by "Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
Published 02/08/2017 at 23:06
by "Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
Published 02/08/2017 at 23:06
Tags: Craigslist
STARS: 1
This is about my old boss, the one who keeps trying to buy my pickup.
He’s been looking to shop for a small cheap pickup for years, and only recently allocated some funds to get down and dirty. Well, he found a 4x4 Mighty Max with a stick, factory decals and all. It looked like it was in amazing shape, with high miles.
We talked for a while about it before when went to look at it. He called me after he met the seller. Seller was some older guy, who claims to have owned it since 1988. They more or less agreed on a price tentatively.
However he mentioned that during the conversation that the seller brought up that he had leukemia. Now, true or not, the sad fact that sob stories from buyers and sellers are largely fraudulent on the lower end of the craigslist scale. Seen too much of it. I told my boss to watch out for the guy trying to tug his heartstrings. Call me jaded if you want, but skepticism pays when dealing with strangers.
Lo and behold, after calling the seller back to set up time of payment, he slips in that he can’t find the title! Hmm. But don’t worry he says he’s going to the DMV first thing tomorrow morning... To order a title that won’t arrive for another six weeks in the state of Washington, perhaps. Ok, shit happens. Maybe he did lose it? Seems like the first thing you’d dig up when selling your own car, but hey.
And it continues. The seller also was unable to produce any service records, even an oil change, at all. Let alone anything back from 1988 when he says he bought it.
So now we have a guy with a pickup at a tempting price, no title, no proof of ownership, no records. My boss was so disappointed.
Oh well. Back to the drawing board for him.
"gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish)
02/08/2017 at 23:14, STARS: 0
I want an old Mighty Max nearly as much as I want a Raider
"gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish)
02/08/2017 at 23:19, STARS: 0
Is it this one? I want this
https://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/cto/5972529915.html
"garagemonkee" (monke)
02/08/2017 at 23:25, STARS: 1
Also be weary of dudes who tire shine their tires. srsly.
"gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish)
02/08/2017 at 23:27, STARS: 0
I know one of those dudes, this is good advice
"Svend" (svend)
02/08/2017 at 23:39, STARS: 0
I always shine the tyres after a full clean.
even Defenders.
even hire cars before I return them.
"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
02/08/2017 at 23:46, STARS: 2
It may be. It may not be. Didn’t want to post the ad directly as I can’t say for sure he isn’t on the up-and-up -- though I’d put $500 on it now that he is not. Hypothetically speaking.
"smobgirl" (smobgirl)
02/09/2017 at 00:17, STARS: 2
Yes but you’re special.
Also I love that you guys call them hire cars, it sounds so much classier than rental cars.
"garagemonkee" (monke)
02/09/2017 at 00:19, STARS: 0
I was weary by the first two pictures, and the third proves my weariness was justified. :p
"Svend" (svend)
02/09/2017 at 02:26, STARS: 0
Ye’, that’s a little odd really. Because we’d say, ‘I’ll be back in a mo (moment), I’m off round to the car rental place on the corner to hire a car for the weekend’.
It’s like the U.S. say ‘loaner’, when a garage loans you a car while your’s is in for repairs where as here they are called ‘courtesy cars’.
"Svend" (svend)
02/09/2017 at 02:34, STARS: 0
Lol. I think dressing the tyres and wheel arches finishes the look.
Otherwise it’s a very clean car with dull rubber tyres that look neither clean nor dirty.
I wonder what you think about cleaning engine bays. Lol.
The day before we sold our previous car.
"Pickup_man" (zekeh)
02/09/2017 at 09:12, STARS: 1
The no title thing is an instant out for me, unless they can prove it’s registered in their name, and get a new, legitimate title in a timely matter. The no service record thing doesn’t bother me at all, sure records would be nice, but I don’t know of many people who keep all that, I certainly don’t. Apart from the legal papers the only “records” I have for my vehicles are a couple receipts for the lifetime warranty parts that are on it.
"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
02/09/2017 at 09:15, STARS: 1
I’ve bought several cars with zero records. In this scenario it’s just worse because the guy claims to have owned it for 29 years now has zero anything to back that up.
"Pickup_man" (zekeh)
02/09/2017 at 09:20, STARS: 0
Yeah, the fact that he has absolutely nothing is super sketchy, he should at least be able to provide a registration or insurance card. That he doesn’t have service records isn’t a red flag to me though.