Hoonigan
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Canada
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Seriously, this is getting really old. I've been trying to sell our '08 Odyssey for the last week. I stuck an ad on Kijiji and had a couple of interested parties. Then I started getting calls from people who could "facilitate a sale" to interested parties at no cost, or help me with my advertising.
I also stuck an ad up on Auto Trader for free. Same exact ad. More of these calls. I edited the Kijiji ad a couple days later, adding in there that it is a leased vehicle, and the buyer could just take over the lease instead of buying the thing outright. After doing that I started getting emails and calls from companies that would find someone to take the lease over if I just advertise on their site for $60. I politely decline, etc. I wake up the other morning to see I got another email from a lease takeover place (leaseexperts.ca) with the whole sales pitch. It came in at about 4am. A later email at 7am is also sitting there from Auto Trader telling me that my ad edit has been approved. WTF?! I go check the ad out, and the fucking exact text from my Kijiji ad mentioning the lease takeover shit is there, in my Auto Trader ad. The one you supposedly need a password to go edit. ?? So some fuckbag from this lease place edited my ad somehow? Auto Trader tells me it has to be someone with access to my email. I had a pretty gnarly password on that account, but who knows. Anyway I changed to password to something more gnarly (radical, even). I can't see why they'd go to any big effort to add that shit to my ad description. But who the hell else would do that? Crazy shit, man. Then this morning I get an email through Auto Trader asking if I still have the van for sale. I reply that yes, I do… then I get this fucking gem of an email back: Quote:
Friggin' brutal. I'm not even replying to half the emails I get now, they're asking me stupid shit like what model is it, how many kilometers are on it, etc, when that shit is RIGHT THERE IN THE TITLE. These genius emails are mostly all with super broken english, too. Argh. Frustrating. Anyway, I'm sure I'm not the only one to have a hard time selling a car these days. Any other horror stories? |
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Which way is up?
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Boyzeee
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We sold our Pacifica through cars.com, and very quickly had a buyer in Montana. They drove down to Boise with a cashier's check in hand and drove away. Worked like a charm. Nothing but good news on that one. We paid the $60 listing fee and are glad we did. In a crap market, we got $500 more than we owed and walked away in great shape.
Our Caravan, however, generated some e-mails just like what you got. We listed it on craigslist and got hammered with "for which to see you the deal will be making grand titles and forthwith money actions". So, yeah, *Bill Clinton voice* "I feel your pain." Anywhooo, good luck with that… - AppleNova is the best Mac-users forum on the internet. We are smart, educated, capable, and helpful. We are also loaded with smart-alecks! :) - Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. (Mat 5:9) |
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Formerly Roboman, still
awesome Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Portland, OR
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I amused myself through my most recent crisis by looking at mc classifieds, which felt like doing something productive. If there's a good place for vehicle classifieds on the internet, I haven't found it. And of course this is Dumbfuck, Oregon, so it's nothing but dirt bikes anyway. And apparently some dumb fuck decided to include some other garbage with his bike, as like a bonus, and so now they all feel compelled to do the same, as if emulating infomercials will give their ads an air of legitimacy. No, fucker. I don't want your paintball gun. I don't want your real gun, either. I don't care how great a deal the bundle is. How much is just the fucking bike?
Everybody wants to fucking "traed" their bikes for shit, too. See, I thought one of the great things about having a currency was that I could offer cash money to the seller, who could then use that to buy whatever he wanted — organs, even! But it's like the Wild Fucking West out here. "It's the wild, man. Your dollars are useless. Got a horse trailer?" And that's just as a buyer. I can't imagine what it would be like as a seller. I think continuing to just wreck my bikes would be preferable. and i guess i've known it all along / the truth is, you have to be soft to be strong |
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Hates the Infotainment
Join Date: May 2004
Location: NSA Archives
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The whole idea of trying to sell a car online (unless you sell it to a reputable company like Carmax or whatever) seems a little risky to me. But then again I think Craig's (Crime) List is a Hive of Scum and Villainy so what do I know?
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Thunderbolt, fuck yeah!
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Denmark
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Hey murbot, you should demand payment in Bitcoins.
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Less than Stellar Member
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I sold my car in 2 days on Craigslist. My local CL kicks major ass, apparently.
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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I have to agree with torifile, my local Craigslist (Maine) is pretty awesome and scam-free.
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Hoonigan
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Canada
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I haven't done that, but I have been fucking around with him a bit.
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Oh, and the PayPal emails I got are just a riot - I'll paste 'em in the next message here: |
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Hoonigan
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Canada
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And this "verification procedure below for a secure trading" email is effing priceless: Quote:
Disturbing and hilarious at the same time. Like when I try to dance sexy for my wife. |
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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Murbot is officially my new favorite person on the Internet.
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Hoonigan
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Canada
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Thanks BPMF.
Bonn, thanks, but you have ridiculously low standards. |
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Which way is up?
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Boyzeee
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Truth be told. For every asshole in the world, there is a better one in Canada! Eh! Good stuff, Murbot. I hope the effort you put in was worth the funny. Sure was for me! - AppleNova is the best Mac-users forum on the internet. We are smart, educated, capable, and helpful. We are also loaded with smart-alecks! :) - Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. (Mat 5:9) |
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Banging the Bottom End
Join Date: Jun 2004
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No problemo man. Love your replies. The Just having the last bit of water pumped from under the front seats and hopefully the interior is dried out in a day or two. is awesome!
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Hoonigan
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Canada
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Which way is up?
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Boyzeee
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I think at this point you should change the terms of the agreement. Since, for whatever reason, you cannot use Western Union, you should arrange for their shipping agent to meet a friend of yours in Akron, Ohio and exchange the money at his bank, or some crap like that. Make this pecker dance all over Earth trying to get his money.
- AppleNova is the best Mac-users forum on the internet. We are smart, educated, capable, and helpful. We are also loaded with smart-alecks! :) - Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. (Mat 5:9) |
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Hoonigan
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Canada
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Good idea. I might still fill out this form, then claim that for whatever reason the transaction didn't go through and I have to now have my guy pay cash in Ohio. (or, *the* Ohio, apparently)
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Veteran Member
Join Date: May 2004
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Elderberries and exorcism. I hate you for making me laugh this hard at work.
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Space Pirate
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Atlanta
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Do any of our people live near Centerburg? This is beginning to feel like P-p-p-p-powerbook!!!
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Veteran Member
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ottawa, ON
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I am love this. More good please. To receive a more good appreciate of this good please sir send your email to chimney@ifckwithu.com with all personal.
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Hoonigan
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Canada
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I guess if he's still emailing me by tomorrow asking where this money is, I'll have to give him a story then try to set up the in person meeting. Anyone in the Ohio want to make a few bucks? |
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Which way is up?
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Boyzeee
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Murray Python.
Classic. If that's your real last name, then even better. You need to find a cop in Ohio to play that part. That would be super funny. Dude getting arrested for fraud would be the cat's meow! - AppleNova is the best Mac-users forum on the internet. We are smart, educated, capable, and helpful. We are also loaded with smart-alecks! :) - Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. (Mat 5:9) |
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I shot the sherrif.
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lymph nodes swelling like horse cocks. wow.
they say poetry is dead. |
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Hoonigan
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Canada
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This is getting pretty serious. I guess this person was legit after all, and he's reported me to the FBI. This could end very badly for me. I'm regretting all the joking around with this guy. Read this over for me and see what you think while I try to get a lawyer:
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Veteran Member
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Promise Land of Trustafarians
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Totally legit. Be afraid.
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Lord of the Rant.
Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Upstate South Carolina
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I had no idea that PayPal worked so closely with the FBI!
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Space Pirate
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Atlanta
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You know, I think you SHOULD comply with them and call the FBI on this matter.
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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Wait a minute...
Zoom in and enhance! Mulder is on the case? Oh crap, MURBOT IS AN ALIEN. The quality of this board depends on the quality of the posts. The only way to guarantee thoughtful, informative discussion is to write thoughtful, informative posts. AppleNova is not a real-time chat forum. You have time to compose messages and edit them before and after posting. |
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BANNED
I am worthless beyond hope. Join Date: May 2004
Location: Inner Swabia. If you have to ask twice, don't.
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Um...
That's hard core and you should definitely report this to the Mounties (or your provisional police force)... |
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Antimatter Man
Join Date: May 2004
Location: that interweb thing
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