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Say you're looking locally for a late model car. Edmonds and NADA give you a ballpark retail price of $8000 for the year and model you're after.
You search your local Craigslist and find an ad with a couple of photos, brief description saying it runs perfectly, "clean title in hand", and a price of $1000.
You contact the seller by text (that's what's required by the seller). Ask "Is the car still for sale?"
Answer: can
You ask: Does "can" mean it's still for sale?
Answer: mhm
You ask: When can I come take a look?
Answer: yeah
Before you throw the phone at the wall, you ask yourself - what does posting this ad actually do for the seller? Why would anyone bother to go look at the car if the seller is so "language limited", you get no real answers, and the price is ridiculously low?
Not sure it's actually a scam, but would anyone want to buy from this guy? Would someone actually PayPal money to this guy sight unseen?
What am I missing here ...?
You search your local Craigslist and find an ad with a couple of photos, brief description saying it runs perfectly, "clean title in hand", and a price of $1000.
You contact the seller by text (that's what's required by the seller). Ask "Is the car still for sale?"
Answer: can
You ask: Does "can" mean it's still for sale?
Answer: mhm
You ask: When can I come take a look?
Answer: yeah
Before you throw the phone at the wall, you ask yourself - what does posting this ad actually do for the seller? Why would anyone bother to go look at the car if the seller is so "language limited", you get no real answers, and the price is ridiculously low?
Not sure it's actually a scam, but would anyone want to buy from this guy? Would someone actually PayPal money to this guy sight unseen?
What am I missing here ...?