Is this a scam?
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From: Not on either liberal coast.
I don't agree with the majority opinion here.
Tell the seller you want the car and you'll send your own shipping company to the warehouse to pick it up.
Tell him you'll immediately send him a check that you're expecting from a recent land deal.
The check will be in excess of the $18,400 that he's asking for the car.
He should deposit the check and return the excess funds to you when the car is picked up.
craigslist is worse than EBAY for car and motorcycle fraudulent activity.
Tell the seller you want the car and you'll send your own shipping company to the warehouse to pick it up.
Tell him you'll immediately send him a check that you're expecting from a recent land deal.
The check will be in excess of the $18,400 that he's asking for the car.
He should deposit the check and return the excess funds to you when the car is picked up.
craigslist is worse than EBAY for car and motorcycle fraudulent activity.
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It is really hard to say, The best thing to do would contact the seller and go and check it out, If you are serious about buying a car just tell him you want to meet up and check it out and if all is good you will go to the bank.
Simple, It is really hard to buy a car without looking at it first, If I was going to buy it I would spend the extra cash and drive or fly to see it first hand. Also using an escrow service you are protected I believe. But still check it out first hand.
Simple, It is really hard to buy a car without looking at it first, If I was going to buy it I would spend the extra cash and drive or fly to see it first hand. Also using an escrow service you are protected I believe. But still check it out first hand.
Last edited by Mr.Bill; Aug 7, 2008 at 07:42 PM.
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Melting Slicks
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I would say it's a scam. I just sent him an email as well just to see what he responds. I play with these guys all the time on Craigslist. What they want to do is ship it out to you they do not usually want u to see the car, mainly because they do not have it. Then they say if you are not satisfied when you see it just send it back... I would say if you cannot go see it in person then it's not real. Don't send him any money. Stay in touch I'll post what he replies to me. Maybe all of us should then send him emails telling the scammer that your interested see what he says. Ask for the VIN and recent pics, maybe a picture of the title. If you are interested and he's honest then he should have no problem showing you this.
Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10
Hell, It's local to me!! Tell him one of your Forum buds would like to view the car and report back to you and will hand deliver the deposit if the car is everything as advertised. Get me an address, phone number and I'll take it from there.
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Tell them you live in NJ and want to see the car in the warehouse. Then let me know where it is!! 
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10
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I recieved a reply after asking to see the car in person and pay cash. Here it is... Its amazing that people would even consider buying something sight unseen. I guess there are suckers out there.
Hi again,
As you could see the car is in showroom condition. It is paid in full and will come with the title(clean title), bill of sale signed by me and all the papers that you need to register it under your name.
At this moment I'm out of States and will be back in 3 weeks, the car is in custody of the escrow company. They will handle the shipping and payment for me, since I'm not able to do it myself now.
The payment will be sent to Escrow and I will cash up the payment from them only after you have received the car, the shipping will take 5 to 7 days and will be done through DAS (in case you don't want to buy my vette you'll receive full refund from Escrow and the car will remain in custody of Escrow).
If you wish to proceed, please send me the following information and I will forward it to escrow.com and they will then contact you with further details:
1) full shipping name
2) full shipping address
3) email address
Thank you!
Hi again,
As you could see the car is in showroom condition. It is paid in full and will come with the title(clean title), bill of sale signed by me and all the papers that you need to register it under your name.
At this moment I'm out of States and will be back in 3 weeks, the car is in custody of the escrow company. They will handle the shipping and payment for me, since I'm not able to do it myself now.
The payment will be sent to Escrow and I will cash up the payment from them only after you have received the car, the shipping will take 5 to 7 days and will be done through DAS (in case you don't want to buy my vette you'll receive full refund from Escrow and the car will remain in custody of Escrow).
If you wish to proceed, please send me the following information and I will forward it to escrow.com and they will then contact you with further details:
1) full shipping name
2) full shipping address
3) email address
Thank you!
Burning Brakes
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From: Vancouver B.C.
Scam, but why don't you string him along; tell him you've got a bank draft for the escrow amount and want to hand him the check when he gets back in the States; ask him where to meet - ask for his phone # so you can call him when he gets back - then watch the BS fly...