Craigslist Weirdness

[beppington]

"I'm ashamed to tell you this. I can't be reached by phone due to a throat infection. Actually it's very hard for me to speak right now. Please, feel free to ask me everything you want to know about the purchasing by email. I'm sorry for the inconvenience."

Received this exact same response regarding a Kubota BX I called about. I appreciate them being this obvious about their scam.

 

[toppop52]

Some things just defy description and you have to see it for yourself! ARTIFICIAL LEG - 50 years old

 

[beppington]

Some things just defy description and you have to see it for yourself! ARTIFICIAL LEG - 50 years old

Hmm, I'm considering getting that just to try to avoid Murphy's Law ... i.e. if I buy it hopefully I won't ever actually need it.

 

[charlz]

Hmm, I'm considering getting that just to try to avoid Murphy's Law ... i.e. if I buy it hopefully I won't ever actually need it.

Might work, Murphy's law and Craigslist seem to work together.... every time there is a screaming deal for something on CL it is at the exact time to get me in the most trouble with the wife for dragging something 'new' home... which is just 'wrong'

 

[EddieWalker]

I'm always looking at CL for a deal or something that I need, but rarely buy anything. So far, every time that I've bought something, its worked out very well. I guess the law of averages will catch up to me, but then again, there isn't anything that I have to have.

I've also noticed that some of the deals are not all that great of a deal when comparing to new. Once I look up the item on Amazon or wherever it's sold, I find that the newer model has better features and is more what I want then what the person is selling.

Eddie

 

[Iplayfarmer]

I'm always looking at CL for a deal or something that I need, but rarely buy anything. So far, every time that I've bought something, its worked out very well. I guess the law of averages will catch up to me, but then again, there isn't anything that I have to have.

I've also noticed that some of the deals are not all that great of a deal when comparing to new. Once I look up the item on Amazon or wherever it's sold, I find that the newer model has better features and is more what I want then what the person is selling.

Eddie

Craigslist, Junkyards, and Army Surplus stores have one major thing in common. I seldom find what I want, but I often want what I find.

 

[grsthegreat]

i am not sure WHY the $5,200 price is used so much for horse trailers, boats and tractors on both ebay and craigslist. Its like a magical number for non-existent equipment.

Whn i was in the market for a horse trailer, i was finding all these ads on ebay for late 201X year 4 horse gooseneck with living quarters for $5,200 delivered. ya right.

They must sooner or later find some dummy that goes ahead and pays for it. One person emailed me that the trailers being held in an Ebay secure facility pending sale...HAHA

Then there was one advertised to be located in Spokane Wash, i emailed them that im only 40 miles away, could i go look at it. They emailed me back that if i was the willing bidder, i can go ahead and pay for it on paypal then they would let me see it. Ya right. I emailed them back that i want to see it first. Then they emailed me that there selling ot for someone else and dont have permission to show it. God some people are so stupid to think we would fall for this.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

God some people are so stupid to think we would fall for this.

...and yet so many people fall for it. Over $100 million in 15 months and escalating.

The best part is that once the victim finally figures out what is going on and shuts off the scammer, the same scammer assumes a new identity as FBI or some such and scams the victim out of more money by offering to help recover the lost money for a fee.

I guess once a sucker always a sucker.

 

[grsthegreat]

...and yet so many people fall for it. Over $100 million in 15 months and escalating.

The best part is that once the victim finally figures out what is going on and shuts off the scammer, the same scammer assumes a new identity as FBI or some such and scams the victim out of more money by offering to help recover the lost money for a fee.

I guess once a sucker always a sucker.

yup. I just cant believe that people would send that much money to someone out if the blue without first at least physically seeing if the item exists in the first place.

 

[Ridgewalker]

It has something to do with being a felony if over that amount. Anything less is a misdemeanor or at least that is what I have been told. Wire fraud maybe???

i am not sure WHY the $5,200 price is used so much for horse trailers, boats and tractors on both ebay and craigslist. Its like a magical number for non-existent equipment.