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  • punkncat
    One foot less
    • Feb 2003
    • 5841
    #1

    Car from craigslist?

    I found an EXCEPTIONAL deal on craigslist. Its actually setting off all my too good to be true alarms.

    The seller claims that the car is at home in Justin, TX. He is a Marine stationed at Naval Air Pensecola. He has offered me some type of Ebay escrow/ buyer protection on the car where I send the money to them, he ships the car and then inspect it. I send a note to ebay and they release payment to the owner.
    He has offered to cover shipping the car as well, as he supposedly has a deep discount. I can only imagine it being something to do with the military.

    How could I be using an ebay buyer protection program w/o the item coming through them?

    I quit using Ebay years ago because of the scammers. Everything about this deal seems too good to be true. The car is being sold SO far below its value that its hard not to feel that way.
    He claims its cause he needs quick cash, and will not be back home for years. Hates to see the car sit, etc.....
    His email, and photo album are matching names. He has a lot of detailed pics of the car, not that they couldn't have been gotten anywhere.

    Is there any way to know if this is the real deal? I am pretty inexperianced when it comes to things like this. IF this is for real I would never forgive myself for missing out, its a dream car of mine. On the other hand, financial ruin...

    Advice?
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    • teufelhunden
      Registered Bamf
      • Jul 2003
      • 2691
      #2
      I think the use of ebay escrow outside of ebay is a bit suspicious [albeit, I don't know if it's a service ebay provides for all transactions; if so, i may be wrong]... if you can get him to commit to using a non-ebay, reputable escrow service, i'd say it's worth a shot. Other than that, do you know anybody in the area?
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        • PyRo
          President Bioloaf inc.
          • Dec 2000
          • 10186
          #3
          Scam.

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            • Mechanic79
              Whatever, I do what I want

              • Jul 2001
              • 666
              #4
              Carfax and feedback

              Carfax report.

              Ask if he has feedback that can be verified anywhere on the internet. Also google his name, location etc...

              Find out all you can; phone, number, address etc....

              Mechanic79's FeedBack

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                • Archangel Kid
                  Registered User
                  • Apr 2002
                  • 940
                  #5
                  Scam. Same shiz happened to my bro trying to get a Grand National. Sounds like the same exact story. Military, Ebay escrow, and the shipping discount.
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                    • TheTexan
                      need money car for sale
                      • May 2007
                      • 186
                      #6
                      scam I had the same thing happen mine was a f150 and the guy was a navy officer in south America its a scam sorry

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                        • beam
                          The end.
                          • May 2001
                          • 2036
                          #7
                          It sounds like it's a scam, but you can try this...

                          I had a similar situation arise when I was looking at a pair of jetskis. Two 2005 Seadoos for 6k?? Seemed to good to be true, but this was an eBay auction.

                          So I bluffed.

                          I sent the guy a message saying that I'd like to arrange a visit to look at them in person. That's when it revealed the scam.

                          You could try it out here. Tell the guy you'd like to see them in person...if he balks, then it's probably a scam. If it seems legit, you can just bail on seeing them and buy them.
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                            • BeaverEater
                              25thID - back in hawaii
                              • Oct 2003
                              • 1536
                              #8
                              go to any military base before deployment and you can get cars way under the actual value. Since he says hes a marine it wouldn't surprise me if it was legit. But its up to you on if you believe that or not. Our unit is deploying in the next month and everyone is dumping their vehicles very extremely cheap.


                              I just want this stuff gone, super low prices

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                                • trevorjk
                                  <S>WooLooLoo</S>
                                  • Dec 2002
                                  • 4324
                                  #9
                                  not sure in your case, but when i was on craigslist SELLING my motorcycle i had about 2 emails a day for the exact same thing. some one offering to sell me something useing an escrow service. or sending me a certified check and then sending what ever is left of the check back to them.... has the president of Uganda written all over it in my book
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                                    • skife
                                      Unregistered User
                                      • Feb 2003
                                      • 2769
                                      #10
                                      if he wants to use an escrow company make sure it is escrow.com (what ebay reccomends)

                                      not a ripoff of it, check ALL the URLs and stuff.




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                                        • punkncat
                                          One foot less
                                          • Feb 2003
                                          • 5841
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by beam
                                          It sounds like it's a scam, but you can try this...

                                          I had a similar situation arise when I was looking at a pair of jetskis. Two 2005 Seadoos for 6k?? Seemed to good to be true, but this was an eBay auction.

                                          So I bluffed.

                                          I sent the guy a message saying that I'd like to arrange a visit to look at them in person. That's when it revealed the scam.

                                          You could try it out here. Tell the guy you'd like to see them in person...if he balks, then it's probably a scam. If it seems legit, you can just bail on seeing them and buy them.

                                          I did this before posting here. Am not suprized to be waiting on an answer.

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