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Old 07-25-2014, 10:28 AM
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Yellow Sport Chassis 2007 for $42,900 in the tow vehicle section. So you call the phone number and an automated voice tells you to contact via email. When you contact via email you are given a different phone number and a different name than in the ad. When you talk to that person he will offer to ship it anywhere for $250. When you tell him you'd like to see the truck and can be there within hours with the money you are told you need to do a wire transfer first for him to hold it or don't come to look as others are interested. Person claims to be in Islip NY. Truck is in Illinois I think. He won't send info via fax but will email a copy of title. Title not in his name.
So draw your own conclusion.
P.S. if there aren't enough red flags already he has a foreign accent.
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Yellow Sport Chassis 2007 for $42,900 in the tow vehicle section. So you call the phone number and an automated voice tells you to contact via email. When you contact via email you are given a different phone number and a different name than in the ad. When you talk to that person he will offer to ship it anywhere for $250. When you tell him you'd like to see the truck and can be there within hours with the money you are told you need to do a wire transfer first for him to hold it or don't come to look as others are interested. Person claims to be in Islip NY. Truck is in Illinois I think. He won't send info via fax but will email a copy of title. Title not in his name.
So draw your own conclusion.
P.S. if there aren't enough red flags already he has a foreign accent.
So now these scum bags are paying for their ads instead of preying on the Craigslist crowd??
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Well if it's legit I owe someone an apology but I gave an accurate description of how it went. So...
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So now these scum bags are paying for their ads instead of preying on the Craigslist crowd??
That's next level stuff!
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You got that right. I'm out. Just hoping to warn others.
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Originally Posted by bck
You got that right. I'm out. Just hoping to warn others.
emailed them with 2 questions of more pics and miles, i got the same bs response; I responded back with "I asked you 2 questions and you answered neither"

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The truck is still available for the price of $42,900.00 and it is in very good condition,mechanically, as well as esthetically, with no accident damage nor any other damages and the location of the vehicle is Joplin, MO. We want you to be completely satisfied with your online automotive experience from purchase to delivery.
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We have our own moving trucks we use for our clients' vehicle shipping needs.
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The ad is gone. I might still check the vin number to see who the owner actually is. Should I try to delete this now that the ad is gone?
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I would leave it as they will probably place another ad.
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Originally Posted by bck
The ad is gone. I might still check the vin number to see who the owner actually is. Should I try to delete this now that the ad is gone?
Leave it up as a warning for others for similar situations or ads that may pop up.
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