkhole Donor
CI 5, 8 & 11 Veteran
If it sounds fishy, it probably is. Always have to be cautious as a buyer, and many times even as a seller.
C5 General
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 3,391
Likes: 0
From: Boosted in Manhattan & Round Rock TX. President of the Non Club Club of Kansas and Round Rock , Not the flat part.
Did you see the ads on auto trader? A few years ago you would see a lot of that going on. Its cleaned up a lot.
Paul G.
Paul G.
Racer
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 252
Likes: 2
From: lancaster pa
Tech Contributor
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 19,384
Likes: 87
From: Horncastle Lincolnshire, England
2023 C5 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
Saw one recently where the car was supposedly in England
The seller suddenly didnt want to know when I asked to inspect it.
The seller suddenly didnt want to know when I asked to inspect it.
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Safety Car
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 4,050
Likes: 1
From: Los Angeles CA
I got my car from someone off vette hound. I found one listed that was local for me though and had a Corvette specialty shop take a look at it for me. After they gave the ok I bought it. I got a great price. I couldn't be happier.
I wouldn't buy any car sight unseen though. Well maybe if Jay Leno was selling one of his cars I could buy it unseen but otherwise, I gotta see it first. If you can at least go see the car who cares where it's listed. The person I bought the car from didn't want to sell it but knew he had to (to pay bills). So he didn't list it anywhere else, not even local papers or anything. I was lucky to come across the ad when I did.
Sometimes people who don't know what they are doing on the internet sell things on those site. They list an ad and don't see it right away and list it again and again. Finally they see it and then later on they have 5 ads listed for the same car. Basically go with instinct and the number one rule when buying anything, "If it's too good to be true,"... you know the rest.
I wouldn't buy any car sight unseen though. Well maybe if Jay Leno was selling one of his cars I could buy it unseen but otherwise, I gotta see it first. If you can at least go see the car who cares where it's listed. The person I bought the car from didn't want to sell it but knew he had to (to pay bills). So he didn't list it anywhere else, not even local papers or anything. I was lucky to come across the ad when I did.
Sometimes people who don't know what they are doing on the internet sell things on those site. They list an ad and don't see it right away and list it again and again. Finally they see it and then later on they have 5 ads listed for the same car. Basically go with instinct and the number one rule when buying anything, "If it's too good to be true,"... you know the rest.