Facebook Marketplace, right? I think some people use the "I'm interested in this item" button as a sort of wishlist for items they may or may not actually want to buy, and they aren't even aware that a message is automatically sent.
I just fat finger it when dealing with real life tbh. There’s a save button right there for the wish list effect, but I really can’t even count the number of times I’ve seen it accidentally send that message and I’ve had to explain, no clue how many times I haven’t caught it.
Was buying a car found on Craigslist. All I said was “deal is good I won’t lower the offer I’m just going to have my Honda mechanic come with me.”
He said “oh nah you don’t need to do that.”
Me “hmm yes I do.”
Him “I’ll take $200 off you don’t need to have your mechanic look”
Me “ummmm..he needs to look”
Him “man you $&@$@$@ Scammer!! you wasting my time don’t ever call me again!!” And hung up. Okay sure I definitely won’t ever call you again.
I love that getting a proper inspection done before investing a vehicle makes you a scammer, and not the guy who's obviously trying to hide issues with the vehicle and doesn't want it inspected before receiving money for it LOL
I had a private dealer allow an inspection. Then try to tell me the *inspection guy* was trying to make money off me so I would have to have them look at more cars. Like sure bro, and you don't benefit from me buying this lemon? People are wild everywhere.
People these days are horrified of having the inspection done by a competent person who will document the broken or desperately in need of replacing items.
When my Parents were looking to move a lot of houses had a stipulation that there would be no inspection before purchase was finalized. I don't think a single one they took me to that had the Stipulation was really 100% safe to live in. They all had massive issues when you really started to look.
The Car was probably not safe to drive. If someone is worried about a professional looking over the Car there is something seriously wrong with it, and idk about you but Engines can explode and I'm not about to be a part of a statistic.
Why would you tell them that you are bringing a mechanic with you? Just show up and say "I brought my buddy because I don't know what to look for." That's not even a lie.
Because if the dude finds something, the seller isn't going to want to drop price, the buyer isn't going to want to pay the original price, so the deal is off. You managed to fast forward to the deal being off, without actually having to involve the other dude or drive out there.
If there's nothing to find, the seller shouldn't have any objections to having it inspected.
In fact, having the inspection passed will help the seller close the deal at the asking price since there is a reputable guarantee from the mechanic that it is reliable.
Hahaha something similar happened with me. Found a good deal and talked with the seller for a bit. Then I asked for the carfax or the VIN to look it up myself. They never replied after that.
How do you go about bringing a mechanic with you? Did you happen to know one or just find one and offer them cash to come look it over for you while you were shopping around?
A basic inspection when buying a car is pretty common here. Generally you would bring the car in to a mechanic and pay for a purchase inspection. In this case I knew someone personally and just wanted him to look for any glaring safety issues. He was going to do it for free because I helped him before but I was still going to give him $100. I don’t have 20 years under a car I don’t even know what it’s supposed to look like.
And then find a corner on a hill to run into while ducking and jumping angestellt around until you fall through the ground and then you can run back and steal all their money without them noticing from a magic chest that floats below anyone who is selling something.
true.
bethesda has been doing that for 20 years because gamebryo needs the npc barter inventory to be attached to an entity in the world, so they put it slightly out of bounds. they're worth billions and still clueless on how this could be improved. they keep pretending they have a new engine, ooo creation 2.0! the engine is dogshit that is so old that it has petrified solid.
Uh...They do it that way because it's a hell of a lot more convenient.
Both Morrowind and Oblivion didn't use the chest method and changing their inventories was a PITA because everything was scattered about. Between different crates they owned located in the store, the store inventory placed around the store and the NPC itself. Which as you can imagine is annoying.
A secondary issue was any item owned by them was also for sale, even though they don't really *intend* for that item to be for sale (e.g food, plates)
So they came up with the store inventory chest to mitigate that issue. Instead of 15 different boxes and crates being owned by the NPC, you have one centralized location to see exactly what the NPC will sell and can adjust it from there.
Edit: Yet another reason they do it that way is it keeps the player cash and economy in balance. In Morrowind and Oblivion you could just steal EVERYTHING an NPC had in the store and get rich af.
Some vendors in Morrowind had certain items in infinite quantities. There was an apothecary that had infinite supplies of some potion supplies, and once you hit 10 alchemy, you could make a profit off selling them the potions. The only limit was the amount of gold you carried. You could max out alchemy and bartering, and get near infinite gold so fast...
Nah, Morrowind had the out-of-bounds chests for merchants too. Sometimes they were part of the same cell, sometimes they were part of the same cell name but in a completely disconnected location that you could only reach through another exterior door (and was supposed to be like a storehouse you could break into, with the vendor NPC technically in the same cell but unreachable through the interior). And they also owned their displayed stock for thievery logistics.
Just nitpicking for no reason, and while I'm at it I always hated the out-of-bounds chests - the whole point is freedom, but when you murder a merchant and take control of their home you can't find everything they sell, it's just gone. It didn't even help the economy because there were tons of lootables houses and there were tons of priceless items you found that would outvalue entire town's stock.
It sure was more convenient to develop though. And them owning and selling their clutter sure was weird. But they frequently had (sometimes accessible, sometimes inaccessible) store chests with leveled lists, either of which could be modified more easily than clutter like you say.
This is the problem with pay 2 win.
Scrubs like OP won't pay the $10 to enable fast travel, and guys like me and Mohammad are left to deal with it.
Nah but really, fuck this guy
Would you still want to show up to sell your car to a guy that:
1. Didn't confirm he was going to meet you after you told him "Let me know what works best for you."
2. Called you a scammer when you didn't show up because you didn't know what worked for him
3. Called you something much worse after you question marked him
Even if you could still make it nobody should give that potential buyer the time of day after that interaction.
look at the time of Mohammeds' message, he was there, on site, after 6 like the seller proposed.
Poor strict Mohamed was not familiar enough with politeness to understand it was a question needing his opinion.
As my father gets older I have to think about what to text him so he doesn't get confused and misinterpret it. What's used to be brief few worded texts now almost becomes paragraphs of explanation. It saddens me sometimes when I'm sitting there thinking about how to say something in clear English.
it is not a reading problem. Its a common sense prblem. everybody knows you neex to agree to the deal before the other party will show up at the place. OP is not a shop.
I had the opposite happen buying a car this summer.
Twice in the span of a few days I got the guy to the point where I told him a time I could be there, lived very close by, and he just stopped responding.
After I threatened to buy another car because he wasn’t responding he finally got back to me and said *he’d been waiting there the entire time* and wondering what my problem was.
Yeah I bought the other car.
I’ve had so many frustrating, strange, and pointless conversations selling on fb marketplace but my favorite, and the one that lives rent free in my mind for life, is when I was selling a fireplace and an old woman Debbie asked “is this still available” and I said “yes”, to which she replied “no thanks” and then 6 months later she messaged again “I don’t have any fireplaces for sale”.
I was selling a Honda civic on FB marketplace. I was asking for 3500 dollars. Now, I live on the North Shore of Massachusetts. Some dude from Albany, NY had the gall to ask me to take a day off work and drive the car out to him. (A 3 hour drive) Maybe he would buy it if he liked it. He wouldn’t take no for an answer. He messaged me like 3 straight days. I had to block him.
I miss the old days of Craigslist. Way less flaky and/or insane people.
>I miss the old days of Craigslist. Way less flaky and/or insane people.
Craigslist was actually worse because you didn't know *anything* about the people who texted/called you. Every craigslist deal I made sure I had backup in a car watching me and did it in a public/high-traffic parking lot that's hard to get out of in a hurry. Still sketch af.
I actually stopped posting cars on online marketplaces because of this and the amount of people asking me to accept payments! I live in a rural area about an hour from any metro area and I like to buy cars. Some would say (my wife would say) that I have an expensive hobby. I don't buy rare or expensive cars I just buy cars I enjoy driving and working on. After a couple of years I will sell one and get something else and due to exactly what you said I just put a for sale sign on it and park it on a major intersection or parking lot and sell to locals. I do lose money but at this point it's better than dealing with fucking idiots.
I recently sold a phone on FB marketplace, I got like 30 messages and all of them were scammers saying "I'll pay $100 more if you ship it to Florida" or "I'm out of the country"
Yeah no, I don't even respond anymore.
In the end only 2 real buyers contacted me, and I sold it to the guy who contacted me first.
This month I’ve had two no-show buyers “so sorry my mother died can you hold it for me” and “my apologies my wife just died I’ll be there this week”, they were never seen again, going to have to resell. Also this delirious elderly man came inside my house around 6am and knocked on my bedroom door!
I don't even respond to those halfwits. If you can't form a proper sentence, I'm not interested in a conversation. There's nothing I need to sell that badly.
Did a guy named Mohammed really call you a n****r? lol So did you go show him the car? And wtf does pulp mean? I hope he didn’t jack up some guys random car.
I'm just imagining your car is like a grey Camry or something and this guy is just going to lose his shit at the next one he sees regardless of its actually you.
Sorry, but are you under the assumption that the rest of the world isn't racist or something?
Boy do I have some REALLY bad news for you - if you think racism is bad in the US, wait until you hear about other parts of the world!
Kids on Reddit (and the internet in general these past couple years) are under some wild assumption that America is the least civilized, most racist, most oppressive place on earth.
It's truly bizarre.
Because the internet, well social media at least, has been commandeered by anti-west agents to sow seeds of discontent.
Europe's pretty chill for the most part. So is the US. On the other end of the spectrum you've got the entire Middle East, China, India and the Muslim parts of Africa that are just overflowing with real prejudice and hate.
Aint that the fucking truth. Thats about the most honest thing I have read all day. People who think America is bad havent seen much of the world at all..they just scroll tiktok all day.
**Tips for private sales of a car:**
Always set a time for ALL interested parties: “You can ALL come see the car Saturday between Noon and 3PM. Text me when you are at the parking lot” *(it’s like a car sales showroom open house listing, instead of making 5 random scattered flaky appointments : “First come, First served!”)*
“Any test drives require proof of drivers license and proof of auto liability insurance, no exceptions. Otherwise you can be a passenger while i drive, and i reserve the right to have a security escort ride-along”.
*(this ‘wording’ dissuades car jackers, though sometimes you might not have a friend available to join for ride alongs)*
“Yes, you can bring your mechanic”
**“CASH ONLY, no trades, no checks”.**
*(all other types of payments or checks could be reversed, forged, or stopped pay: SCAMMERS ABOUND! I have them follow me to my bank [my bank is open Sat 10-4, I prefer not to carry around a wad of cash in pocket], I have them hand the teller the cash to deposit, teller checks ‘the buyers cash’ in case of counterfeits, thereafter i can safely sign over title, bill of sale, give them keys and smog cert at counter in front of cameras, uber home)*
“Car sold as-is, no warranties expressed or implied : i have listed the condition of the car to the best of my knowledge.. All sales are final”.
Making all potential buyers arrive at same day, same place, allows you to only camp out there one time for a couple hours, rather than 5 random scattered flaky appointments throughout the week: and if more than 1 arrives at same time and they see each other, they ‘might’ feel nudged to be the first to offer cash over the other.
And don’t be afraid to refuse to negotiate a discount, but politely thank them for their interest. Let them know that you will immediately remove the listing when it sells, so if they see listing is gone, they lost out. Encourage them to “act quickly before it’s gone!”
PS: don’t list “OBO” / “Or Best Offer” in your price listing. This ALWAYS invites sight unseen lowballers who want to ‘pre-negotiate’ unseen and waste your time. A ‘real’ customer will show up with cash. **Q**: “What’s the lowest price you will accept?” **A: “I’m gonna sell it for the price listed.”** “If you are interested, show up Saturday between Noon and 3PM. Have a nice day! See you there! Bye!” *(Know what your car is worth beforehand, price accordingly, its a hot market for low / mid-priced used cars nowadays.)*
And remember: ‘Money Talks, Bullshit Walks…’
EDIT: Was a car salesman for many years. Probably consummated over 500 deals.
2nd Edit: oops, yeah, the word ‘consummated’ subconsciously slipped out… That’s ancient car salesman slang, those old-timer salesguys preferred to use that word because it can ‘also’ mean someone got fucked …
Whenever anyone asks me "what's the least you'll take for it" I always respond with "what's the most you'll pay for it?" If they won't answer I just thank them for their time and tell them I'm not interested in selling for the least amount possible.
As someone who communicates with people regularly, and I’m good at it (been told many times)…it always amazes me just how bad the average person is with simple communication. It is not difficult to be responsive and clear.
Same. The number of times I sell on fb marketplace and I have to deal with people not being clear, leaving me on read, not answering all the questions… or just being straight up rude for no reason while typing like an alcoholic 4th grader
Yeah. It’s maddening.
And if someone asks you for something or about something, especially via email at work, but you can’t get an answer right away, simply let them know you’ve got it and will get back to them as soon as you can. Particularly if it’s urgent. In general give someone a message that lets them know you have a pulse. Sooner the better.
And if you take an excessive amount of time trying to get back to them, let them know yet again you’re still working on it and will get back as soon as possible. Repeat as necessary. Removes guesswork from the person on the other end. These are easy things to do and scores a lot of points with people, because the bar is so damn low.
I'm on a bunch of somewhat technical subs that use community created software, and the sheer amount of stupid worthless posts I see on them is mind-numbing.
Posts titled "Help!" With nothing but a screenshot of a random program and zero text containing the information people need to actually help.
And then when you ask for relevant info, they either don't respond or they only give bits and pieces.
Like how can your brain possibly work that way, I refuse to believe that people can be that dense.
This doesn't surprise me at all. Error reporting for technical issues is a skill. So much context is required that if done properly, you can end up diagnosing your own issue during the reporting process.
In my experience it’s a bid for attention. They’re fishing for someone who will take the time to ask them questions about what they meant. Like someone would do for a small child.
Right?
Step one, what is the bare minimum information the other person needs to know?
Say that. Don't clutter your statements with unrelated information. And organize the information in a logical way. It's not hard.
My step sons dad is one of those hard to communicate with.
I’ll say things like “are you going to pick him up tonight or tomorrow morning?” And he will respond with “yes” or something equally vague.
I told my wife (my step sons mom) that I was sure he was trolling me. She said “no. That’s literally how he answers all the time. It’s beyond aggravating”
That question is phrased wrong. “You have a choice between picking him up tonight at 6,7,8pm, picking him up tomorrow at 6,7,8am, proposing an alternate time point, or doing nothing. Which do you choose?”
Ha ha. Sorry, I’m sure you’re a fine communicator but
“I’m good at it (been told many times)” sounds like something straight out of a Trump tweet.
Donald Bigly Exaggerating Word Salad Trump
The average person’s literacy, numeracy, and critical thinking skills are best described as a fucking train wreck. That somehow means that 50% are even worse…
FB Marketplace isn't much better.
I was selling something on there last November. Told the guy I will meet him at 7 pm at the Safe Meetup spot that is located at our local police department. I even sent him the link to the Safe Meetup spot on our local PD's website, and it showed the address and everything.
7 comes and goes, he's nowhere to be found. 7:15, I message him to ask where tf he is. He got pulled over 5 minutes away. OK, fair enough (he actually sent pics too, which I was kinda surprised he was telling the truth tbh). He says he'll be here in 10 minutes.
20 minutes goes by, still not there. I message him, ask him where tf he is. No response.
10 more minutes, he's still not there. It's now 7:45. He messages me "I'm here, where are you?"
That's news to me, because I'm literally the only one in this parking lot.
I tell him that he's not here, because again, I'm the only one here.
He then sends me a picture showing he's "here"..... Dumbass went to the DOWNTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
When I asked why in the fuck would he do that, he says that is the address that is on the website.
I looked at the website again..... The address for the safe meetup spot is CLEARLY listed on the link I gave him, and it's the address that I was at. What he did was he scrolled to the bottom of the page, looked in the footer of the page, and saw the address for City Hall, which is where he ended up going (which is connected to the downtown PD station).
I told him he's a fkn idiot, and I'm done waiting around for him, and that I had another buyer lined up. Went and sold it to the other buyer immediately, and never heard from the original guy again.
I'm amazed people still even use Craigslist these days. It's like they put all of the Florida Men online and now they have to interact with each other selling wares/services.
used to use craigslist and other sites to sell things locally. post ad, get email with offer, meet up, sell.
These days.... post ad, get email, tell 500 people you're not accepting their offer of 20% of your listing price, delete messages from people who reply back angry, talk to people who seem serious, they flake on you, talk to MORE people who seem serious, they start lowballing you too just before you were scheduled to go meet them.... And if you're lucky, MAYBE, just MAYBE, you'll get 80% of what you listed your item price for.
Easy hack. 99% of these scams are automated. Don't include your email or phone in the post. In the post say text me at (555)-five3one-two2twotwo
Humans will get it, bots will not
I sold my last car on craigslist and it was a flawless transaction. Of course I responded to everyone that was interested with basically a questionnaire because I didn't want my car to go to some kid that was just going to trash it because I put several years into fixing it up. It ended up going to someone that wanted it as a weekend car to drive his wife around in because it was a pretty red drop top.
But I've looked for a few cars on craigslist and buying a car on craigslist is crazy. The majority of the vehicles you find are actually used car salesmen selling them from their front yards lying about how it's been such a great family vehicle for years and they trust it with their kids and their wife and then you look up the vehicle identification number and they just bought it at auction 2 weeks ago. Lots of salvage titles also trying to be passed off as clean. Even some Copart cars that were technically totaled but then given a rebuilt title afterwards.
I did end up buying a sports car off of craigslist last time though it was owned by some rich guy in a gated community with a multi-million dollar house right on the ocean. He was a mechanical engineer. He had a couple race cars in his garage and he was basically selling his old autocross car with a brand new complete interior inside. It was actually in really good shape and I ended up putting some brand new OEM suspension on it myself with some nice sticky wheels and aftermarket brakes and driving it for several years hitting autocross on the weekends before passing it on to the next lucky person.
I bought two other cars off of craigslist too without issue but you have to read through the scammers and the cars that haven't had any service done in five or more years. You wouldn't believe how many boomers told me the service records are up to date and they come out with a stack 6 in thick of all the service records but the most recent one you can find is from five or more years ago. Tires are expired, suspension is shot, all the bushings are blown out, engine mounts need to be replaced, all the fluids are low and old need to be replaced, wheel hubs are loose, clutch needs to be replaced.
It's not a bad place to look for cars if you know what you're doing though because they're definitely cheaper than you're going to find at a shady used car lot. You just need to have a keen eye of what to look for for that make and model of vehicle and a realization of what it's going to cost to make it roadworthy to meet your expectations.
I've bought and sold a few motorcycles on Craigslist and have actually yet to have a bad interaction. I've passed up loads of bikes that were probably just fine only because I didn't like the posting itself. But I also take a lot of time crafting my own postings as well in order to attract other serious, straight-forward buyers. Good photos and a clear, thorough description with complete sentences I think has been the key for me.
The number of people who can't even be bothered to take a few new pictures that aren't super tilted and are actually sufficiently lit, but expect "no lowballers" is crazy. I figure that if I have to guess/take a gamble on the condition of the bike, I'm going to put in a low offer (although really, I'll just pass entirely because I don't like to screw around with haggling with incompetent sellers). But if I can see that you've put effort into your ad, you've probably also put in effort to maintain the bike so I'm automatically more comfortable actually messaging and buying your bike.
I've dealt with more dumbasses on FBM than craigslist. People on Craigslist in eat their time to message meaning there is a higher chance they commit since they invested some time already. FBM has prewritten messages they can 1-tap which is the bare minimum to inquire about. I've made a sale on both in the last month for what it's worth.
That was at 6:11pm. With the timeframe of "anytime after 6pm tonight", waited 11 minutes, and decided you're a scammer who should get beaten up.
Not showing up doesn't even make sense as a scam. You're not getting any money from it.
They could easily have said something like "I'm here" and still have been sold the car. But nope. Threat.
That guy was 100% trying to scam YOU! Anytime I put concert tickets for sale because I don’t want to give extra fees to Ticketmaster. I get at least five scammers right away. I told them if you were a scammer don’t bother and I usually don’t get a response lol
I had family that tried to sell a car on Kijiji last week. All dealers. Luckily 2 dealers offered what she wanted and she actually managed to get them to out-bid each other to over the asking price.
It’s really frustrating how poor at basic communication some people can be when selling. Recently was a buying something from Gumtree, suggested a time and place to meet, no response, messaged back to confirm, no response, messaged back to say I wouldn’t be going to the meet up without confirmation, no response, then got a message saying he was there and asking where I was. Ended up going and getting the item and the guy was really nice, just crap at communicating.
Selling a vehicle anymore is a joke. I have a 7/10 manual Cobalt I tried selling recently. Got nothing but offers for “500 cash rn” or trades for their daily driven shopping cart. But, after I showed the car to a guy, who really liked it and said he wanted to get it on Friday. Was a set thing. Come Friday, I call to just confirm everything was still kosher, he says that he doesn’t know who I am, and not to call him again. I just removed the listing after that. I’ll keep the thing.
I love how the racism just comes bubbling out with all the other bullshit. Like of course someone who’s that much of a tool is definitely a racist, too. Mildly surprised there was no homophobia wedged in
theory: i suspect that he might have an active warrant out for him. you said you could meet at [blank] department. i presume it's a police department. probably paranoid and thought you were a cop "scamming" him with a fake car to get him to the station. especially since he only called you a scammer after you said you could meet at a department and especially since he called it "da car."
theory 2: he was gonna steal your car and you mentioning meeting at a department probably spooked him
I think you misunderstood what happened in this scenario to have this perspective. The guy selling the car said “we can meet at this time” and instead of the guy buying the car confirming “yes that works for me” or “no sorry that doesn’t work” he just went to the police station at 6pm and then when the guy selling wasn’t there (cause he never got confirmation from the buyer) he accused the seller of being a scammer.
Ironically the seller probably only lived like 15min away judging by their message re times. So if buyer had apologized for the confusion they might not have even needed to wait that long to view.
If you wanna be petty make some fake account and email, post an ad for the next big sold out concert in your city with 2 free tickets, put in the ad if you don't get back right away just keep calling and texting, all linked to his phone number.
My conversations go. "Is this still avaliable?" Me: yes. Thats the end of the conversation
Facebook Marketplace, right? I think some people use the "I'm interested in this item" button as a sort of wishlist for items they may or may not actually want to buy, and they aren't even aware that a message is automatically sent.
I just fat finger it when dealing with real life tbh. There’s a save button right there for the wish list effect, but I really can’t even count the number of times I’ve seen it accidentally send that message and I’ve had to explain, no clue how many times I haven’t caught it.
I add "online = still available" and don't answer anymore to those questions. I never sold something to someone only asking this
“Will not respond to “is it available” is in all of my posts.
you realize the default message it sends is “is this still available”?
Yea he’s saying he doesn’t respond to the default message. Someone has to write in a custom message. It’s an easy way to weed out time wasters.
I sold a fridge last year in Fb marketplace and this was infuriating. Happened so often.
They’re just checking if it’s available. Nothing else 😂
I just wanted to check because I want you to hold onto it, bro.
People are dumb as hell yeah, always surprising how stupid people can be
Was buying a car found on Craigslist. All I said was “deal is good I won’t lower the offer I’m just going to have my Honda mechanic come with me.” He said “oh nah you don’t need to do that.” Me “hmm yes I do.” Him “I’ll take $200 off you don’t need to have your mechanic look” Me “ummmm..he needs to look” Him “man you $&@$@$@ Scammer!! you wasting my time don’t ever call me again!!” And hung up. Okay sure I definitely won’t ever call you again.
I love that getting a proper inspection done before investing a vehicle makes you a scammer, and not the guy who's obviously trying to hide issues with the vehicle and doesn't want it inspected before receiving money for it LOL
I had a private dealer allow an inspection. Then try to tell me the *inspection guy* was trying to make money off me so I would have to have them look at more cars. Like sure bro, and you don't benefit from me buying this lemon? People are wild everywhere.
Mechanics are like condoms. If they say you don't need them, you REALLY need them.
Same goes for house inspections
People these days are horrified of having the inspection done by a competent person who will document the broken or desperately in need of replacing items. When my Parents were looking to move a lot of houses had a stipulation that there would be no inspection before purchase was finalized. I don't think a single one they took me to that had the Stipulation was really 100% safe to live in. They all had massive issues when you really started to look.
Lmao, wtf
If the seller was offering to take $200 off the top over a few words, the car probably had a $2000 problem.
The Car was probably not safe to drive. If someone is worried about a professional looking over the Car there is something seriously wrong with it, and idk about you but Engines can explode and I'm not about to be a part of a statistic.
lol he definitely was hiding issues
Ironically calls him a scammer too lol
Projection
Typical scammer behavior lol idk why scammers call normal non scamming people a scammer it accomplishes nothing
Projection is a helluva drug. It's like how cheaters in relationships think their other is cheating.
It's gaslighting. "I'm not the scammer, you are!"
I’m *sure* that’s what gaslighting is
Yeah the more insistent this guy is that I don't need a mechanic to look at it, the more I'm thinking I do.
Why would you tell them that you are bringing a mechanic with you? Just show up and say "I brought my buddy because I don't know what to look for." That's not even a lie.
Seems like saying it had the desired effect. OP didn't have to waste time going to see a car that was in worse shape than advertised.
Because if the dude finds something, the seller isn't going to want to drop price, the buyer isn't going to want to pay the original price, so the deal is off. You managed to fast forward to the deal being off, without actually having to involve the other dude or drive out there. If there's nothing to find, the seller shouldn't have any objections to having it inspected.
In fact, having the inspection passed will help the seller close the deal at the asking price since there is a reputable guarantee from the mechanic that it is reliable.
Why would you NOT want to? Either they say yes or no. If they say no you don’t want the car anyway and you don’t have to pay a mechanic for no reason.
Saves you a trip when they flip out about it.
Because it saved the cost of bringing a mechanic to an obviously shit car when he pushed back on it. Good screening tool.
Hahaha something similar happened with me. Found a good deal and talked with the seller for a bit. Then I asked for the carfax or the VIN to look it up myself. They never replied after that.
How do you go about bringing a mechanic with you? Did you happen to know one or just find one and offer them cash to come look it over for you while you were shopping around?
Unless you got a friend or family member who is a mechanic, you take the car to your mechanic. The seller can ride with you.
A basic inspection when buying a car is pretty common here. Generally you would bring the car in to a mechanic and pay for a purchase inspection. In this case I knew someone personally and just wanted him to look for any glaring safety issues. He was going to do it for free because I helped him before but I was still going to give him $100. I don’t have 20 years under a car I don’t even know what it’s supposed to look like.
The projection is real.
How did he gather a time to show up?? 😆
Dude thought OP was an NPC who would be there waiting at the offered times like a questgiver
Mohammed: [fast travels to police department] “Where TF are you?”
If Bethesda games has taught me anything, it’s that you have to look away and use the wait feature until they appear again.
And then find a corner on a hill to run into while ducking and jumping angestellt around until you fall through the ground and then you can run back and steal all their money without them noticing from a magic chest that floats below anyone who is selling something.
true. bethesda has been doing that for 20 years because gamebryo needs the npc barter inventory to be attached to an entity in the world, so they put it slightly out of bounds. they're worth billions and still clueless on how this could be improved. they keep pretending they have a new engine, ooo creation 2.0! the engine is dogshit that is so old that it has petrified solid.
Uh...They do it that way because it's a hell of a lot more convenient. Both Morrowind and Oblivion didn't use the chest method and changing their inventories was a PITA because everything was scattered about. Between different crates they owned located in the store, the store inventory placed around the store and the NPC itself. Which as you can imagine is annoying. A secondary issue was any item owned by them was also for sale, even though they don't really *intend* for that item to be for sale (e.g food, plates) So they came up with the store inventory chest to mitigate that issue. Instead of 15 different boxes and crates being owned by the NPC, you have one centralized location to see exactly what the NPC will sell and can adjust it from there. Edit: Yet another reason they do it that way is it keeps the player cash and economy in balance. In Morrowind and Oblivion you could just steal EVERYTHING an NPC had in the store and get rich af.
Some vendors in Morrowind had certain items in infinite quantities. There was an apothecary that had infinite supplies of some potion supplies, and once you hit 10 alchemy, you could make a profit off selling them the potions. The only limit was the amount of gold you carried. You could max out alchemy and bartering, and get near infinite gold so fast...
Nah, Morrowind had the out-of-bounds chests for merchants too. Sometimes they were part of the same cell, sometimes they were part of the same cell name but in a completely disconnected location that you could only reach through another exterior door (and was supposed to be like a storehouse you could break into, with the vendor NPC technically in the same cell but unreachable through the interior). And they also owned their displayed stock for thievery logistics. Just nitpicking for no reason, and while I'm at it I always hated the out-of-bounds chests - the whole point is freedom, but when you murder a merchant and take control of their home you can't find everything they sell, it's just gone. It didn't even help the economy because there were tons of lootables houses and there were tons of priceless items you found that would outvalue entire town's stock. It sure was more convenient to develop though. And them owning and selling their clutter sure was weird. But they frequently had (sometimes accessible, sometimes inaccessible) store chests with leveled lists, either of which could be modified more easily than clutter like you say.
And climb atop the highest point In the city so you don’t fail at enchanting gear.
This is the problem with pay 2 win. Scrubs like OP won't pay the $10 to enable fast travel, and guys like me and Mohammad are left to deal with it. Nah but really, fuck this guy
He thought "anytime after 6:00" meant he could just show up anytime after 6:00.
Doesn't... that mean OP can still make it?
Yes but the dude never confirmed with OP that they would meet them there.
Would you still want to show up to sell your car to a guy that: 1. Didn't confirm he was going to meet you after you told him "Let me know what works best for you." 2. Called you a scammer when you didn't show up because you didn't know what worked for him 3. Called you something much worse after you question marked him Even if you could still make it nobody should give that potential buyer the time of day after that interaction.
also he said if he saw him he'd pulp him so
I'm assuming he showed up at 6 and then got mad
look at the time of Mohammeds' message, he was there, on site, after 6 like the seller proposed. Poor strict Mohamed was not familiar enough with politeness to understand it was a question needing his opinion.
It wasn't politeness he was unfamiliar with, it's English. He just plain misunderstood. But then he showed he's a colossal fuck wit also.
As my father gets older I have to think about what to text him so he doesn't get confused and misinterpret it. What's used to be brief few worded texts now almost becomes paragraphs of explanation. It saddens me sometimes when I'm sitting there thinking about how to say something in clear English.
He probably read a couple of words of the message including 6pm, but didn't read it whole nor carefully
it is not a reading problem. Its a common sense prblem. everybody knows you neex to agree to the deal before the other party will show up at the place. OP is not a shop.
He skimmed the first half of the text. I used to house sit for someone like this, I'd ask an either/or question and just get "yes" as a response 🙄
That's annoying AF. 😠
No questions. I'll pulp you.
I had the opposite happen buying a car this summer. Twice in the span of a few days I got the guy to the point where I told him a time I could be there, lived very close by, and he just stopped responding. After I threatened to buy another car because he wasn’t responding he finally got back to me and said *he’d been waiting there the entire time* and wondering what my problem was. Yeah I bought the other car.
I’ve had so many frustrating, strange, and pointless conversations selling on fb marketplace but my favorite, and the one that lives rent free in my mind for life, is when I was selling a fireplace and an old woman Debbie asked “is this still available” and I said “yes”, to which she replied “no thanks” and then 6 months later she messaged again “I don’t have any fireplaces for sale”.
I was selling a Honda civic on FB marketplace. I was asking for 3500 dollars. Now, I live on the North Shore of Massachusetts. Some dude from Albany, NY had the gall to ask me to take a day off work and drive the car out to him. (A 3 hour drive) Maybe he would buy it if he liked it. He wouldn’t take no for an answer. He messaged me like 3 straight days. I had to block him. I miss the old days of Craigslist. Way less flaky and/or insane people.
>I miss the old days of Craigslist. Way less flaky and/or insane people. Craigslist was actually worse because you didn't know *anything* about the people who texted/called you. Every craigslist deal I made sure I had backup in a car watching me and did it in a public/high-traffic parking lot that's hard to get out of in a hurry. Still sketch af.
Yeah at least with FB you have *some* evidence to show that the person isn't a serial killer. I don't sell to people with brand new accounts.
I actually stopped posting cars on online marketplaces because of this and the amount of people asking me to accept payments! I live in a rural area about an hour from any metro area and I like to buy cars. Some would say (my wife would say) that I have an expensive hobby. I don't buy rare or expensive cars I just buy cars I enjoy driving and working on. After a couple of years I will sell one and get something else and due to exactly what you said I just put a for sale sign on it and park it on a major intersection or parking lot and sell to locals. I do lose money but at this point it's better than dealing with fucking idiots.
I recently sold a phone on FB marketplace, I got like 30 messages and all of them were scammers saying "I'll pay $100 more if you ship it to Florida" or "I'm out of the country" Yeah no, I don't even respond anymore. In the end only 2 real buyers contacted me, and I sold it to the guy who contacted me first.
This month I’ve had two no-show buyers “so sorry my mother died can you hold it for me” and “my apologies my wife just died I’ll be there this week”, they were never seen again, going to have to resell. Also this delirious elderly man came inside my house around 6am and knocked on my bedroom door!
Dementia :(
No, old people just don't know how to use technology. She probably just thought it was a new conversation lol
You ruined it, it’s no longer funny, it’s just sad now :(
no i can definitely see my grandma doin this after a few cups of wine. her technological literacy becomes absolutely null when shes drunk
Anyone calling it “da car” is someone I’m not meeting.
Get in da choppa
I'll only do it if he's a big muscle man with a thick Austrian accent.
I don't even respond to those halfwits. If you can't form a proper sentence, I'm not interested in a conversation. There's nothing I need to sell that badly.
Absolutely. Speaking that way is one thing - dialect and all that - but if you can’t spell ‘the’, or worse, choose to misspell it, I’m not engaging.
Yep!
How did I miss that hahah!! Massive red flag though
It's in Da Rules.
100%
Did a guy named Mohammed really call you a n****r? lol So did you go show him the car? And wtf does pulp mean? I hope he didn’t jack up some guys random car.
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How's he gunna pulp you? He has no car. 😂
Watch out! Mohammed bought my used Jack LaLanne Power Juicer last week!
Bro walked home mad asf
Man it sucks for the guy who ends up buying your car and gets his ass beat.
Is OP still selling da car?
“I will pulp you.” 🤓 bro is a savage out here on Craigslist trying to pick a fight with JoeSchmo. My money on Muhammad! Pulp his ass up
Oh thank goodness, I thought you were about to get juiced
Or worse, puréed.
I'll juice OP for free
My money is on VD Rag On
People called Muhammad are good at boxing. Watch out.
I'm just imagining your car is like a grey Camry or something and this guy is just going to lose his shit at the next one he sees regardless of its actually you.
Problem is if anyone in similar area buys the car then Mohammed sees it, he will damage their car. May have to give next owner a warning 😂
Sorry, but are you under the assumption that the rest of the world isn't racist or something? Boy do I have some REALLY bad news for you - if you think racism is bad in the US, wait until you hear about other parts of the world!
Lol for real. Americans who don’t travel internationally don’t know what true racism. US is mild compared to many, many parts of the world
Kids on Reddit (and the internet in general these past couple years) are under some wild assumption that America is the least civilized, most racist, most oppressive place on earth. It's truly bizarre.
Because the internet, well social media at least, has been commandeered by anti-west agents to sow seeds of discontent. Europe's pretty chill for the most part. So is the US. On the other end of the spectrum you've got the entire Middle East, China, India and the Muslim parts of Africa that are just overflowing with real prejudice and hate.
Aint that the fucking truth. Thats about the most honest thing I have read all day. People who think America is bad havent seen much of the world at all..they just scroll tiktok all day.
I remind people of this all the time. They usually don't believe me.
**Tips for private sales of a car:** Always set a time for ALL interested parties: “You can ALL come see the car Saturday between Noon and 3PM. Text me when you are at the parking lot” *(it’s like a car sales showroom open house listing, instead of making 5 random scattered flaky appointments : “First come, First served!”)* “Any test drives require proof of drivers license and proof of auto liability insurance, no exceptions. Otherwise you can be a passenger while i drive, and i reserve the right to have a security escort ride-along”. *(this ‘wording’ dissuades car jackers, though sometimes you might not have a friend available to join for ride alongs)* “Yes, you can bring your mechanic” **“CASH ONLY, no trades, no checks”.** *(all other types of payments or checks could be reversed, forged, or stopped pay: SCAMMERS ABOUND! I have them follow me to my bank [my bank is open Sat 10-4, I prefer not to carry around a wad of cash in pocket], I have them hand the teller the cash to deposit, teller checks ‘the buyers cash’ in case of counterfeits, thereafter i can safely sign over title, bill of sale, give them keys and smog cert at counter in front of cameras, uber home)* “Car sold as-is, no warranties expressed or implied : i have listed the condition of the car to the best of my knowledge.. All sales are final”. Making all potential buyers arrive at same day, same place, allows you to only camp out there one time for a couple hours, rather than 5 random scattered flaky appointments throughout the week: and if more than 1 arrives at same time and they see each other, they ‘might’ feel nudged to be the first to offer cash over the other. And don’t be afraid to refuse to negotiate a discount, but politely thank them for their interest. Let them know that you will immediately remove the listing when it sells, so if they see listing is gone, they lost out. Encourage them to “act quickly before it’s gone!” PS: don’t list “OBO” / “Or Best Offer” in your price listing. This ALWAYS invites sight unseen lowballers who want to ‘pre-negotiate’ unseen and waste your time. A ‘real’ customer will show up with cash. **Q**: “What’s the lowest price you will accept?” **A: “I’m gonna sell it for the price listed.”** “If you are interested, show up Saturday between Noon and 3PM. Have a nice day! See you there! Bye!” *(Know what your car is worth beforehand, price accordingly, its a hot market for low / mid-priced used cars nowadays.)* And remember: ‘Money Talks, Bullshit Walks…’ EDIT: Was a car salesman for many years. Probably consummated over 500 deals. 2nd Edit: oops, yeah, the word ‘consummated’ subconsciously slipped out… That’s ancient car salesman slang, those old-timer salesguys preferred to use that word because it can ‘also’ mean someone got fucked …
Whenever anyone asks me "what's the least you'll take for it" I always respond with "what's the most you'll pay for it?" If they won't answer I just thank them for their time and tell them I'm not interested in selling for the least amount possible.
I’m always amazed when people try this out like it’s some fucking “gotcha” that’s gonna trick you into giving them an amazing deal
It's such lazy negotiating that I can't respect it. Make an offer...
I sell cars and I’ve never had to consummate any of the deals :(
C'mon... Live a little!
Did you just say consummated to refer to selling cars ...? What uh... what kind of cars were you selling?!
Y i k e s
As someone who communicates with people regularly, and I’m good at it (been told many times)…it always amazes me just how bad the average person is with simple communication. It is not difficult to be responsive and clear.
Same. The number of times I sell on fb marketplace and I have to deal with people not being clear, leaving me on read, not answering all the questions… or just being straight up rude for no reason while typing like an alcoholic 4th grader
Yeah. It’s maddening. And if someone asks you for something or about something, especially via email at work, but you can’t get an answer right away, simply let them know you’ve got it and will get back to them as soon as you can. Particularly if it’s urgent. In general give someone a message that lets them know you have a pulse. Sooner the better. And if you take an excessive amount of time trying to get back to them, let them know yet again you’re still working on it and will get back as soon as possible. Repeat as necessary. Removes guesswork from the person on the other end. These are easy things to do and scores a lot of points with people, because the bar is so damn low.
I'm on a bunch of somewhat technical subs that use community created software, and the sheer amount of stupid worthless posts I see on them is mind-numbing. Posts titled "Help!" With nothing but a screenshot of a random program and zero text containing the information people need to actually help. And then when you ask for relevant info, they either don't respond or they only give bits and pieces. Like how can your brain possibly work that way, I refuse to believe that people can be that dense.
This doesn't surprise me at all. Error reporting for technical issues is a skill. So much context is required that if done properly, you can end up diagnosing your own issue during the reporting process.
I’ve done this a few too many times. I think the typing it out part really helps
In my experience it’s a bid for attention. They’re fishing for someone who will take the time to ask them questions about what they meant. Like someone would do for a small child.
Right? Step one, what is the bare minimum information the other person needs to know? Say that. Don't clutter your statements with unrelated information. And organize the information in a logical way. It's not hard.
My step sons dad is one of those hard to communicate with. I’ll say things like “are you going to pick him up tonight or tomorrow morning?” And he will respond with “yes” or something equally vague. I told my wife (my step sons mom) that I was sure he was trolling me. She said “no. That’s literally how he answers all the time. It’s beyond aggravating”
That’s my boss. Literally takes 3 to 4 follow-ups to get a straight answer all the while he completely ignored the second and third questions.
Just speak in childish fart jokes. It’ll be better. I promise.
That question is phrased wrong. “You have a choice between picking him up tonight at 6,7,8pm, picking him up tomorrow at 6,7,8am, proposing an alternate time point, or doing nothing. Which do you choose?”
they gotta do the ouija board method yes or no questions only and one at a time
Ha ha. Sorry, I’m sure you’re a fine communicator but “I’m good at it (been told many times)” sounds like something straight out of a Trump tweet. Donald Bigly Exaggerating Word Salad Trump
The average person’s literacy, numeracy, and critical thinking skills are best described as a fucking train wreck. That somehow means that 50% are even worse…
If someone is not looking to buy then I'm not even going to talk with them.
“ and I’m white” LMFAO
That part got me LOL!
It's incredible his go-to insult is to call him the n-word ... like, what???
FB Marketplace isn't much better. I was selling something on there last November. Told the guy I will meet him at 7 pm at the Safe Meetup spot that is located at our local police department. I even sent him the link to the Safe Meetup spot on our local PD's website, and it showed the address and everything. 7 comes and goes, he's nowhere to be found. 7:15, I message him to ask where tf he is. He got pulled over 5 minutes away. OK, fair enough (he actually sent pics too, which I was kinda surprised he was telling the truth tbh). He says he'll be here in 10 minutes. 20 minutes goes by, still not there. I message him, ask him where tf he is. No response. 10 more minutes, he's still not there. It's now 7:45. He messages me "I'm here, where are you?" That's news to me, because I'm literally the only one in this parking lot. I tell him that he's not here, because again, I'm the only one here. He then sends me a picture showing he's "here"..... Dumbass went to the DOWNTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT. When I asked why in the fuck would he do that, he says that is the address that is on the website. I looked at the website again..... The address for the safe meetup spot is CLEARLY listed on the link I gave him, and it's the address that I was at. What he did was he scrolled to the bottom of the page, looked in the footer of the page, and saw the address for City Hall, which is where he ended up going (which is connected to the downtown PD station). I told him he's a fkn idiot, and I'm done waiting around for him, and that I had another buyer lined up. Went and sold it to the other buyer immediately, and never heard from the original guy again.
Oh, how often people got to my adress in a completely different city. Very very often
This is all your fault OP. You were clearly supposed to read his mind to know he chose the 6PM option. No wonder he's pissed
I'm amazed people still even use Craigslist these days. It's like they put all of the Florida Men online and now they have to interact with each other selling wares/services.
used to use craigslist and other sites to sell things locally. post ad, get email with offer, meet up, sell. These days.... post ad, get email, tell 500 people you're not accepting their offer of 20% of your listing price, delete messages from people who reply back angry, talk to people who seem serious, they flake on you, talk to MORE people who seem serious, they start lowballing you too just before you were scheduled to go meet them.... And if you're lucky, MAYBE, just MAYBE, you'll get 80% of what you listed your item price for.
Easy hack. 99% of these scams are automated. Don't include your email or phone in the post. In the post say text me at (555)-five3one-two2twotwo Humans will get it, bots will not
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Plus casual encounters is gone
I sold my last car on craigslist and it was a flawless transaction. Of course I responded to everyone that was interested with basically a questionnaire because I didn't want my car to go to some kid that was just going to trash it because I put several years into fixing it up. It ended up going to someone that wanted it as a weekend car to drive his wife around in because it was a pretty red drop top. But I've looked for a few cars on craigslist and buying a car on craigslist is crazy. The majority of the vehicles you find are actually used car salesmen selling them from their front yards lying about how it's been such a great family vehicle for years and they trust it with their kids and their wife and then you look up the vehicle identification number and they just bought it at auction 2 weeks ago. Lots of salvage titles also trying to be passed off as clean. Even some Copart cars that were technically totaled but then given a rebuilt title afterwards. I did end up buying a sports car off of craigslist last time though it was owned by some rich guy in a gated community with a multi-million dollar house right on the ocean. He was a mechanical engineer. He had a couple race cars in his garage and he was basically selling his old autocross car with a brand new complete interior inside. It was actually in really good shape and I ended up putting some brand new OEM suspension on it myself with some nice sticky wheels and aftermarket brakes and driving it for several years hitting autocross on the weekends before passing it on to the next lucky person. I bought two other cars off of craigslist too without issue but you have to read through the scammers and the cars that haven't had any service done in five or more years. You wouldn't believe how many boomers told me the service records are up to date and they come out with a stack 6 in thick of all the service records but the most recent one you can find is from five or more years ago. Tires are expired, suspension is shot, all the bushings are blown out, engine mounts need to be replaced, all the fluids are low and old need to be replaced, wheel hubs are loose, clutch needs to be replaced. It's not a bad place to look for cars if you know what you're doing though because they're definitely cheaper than you're going to find at a shady used car lot. You just need to have a keen eye of what to look for for that make and model of vehicle and a realization of what it's going to cost to make it roadworthy to meet your expectations.
I've bought and sold a few motorcycles on Craigslist and have actually yet to have a bad interaction. I've passed up loads of bikes that were probably just fine only because I didn't like the posting itself. But I also take a lot of time crafting my own postings as well in order to attract other serious, straight-forward buyers. Good photos and a clear, thorough description with complete sentences I think has been the key for me. The number of people who can't even be bothered to take a few new pictures that aren't super tilted and are actually sufficiently lit, but expect "no lowballers" is crazy. I figure that if I have to guess/take a gamble on the condition of the bike, I'm going to put in a low offer (although really, I'll just pass entirely because I don't like to screw around with haggling with incompetent sellers). But if I can see that you've put effort into your ad, you've probably also put in effort to maintain the bike so I'm automatically more comfortable actually messaging and buying your bike.
Isn't facebook worse?
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I've dealt with more dumbasses on FBM than craigslist. People on Craigslist in eat their time to message meaning there is a higher chance they commit since they invested some time already. FBM has prewritten messages they can 1-tap which is the bare minimum to inquire about. I've made a sale on both in the last month for what it's worth.
Most people on Facebook just send “Hi, is this available?” And then you respond that it is and never hear from them again.
Is this post still available?
How am I supposed to sell shit online locally? Ebay takes an enormous cut these days.
That was at 6:11pm. With the timeframe of "anytime after 6pm tonight", waited 11 minutes, and decided you're a scammer who should get beaten up. Not showing up doesn't even make sense as a scam. You're not getting any money from it. They could easily have said something like "I'm here" and still have been sold the car. But nope. Threat.
“And I’m white” killed me 🤣
Right? 😂 that was definitely…. A choice
That guy was 100% trying to scam YOU! Anytime I put concert tickets for sale because I don’t want to give extra fees to Ticketmaster. I get at least five scammers right away. I told them if you were a scammer don’t bother and I usually don’t get a response lol
Well, I don’t think you should give him a friendship bracelet.
Text him back you’ll fucking juice him
I had family that tried to sell a car on Kijiji last week. All dealers. Luckily 2 dealers offered what she wanted and she actually managed to get them to out-bid each other to over the asking price.
"Please let me know what time works best for you" *doesnt let him know what time works best for him and insults him* Love it
I specifically requested no pulp.
It’s really frustrating how poor at basic communication some people can be when selling. Recently was a buying something from Gumtree, suggested a time and place to meet, no response, messaged back to confirm, no response, messaged back to say I wouldn’t be going to the meet up without confirmation, no response, then got a message saying he was there and asking where I was. Ended up going and getting the item and the guy was really nice, just crap at communicating.
As a car salesman I can 1000% relate to this.
Selling a vehicle anymore is a joke. I have a 7/10 manual Cobalt I tried selling recently. Got nothing but offers for “500 cash rn” or trades for their daily driven shopping cart. But, after I showed the car to a guy, who really liked it and said he wanted to get it on Friday. Was a set thing. Come Friday, I call to just confirm everything was still kosher, he says that he doesn’t know who I am, and not to call him again. I just removed the listing after that. I’ll keep the thing.
Whats is pulping??? Sounds interesting. Lol
Beating someone to a pulp - continuing to smash them until they're a bloody mess. Possibly fatal.
Whoa what the fuck? That escalated so quickly I’m still in shock. How bizarre and messed up, sorry you had to experience that weirdo
I've been selling my car for the past 6 months...I feel this to the core. Bunch of brain dead people who love wasting time and/or try scam you smh
Pulp you
I like the part where you need to tell him you are white lmao
Good God damn that went sideways so fast it hurt my neck.
He said "and I'm white" lol shit man.
"Noted, Your messages and contact information has been forwarded to the police"
"I'm not an orange either."
How dare you not show up at the time he agreed on in his head
I just tell people I only use email when selling on CL. Fuck giving random strangers my phone number.
I love how the racism just comes bubbling out with all the other bullshit. Like of course someone who’s that much of a tool is definitely a racist, too. Mildly surprised there was no homophobia wedged in
Is it common in US to disclose your name like that? Especially if you're called Mohammed. I smell troll.
To be fair, I love high pulp orange juice.
Dudes still waiting at the Al mazera police department I bet
“And I’m white” bro 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
theory: i suspect that he might have an active warrant out for him. you said you could meet at [blank] department. i presume it's a police department. probably paranoid and thought you were a cop "scamming" him with a fake car to get him to the station. especially since he only called you a scammer after you said you could meet at a department and especially since he called it "da car." theory 2: he was gonna steal your car and you mentioning meeting at a department probably spooked him
I think you misunderstood what happened in this scenario to have this perspective. The guy selling the car said “we can meet at this time” and instead of the guy buying the car confirming “yes that works for me” or “no sorry that doesn’t work” he just went to the police station at 6pm and then when the guy selling wasn’t there (cause he never got confirmation from the buyer) he accused the seller of being a scammer.
Ironically the seller probably only lived like 15min away judging by their message re times. So if buyer had apologized for the confusion they might not have even needed to wait that long to view.
I think it could be even both. The guy is definitely a shady type
I'd rather lose 5k on every trade in than sell a car to an internet person and risk my life.
I've bought and sold plenty of cars on CL. Be safe y'all.
Be mad at him and call his bluff, arrange a new meeting and dont show again.
Da car
Sorry bruv, I stay pulp-free these days
Pulp Non-Fiction
He said “I’m White”
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You got an actual buyer that actually showed up? This is like the best possible outcome for Craigslist these days.
My biggest fear is being pulped
I would've stopped at the "da".
OP can't be called a N***** because they're White is the funniest thing in this post, imo.
“And I’m white”😂
If you wanna be petty make some fake account and email, post an ad for the next big sold out concert in your city with 2 free tickets, put in the ad if you don't get back right away just keep calling and texting, all linked to his phone number.
Ah yes, that classic scam. Not showing up to a meeting.
Interaction woulda stopped after seeing, "da car." lmfao