Great deal on Clist

dodge man · Aug 23, 2010

I've seen cars listed in my area, west central Illinois, and there are palm trees in the background. If you want to see it they usually say it is "all boxed up and ready to ship".

milkman · Aug 23, 2010

Got my answer, I'll have to have my cousin who works for DAS in Augusta go check it out.

Hi,

The car is located in Augusta, Georgia at DAS ( Dependable Auto Shippers ) headquarters, in the container, sealed and ready for shipping. You will have 10 days so you can inspect the car. Once you have inspected the car and decided to keep it, you will confirm your decision to eBay and only then they will re-route the money in to my account, but if by any reason, you won't be satisfied with the car you can return it back for a full refund of your money. I will take care of the shipping, don't worry. You will receive the car with all the necessary papers (clear title, bill of sale, user痴 manual, insurance etc). Just get back with your full name and full shipping address and I will get everything started as soon as possible, then eBay will contact you with more further instructions.

Pilot · Aug 23, 2010

It's not a deal, it's a scam.

If it were the real deal they could sell it overnight, locally for just a couple thousand under market.

Let the cops check it out.

RTII · Aug 23, 2010

Definite scam. I've played out several of these and they will absolutely not let you see the car first. First one I tried was a tractor that was in houston. When I said I was near houston and wanted to go see it, they said it was actually in California ready to ship. I opffered to drive to CA to pick it up. It was already containerized and ready to ship and could not be accessed. Bunch of bull. Similar story each time. If they won't let you see it, don't send any personnal info.

clemsonfor · Aug 23, 2010

milkman said:
Got my answer, I'll have to have my cousin who works for DAS in Augusta go check it out.

Hi,

The car is located in Augusta, Georgia at DAS ( Dependable Auto Shippers ) headquarters, in the container, sealed and ready for shipping. You will have 10 days so you can inspect the car. Once you have inspected the car and decided to keep it, you will confirm your decision to eBay and only then they will re-route the money in to my account, but if by any reason, you won't be satisfied with the car you can return it back for a full refund of your money. I will take care of the shipping, don't worry. You will receive the car with all the necessary papers (clear title, bill of sale, user痴 manual, insurance etc). Just get back with your full name and full shipping address and I will get everything started as soon as possible, then eBay will contact you with more further instructions.

Its not a couple thousand under value its more like 5k under i looked cars like that are selling for almost 10k.

Hey i live 45 mins from agusta. I will go look if u want me to if we get an address. I will even work with you if you want to buy it. But hey its the internet and i would not trust me either. But seriously i will go look for you for S$$#$@ and giglges.

clemsonfor · Sep 9, 2010

What ever happened after this? Did your brother look at it?

Here is another deal. JD tractor, trailer Imatch 3pt tiller, all for $2200!!!!

2008 John Deere 2305 with 96 hours (24hp DIESEL)4x4

teg · Sep 9, 2010

It's a scam, duh... one way to check it out is copy and paste the title into google... same title will be posted in many cities and not just in CL.

If they give a phone number... it's most likely real since it would be too easy to catch them...

scoutcub · Sep 9, 2010

Pure scam. Happens on CL all the time all over the country. The Ebay part all sounds the same.
I wouldn't even waste time pursuing it, flag it and look for a real deal!

rhugg · Sep 9, 2010

I can see the same add with many products. The 'open a case' quote is common. When you say 'hey I'm nearby, I'll stop and see it' they don't reply or tell you it's sold etc. The price is always a steal, about 50% of value. Ah yes, and the act will be of a stupid woman that doesn't know what it is worth, maybe her husband just left and she's selling his tractor to stick it to him... And she will ship the tractor for free once you send a cashiers check.

Think it ever works?

Iplayfarmer · Sep 10, 2010

The only value in that ad is the fun you can have seeing what kind of lame excuses the scammer can come up with as you apply more and more pressure to see the car or meet or find any semblance of legitimacy. It can actually be quite entertaining.