craiglist rant ---flakes and idiots

[fastwillie 696969]

i made a deal for a chevy nova after checking out a few other cars and trucks
and hot rod roadster .so i told this guy im coming down to see the car i be there around 4 pm to roadtest and possible buy it ,so after seeing the car from pictures i made a offer to him and he agreed,so i told him after labor day,i'll come down with friend and his trailer,so im about ready to go and head on out and i get a call from saying he going to sell for the original amount that he was asking for and if i want it to come up with the difference,so i said no way we agreed on one price and now that someone else made a offer or he was just jacking me up,i put the ball in his court and told him to shove it so im out of 80 dollars from filling up my buddy caddy escalade/

[fine69]

Originally Posted by fastwillie 696969

i made a deal for a chevy nova after checking out a few other cars and trucks
and hot rod roadster .so i told this guy im coming down to see the car i be there around 4 pm to roadtest and possible buy it ,so after seeing the car from pictures i made a offer to him and he agreed,so i told him after labor day,i'll come down with friend and his trailer,so im about ready to go and head on out and i get a call from saying he going to sell for the original amount that he was asking for and if i want it to come up with the difference,so i said no way we agreed on one price and now that someone else made a offer or he was just jacking me up,i put the ball in his court and told him to shove it so im out of 80 dollars from filling up my buddy caddy escalade/

Did you send him any money up front?

[fastwillie 696969]

nope just my word that i was bring cash and a hauler to take the car he wanted me to put 500 in pay pal .but i told him i dont use any online payment service and that i had cash in hand

[BillGent]

Dang, That stinks. Sorry that happened sir.

[fastwillie 696969]

well im going to look at a couple of chevy tommarow a 67 chevelle and 68 camaro
the camaro is in a town that is on fire,san bruno south of san francisco had a gas line explosion and now the town is burning down,
the chevelle is nice paint job with ghost flames its dark purple and dark blue kinda changes colors under the light nice interior just needs a new powersteering pump leaks
can any decode this tag

[Tink]

I'm really sorry to hear that! I had that happen to me with a Camaro - we shook on the deal, it was a Sunday so the bank wasn't open. I told him I would have the cash on Monday - then he calls and says someone else offered him more, but if I still wanted it, he would sell it to me for more. I told him the same... shove it.

Don't know why someone's word doesn't mean much these days.

[cdowns]

i've learned over the years to go with cash in hand to checkout a vehicle to prevent second thoughts like that

as a seller i've seen too many flakes and phonies that are definately going to buy have no money to put down shake on it and never show to follow thru

[Shane]

to BUY something means to PAY FOR IT ... anything else is just SHOPPING

[big_al_71]

Originally Posted by cdowns

i've learned over the years to go with cash in hand to checkout a vehicle to prevent second thoughts like that

as a seller i've seen too many flakes and phonies that are definately going to buy have no money to put down shake on it and never show to follow thru

I agree 100%......

Originally Posted by Shane

to BUY something means to PAY FOR IT ... anything else is just SHOPPING

very true!!!!



I had a guy come see my motorcycle a few weeks ago, looks at it asks questions makes me an offer we agreed on a price this is on a monday night. He tells me that we can meet wednesday morning I said ok sounds good. Next thing you know I get a call wednesday morning saying that he cant buy the bike as his wife is not letting him spend that much money on a motorcycle. I just hung up on the idiot.

[fine69]

Originally Posted by Shane

to BUY something means to PAY FOR IT ... anything else is just SHOPPING

Great answer Shane.

I never make a deal unless i have cash in hand at that moment.

[coolbus4us]

I had a project rock crawler 68 International Scout 800a for sale running and driving with title and everything. Guy calls and makes an offer, we agreed to the price, then he shows up with HALF of the money! Granted he had to drive 2 hours to get to me but whos problem is that? Not mine!
To make it oh so sweet he got a ticket for driving on post with out of date registration too, after I told him to have his paperwork straight since he was coming on to a military installation. That is why he said I should lower the agreed upon price. I stuck to my guns and said sorry buddy, have a nice drive back home. He actually up and left. I was practically giving the truck away at the price anyhow since we were moving.

Geeeessshhhh people these days!!

[Sillyoldman]

I always tell people to look at what I'm selling before making me an offer. Quentin, did you not buy the T-bucket?

[NONHOG]

That 67 is a 136 car. Means it was a V8 from the factory SS cars were 138.
Looks cool !

craigslist "will you take 50% of what your asking?" "can I drive it home?"

[pat 70/71]

Way back in the 80's I talked to this guy who, owned a two wheel drive blazer in primer( 71) he sent me the pics (snail mail) we talked for a week and agreed on a price of$2,000.00 I was so pumped! and it had a big block to boot! anyway, I rented a car hauler and was set to pic it up on a saturday called saturday morning & told him I'm on my way he says its yours come & get it I get to his house in riverside (909) 3 hour drive. and you guest it he sold it for $250.00 more to some guy. anyway this happens way to much. (my word is my bond) people just don't care it seems . sorry for the rant , post made me think. cheers, Pat

[72lb4x4]

Originally Posted by NONHOG

That 67 is a 136 car. Means it was a V8 from the factory SS cars were 138.

That's true of the VIN, not the trim tag...

[leddzepp]

Originally Posted by Sillyoldman

I always tell people to look at what I'm selling before making me an offer.

This is exactly what I tell people.

[kingsolver72]

My opinion is that it is bad form to negotiate a price over the phone.

[fastwillie 696969]

Originally Posted by Sillyoldman

I always tell people to look at what I'm selling before making me an offer. Quentin, did you not buy the T-bucket?

no t bucket i wasnt happy with the performance of the dual carbs,it pop and spudder all the time and on the roadtest it die twice but did start right back up and when i got on it pop pop pop flat on it face then back to high rpm pop pop
so he told me a story about tunnel rams and how if the motors right hot that the fuel doesnt atomized or some bs all i know is im not going to sit in my driveway for a half hour for it to get hot to drive so i told him im still looking then the dude with the nova flaked and i went tonite to look at this camaro with hockey stick stripes according to the ad they wanted 15k so i drive out there and within 3 min i was left, fricken unbeliveable what people think its rare or collectible i should have taken a picture of the cowl area where it meets the bottom of the windsheild nice crack about 1\4 inch i could see the what used to be the floor board,i dont think it had a trans tunnel metal,she did tell me on the phone it did need new trunk lid she ran over the old one
what a day looking at craiglist cars
tommarow i go to the town that burn down in san bruno and look at a camaro
then a 65 falcon on the way back in novato it looks like a sweet deal if i knew how to post pic from my cell to hear i show ya

[NONHOG]

Originally Posted by 72lb4x4

That's true of the VIN, not the trim tag...

My bad ! Rushed my thinking, sorry Q did not mean to mislead you.
Good luck on your people of craigslist search.
Maybe Classic Car Trader would be worth a check ?

[fastwillie 696969]

add one one to the list ---68 camaro 13k brand new paint decent interior no rust california car
yeah it has brand new paint its to cover up the rust spots and the rear spoiler is on with one wood screw and they made a dowel for the other side
i did see one decent car today but he doesnt want to come on his price and that one was better paint but needs new p j ,one cool thing is he had 2 fuel cells one of racing 104 6 gal and a 30 gal in the bed it has a 502 4 spd turbo 400 fat ass tires m/t
i did found one wire at the alternator bracket it was bare wire and it grounded out on the bracket ,eng started turning over ,so he tuck in the wire loom plastic cover ,he said he doesnt know where the wire goes
first thing to fix wire

[fastwillie 696969]

heres the camaro

[panhandler62]

I think it can go either way. No one is be-holden to pull anything off the market until cash has changed hands, but if I make a deal I'll stick to it and tell any late-comers that they can be in line if they want.

Last c-list purchase I made was an RV and we did agree on the deal over the phone (after having already looked at it in person) several days before the pickup time. He had a couple calls after me and put them in cue. He didn't have to but, like me, he thought it was the honorable thing to do.

When selling hand to hand I think there are 2 levels of practices to consider; honest dealings (self explanatory) and honorable dealings (basicaly being polite and respectuful.)

Honesty is mandatory but honor is not. I won't deal twice with an honest but non-honorable person if I have the choice though (can't do much about TV providers and cell hpone companies!) I won't complain about an honest but non-honorable seller because they are not required to be honorable, I'll just file my impressions of the person (&/or company) for future reference.

[fastwillie 696969]

if i could fit my big caboose i would have bought this 72 vette,350 turbo 400 clean and just nice sweet ride 11k

[fastwillie 696969]

heres some cool stuff i seen at the swap meet this morning,

[kingsolver72]

Originally Posted by panhandler62

(can't do much about TV providers and cell hpone companies!)

You most certainly can.