Find car on Craigslist

>Dealer
>Listed price online is $6,999
>Price on lot is $8,499
>$500 dealer fee
>$400 TLC fee

>find car on kijiji listed only a few days at a reasonable but not great price in good condition
>"yeah it's still for sale"
>make arrangements with seller after gathering as much information as possible
>get vin, run vin check in vincheck thread
>checks out, but hasn't been registered in the providence seller is in ever
>crossing border needs inspection and registration transfer from same name on bill of sale to be registered here
>ask seller for his full name and address
>seller gives address but says he didn't register it
>he doesn't know who it's registered to
>$80 non-refundable bus ticket goes into garbage because either retarded or scammer

>selling Ducati

>"price is $xx,xxx FINAL, FIRM, NO TRADES, NO CHECKS, NO PAYMENTS, NO TEST RIDES WITHOUT CASH IN HAND, NO BULLSHIT"

>mexican calls
>barely speaks English
>herewego.jpg

>enough English to offer half
>and in payments of $100 a week
>and can I meet him two hours away, at night when he gets off work?
>wants my home address, asks this multiple times
>would I trade for engineless 92 civic, ATV with no wheels and landscaping?

>"ehhhhh sir? ehhh where.......Where you work.......for buy......this motorcycle?"
>the railroad
>"ehhhh.....they hire.....ehhh......wit the........wit theeeeeee, theeeeeee...... felonies?"

>MY FUCKING FACE WHEN THE ENTIRE CONVERSATION

Tell us what car it was so we can be even more sad.

>Buy car from local guy off CL
>A few days later he calls back to try and buy the car back from me
>tell him no
>He does it again several days after that

>my brother selling a volvo 4 banger on CL
>had a few buyers lined up.
>said first come first serve.
>sells engine to some meth head.
>other buyer drives up as it's loaded
>dude gets mad tries 2 pick a fight
>dude is like 5ft 4, my brother is 6ft 5.
>drives away screaming

CL never ceases to amaze me.

>bait and switch
I have never bought from a dealer because buying my first car
>buy paper
>go on gumtree
>find good deals at dealers
>call as soon as ads posted
>call dealer straight away
>go right after call to dealer
>nah mate, I just sold it
>but I have this other model right here that's almost the same for nearly the same price
>its ten years older and its clearly been flipped
>every fucking time

> Selling car
> Some stammering NEET calls and asks if the c-c-car is s-s-still for s-sale.
> Sure, whatever.
> Someone else shows up
> Offers to buy car
> Should I take this assured offer right here?
> Should I wait for the n-neet, who might not even buy the c-c-car?
> Nah, I'll take the money now.

Acknowledging that something is still for sale is not the same as making a contract.
If it's not on paper and signed, it's worthless.

sue him for your wasted time and money

>implying there wasn't a firm agreement with promise of cash in hand
>implying you're not just baiting or have zero reading comprehension
Yeah, nah m8. Here's a (you), 6/10 trollyrolly.

>Selling an old set of wheels and tyres on Gumtree (Aussie Craigslist)
>Pajeet calls me, asking about wheels
>Asks me an infuriating amount of bs questions, like how old the dust caps are, what were the wheels used for.
>m8, I dont give a shit, they're a set of fucking wheels from a Honda CRV
>Says "okokokokok, i geev yuu wan hundraad doola, i onry want tire
>I blow up over the phone, saying that im selling the alloys AND tyres, that shit doesn't fucking fly

>Another guy texts me, asking if im selling all 4 including the spare.
>Fair question but no

>Akmed finally comes along, agrees on asked price and confirms pick-up time
>Never shows up
>I text him, asking where he is
>He texts back in heavily broken english that he is at cousins place and he forgot.
>I tell him to go fuck his goat.

>Some Vietnamese dude finally picks them up on time and within asking price.
>Fuck Gumtree

>Selling car
>Get message asking about it, no name
>Tell them address and state "It will need to be tomorrow after 5pm"
>Rock up the same fucking day while I'm at work
>Receive a message "Werer u"
>Told them at work, to come tomorrow afer 5
>They rock up later that night
>"Is (Insert my name here) here, we come to look at car"
>Gave them a fake name and said I was the sellers brother
>I'm getting ready to head out
>Sorry, he is at work, he gets home real late. He said something about someone coming tomorrow too (completely bullshitting them)
>"Well can we look at car?"
>I don't have the keys mate
>They huddle around each other and start talking
>After looking at the car, they come back to the door
>"$750, Final offer"
>The car was listed for $6000
>Told them I don't have the keys, and it's not in my name
>They are believing they are going to drive it home that day
>Start calling me, luckily phone was on silent
>Ended up leaving after they couldn't get through, pissed as fuck

Fucking mudslime turkroach cunts
Texted them the next day around that time saying I heard from my brother the offer they had proposed and I unfortunately could not accept an offer that low
Got a message back from them
"FUCK U BOGAN FUCK CUNT PISS OF SHIT"

Sold the car the next week to some Asians for $5500, didn't negotiate, they just straight up offered it.

>searching for car on kijiji
>type "model" and "turbo"
>results come up
>non turbo
>non turbo
>non turbo
>non turbo
>non turbo

fuck this gay earth

>be looking for a shitbox
>find one on CL. make contact
>hey you still selling that car?
>yeah
>cool i'll be around at 11 am tomorrow to look at it okay?
>sounds good, i'll be here
>show up at jesus freaks house
>nobody but big dogs home
>call them
>no response, hear dogs going crazy from ringing phone
>walk back to my truck two blocks away
>call again
>picks up
>hey i went by your house at the time we agreed upon to look at the car you're selling
>oh yeah, well some other guys came by to look at it and take it for a drive
>oh you had other people interested?
>yeah but they weren't buying right now
>that's good, because I wasn't really happy with your asking price of $1200 for a 1984 autotragic golf
>oh, okay...
>and i was going to lowball you, so if you feel that you'll get more than $700 for it you should do it
>do...do you still want to see it?
>not really
>o-okay.
not even jesusfag could be honorable.

>$400 McDonalds fee

...

You did literally nothing wrong.

Anyone who's felt with craigslist knows most interactions are

>can I come over today
>yes
>okay I'll call you when I'm off work and getting close to your area

>never hear from them again

If someone actually shows up with cash you go for it. Any consideration for an earlier shopper is nice but not required.

>call anytime
they don't answer

>dealership ever

Finder's fee? It was on the lot!
>That's right.

>car you want on craigslist
>right price
>not very much rust
>not a salvage title
>its in automatic
god dammit america

In that case I would do a manual swap if it was a decent car.

The worst is when you put in manual, finally find a beauty after weeks of searching every day. Reading through it all excited then get to "transmission: automatic"

Seriously go fuck yourself kijiji.

>try to sell shitbox on craigslist for 3k
>finally get a guy genuinely interested and not offering me $100 and a handful of swedish fish
>"Um can you hold it for me for like 3 days man? I swear I'll be there."
>I agree thinking that it's only 3 days
>On the day he's supposed to show, get another offer from a dude who apparently really wants to buy, says he'll come right now and offers me 2800
>"Haha sorry man, I'm holding it for another dude right now."
>Other guy is late
>Call him
>"Oh sorry man, something came up. I just can't buy it right now, I'm really sorry."
>Other guy who called can't be reached
>Reach him the next day
>"Yeah, don't want it anymore bro, found a better deal."

>Later on
>Selling same car
>Guy buys it for 2700
>Comes back three weeks later
>"Yeah man, I made a mistake, can I have my money back?"

Was it a mk2 supra?

>NEET
>Buying car

I had some beaner pull up in a chevy cruze with his wife and 5 kids to look at my rat rod. Calls bac the next day; "You give me 5k and your bug for my cruze!" Fuckin spic...

Drove 2 hours to look at an 08 2500 chevy for 8k in like 2011, pull up and they "just sold it." But, they try to show me a 2000 green xterra that has missing and dirty interior (still mcdonalds in the center console) and an 02 1500 covered in dents and bondo for 10k.

what car?

>found car on cl listed please call no texts
>follow directions
>try to call the guy no pick up
>get a text "at work"
>text back about seeing the car when they get out
>gives me some address and a time
>call number again right before i leave
>"yeah my brother will be there with the car"
>didn't even bother going out to look at it.
I hate shifty sellers, i carry cash upto the asking price usually and try lowballing till we hit an area we're okay with.

>selling car for grandfather on CL
>1992 Cadillac deville
>put in add prefer text due to schedule
>get only calls

>meth head sounding lady calls
>"I'm looking for a small car"
> don't think this is for you
>"ye...what motor that got in it I want good mpg"
>it got a v8 gets 13
>"mmm...i' m looking for a small car....."
>silence
>well thanks
>"ye I just wrecked my truck down the road at bla bla you know that?"
It just goes on like this for 5 minutes

91-93 devilles are good cars, don't sell that shit

Sounds like she was attempting to low ball you by suggesting the price was too high and not what she wanted. And all she was going on was that its a 23yo shitbox in her head.

>OBO
>give BO
>no response

at least fucking say no. i wouldn't mind paying more.

>buying first car
>go to look at 1999 Volvo sedan
>arrive at his house at the decided time
>he's not home, only his brother who doesn't know where he is
>wait 20 minutes until he finaly shows
>he hadn't even smogged it (in CA cars must be smogged to complete the transaction of title and shit)
>"hey I gotta leave, so let me know if you're interested"
>next day he texts if I'm still interested, tell him no

Fucking spic arrives late and leaves early while trying to seel his own fucking car. Ended up buying something in way better condition from a way better dude.

>Give BO
>Inb4 BO is half the asking price

I never reply to lowballers. They usually are just praying that they'll get the deal of a lifetime, or they have no clue how haggling works. But they always have plenty of time to argue why the car isn't worth anywhere close the asking price and a sob story to back up why you should cut them a impossibly good deal.

this is how you never sell anything. you wait for someone to literally accept the same offer they'd get from a dealership where they'd at least have a warranty.

No, thats how you avoid people who will only waste your time. Pic related is what you get when you have some patience and dont panic when the first offer threatens to walk. Full asking price (see: reasonable/credible price) is what i got, pic related. Car was for sale for only 3 weeks before I got it sold via craigslist. It helps a lot if you understand what the car is worth to other people in general, not just the first people making offers who in all likelyhood dont know what the car is really worth. I wouldnt have paid as much for what it sold for, but the guy who bought it didnt mind. Value is relative but its not hard to figure out what other people will pay for something.

Pretty sure no one here mentioned contract law m8.

There's a lot of gray area between written agreement and no contract. If a dealer told me that they had a car I wanted, they would hold it, and I had to travel 5 hours to see this car, and they sold it before I got there, they would be liable for the costs of my trip there if I chose to sue them in small claims. They were essentially making an offer of this vehicle, and I was accepting the offer by changing a behavior (driving to them, which I wouldn't have done had they not made the promise of the car). The last part is what you'd have to prove, but if you could, at least in my state, the dealer would be liable.
>cannot into contract law

>Aussie gets IRL shitposted

This is too good to be true.

>Been looking for a car for a few weeks now
>Dealership tells me they will keep a lookout for it
>Dealer calls me
>"Yeah we just got this car in stock you should come check it out"
>"tyte"
>Go to dealer the next day
>"Oh yeah that car is actually still down in *insert 4 states away here*"
>k

It's a common tactic for a dealer to tell you "We've got the car you're looking for!" just to bring you in.

See this video - youtube.com/watch?v=C8RnrdJ_mPA

Yeah I was looking at a 2013 Audi A4, and then he asked me if I was interested in a 2016 Audi A5, which is double the price.
What a twat

Its a lemon... We bought a parts car and ended up fixing the parts car instead
(Needs trans rebuilt, tires, radio, struts, intermittent electrical problems ect.)

Thought she might that's the only reason I didn't hang up but she never did

All car dealers are scumbags

They are the worst of the worst in the sales industry

See the only time I ever had that happen was when I was looking for an old Vette and they literally never took down this fucking add they had up for almost 3 months.

When buying my bike, they called me, and I bought exactly what I asked for

What kind of rat rod was it? I have an interest someday to buy a rat rod but sounds like a bitch to insure and keep stored

>move to southern California
>looking for a car since old Saab 900 transmission got fucked up and it would cost more to repair it than buying a new car
>search through CL
>find Saab 9-3 at a decent price
>call up guy
>"Aye, who dis?"
>"Hello, I'm calling about the car for sale."
>guys starts ranting unintelligibly
>get scared due to living sheltered life in northern New England up until this point
>hang up
>spend next few days paranoid that crazy Saab salesman will call me