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[Winchester]

 

[sniperruff]

nobody would type that long of an email selling a car. pass.

and IMO $2800 is a price many scammers use on CL car ads. well... unless you're shopping for a 1994 corolla or something.

 

[Yossarian]

who would ever ship a $2800 car for free and let you test drive it for 3 days. pass.

 

[darkswordsman17]

Two things that stand out to me on simple glance (notwithstanding some of the obvious stuff). First, what kind of car. Remember: "if it sounds too good to be true..."

The other thing is that there is no shipping charge. Is there anyone who isn't ripping you off on the sale price that wouldn't make you pay for the cost of shipping a car?

 

[darkswordsman17]

Originally posted by: sniperruff
nobody would type that long of an email selling a car. pass.

and IMO $2800 is a price many scammers use on CL car ads. well... unless you're shopping for a 1994 corolla or something.

I would expect a long detailed e-mail concerning something as significant as a car purchase, however I agree to some extent as its short on details other than how they want you to handle purchasing it (which is pretty specific and doesn't offer much option).

 

[FoBoT]

http://autos.yahoo.com/usedcars/sell/start.html

it sounds like a take off on this old autotraders scam, since yahoo auto is a "partner" of autotrader, then the scammers must be partnering also

http://www.autotrader.com/research/shared/article_popup.jsp?article_id=12124

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For a fee, an escrow service holds the buyer's payment until the seller has delivered the item purchased. Such a third-party service can protect both parties from fraud. However, scammers often set up fake escrow services. They claim an affiliation with well-known companies like AutoTrader.com to create a sense of security.

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SCAM

 

[sniperruff]

Originally posted by: darkswordsman17

Originally posted by: sniperruff
nobody would type that long of an email selling a car. pass.

and IMO $2800 is a price many scammers use on CL car ads. well... unless you're shopping for a 1994 corolla or something.

I would expect a long detailed e-mail concerning something as significant as a car purchase, however I agree to some extent as its short on details other than how they want you to handle purchasing it (which is pretty specific and doesn't offer much option).

no trust me private sells don't write emails that are longer than 2,3 lines, esp when you have a lot of people calling like he claims.

 

[Black88GTA]

Originally posted by: sniperruff

Originally posted by: darkswordsman17

Originally posted by: sniperruff
nobody would type that long of an email selling a car. pass.

and IMO $2800 is a price many scammers use on CL car ads. well... unless you're shopping for a 1994 corolla or something.

I would expect a long detailed e-mail concerning something as significant as a car purchase, however I agree to some extent as its short on details other than how they want you to handle purchasing it (which is pretty specific and doesn't offer much option).

no trust me private sells don't write emails that are longer than 2,3 lines, esp when you have a lot of people calling like he claims.

I always do, when I sell a car. I give potential buyers as much detail as possible, and answer all of their questions in full. I've even gone out and taken pictures of specific areas that they requested and emailed the pics to them. No sense typing up a two line email, having them come out, and then leave pissed off because of some detail that was left off of the emails. Just a big waste of their time and mine.

On the other side of the coin, I ****** hate it when I'm trying to make a relatively large purchase (such as a car) and I can't get more than two poorly written sentences out of the seller. Bottom line, you want to sell the car and avoid surprises on the buyer's part, good communication / descriptions and pictures are key IMO.