Comments on: 10 Ways To Avoid Getting Burned Car Shopping On Craigslist http://www.ridelust.com/10-ways-to-avoid-getting-burned-car-shopping-on-craigslist/ - Motion + Mobility Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:26:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marc http://www.ridelust.com/10-ways-to-avoid-getting-burned-car-shopping-on-craigslist/#comment-42758 Marc Wed, 04 May 2011 23:40:20 +0000 http://www.ridelust.com/?p=13709#comment-42758 Great points here. Scammers and con artists are getting more creative by the minute! Although risky, Craigslist is a great place to find a bargain. I use http://clcarz.com when searching craigslist for cars. It allows you to search multiple craigslist cities at a time. Great points here. Scammers and con artists are getting more creative by the minute! Although risky, Craigslist is a great place to find a bargain. I use http://clcarz.com when searching craigslist for cars. It allows you to search multiple craigslist cities at a time.

]]> By: Warner http://www.ridelust.com/10-ways-to-avoid-getting-burned-car-shopping-on-craigslist/#comment-38790 Warner Sat, 19 Feb 2011 18:37:58 +0000 http://www.ridelust.com/?p=13709#comment-38790 I found a 2004 Ford Lariat on sale for 2600 in my area and when I emailed the seller he responds back that the car is in New York at a military pov storage ready to be shipped. This is crazy.. I began looking around to see if it was a possible scam and I saw another vehicle listed that I got a email about.... this is crazy. I found a 2004 Ford Lariat on sale for 2600 in my area and when I emailed the seller he responds back that the car is in New York at a military pov storage ready to be shipped. This is crazy.. I began looking around to see if it was a possible scam and I saw another vehicle listed that I got a email about…. this is crazy.

]]> By: Maggie http://www.ridelust.com/10-ways-to-avoid-getting-burned-car-shopping-on-craigslist/#comment-19248 Maggie Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:02:35 +0000 http://www.ridelust.com/?p=13709#comment-19248 Great advice! We just narrowly missed getting burned by a dealer that buys at auctions and then meets you in a walmart parking lot. My advice is - Don't travel really far from home to buy it, if anything goes sour and you need to track the person down or just need a signature on something, you will have to travel crazy distances. Also if you just drove 1 or 2 hours to get the car, you will feel additional pressure to buy it because you already invested the time and gas. - Definitely pay a mechanic to look at it if you don't know squat about cars, some will come out to meet you, or you can take it to a shop. Best thing is to have it put on a lift if you are paying an amount that could really hurt you to lose. -Walk away walk away walk away! IF the seller tries to pressure you, says things like, what you don't trust me? Gives you a bad gut feeling, comes across as slick, is too busy to let you have it inspected, or will not let you leave the parking lot to test drive it. - You don't have to get totally scammed to get burned on a used car purchase, you can just be a bit impulsive and not dot all your i's and cross your t's. The law is totally on the seller's side, for the most part, you are the one that is stuck with the giant paperweight that needs more repairs done than its worth. Take the time to do it right, you will lose in court 99% of the time if not. Great advice! We just narrowly missed getting burned by a dealer that buys at auctions and then meets you in a walmart parking lot.
My advice is
- Don’t travel really far from home to buy it, if anything goes sour and you need to track the person down or just need a signature on something, you will have to travel crazy distances. Also if you just drove 1 or 2 hours to get the car, you will feel additional pressure to buy it because you already invested the time and gas.
- Definitely pay a mechanic to look at it if you don’t know squat about cars, some will come out to meet you, or you can take it to a shop. Best thing is to have it put on a lift if you are paying an amount that could really hurt you to lose.
-Walk away walk away walk away! IF the seller tries to pressure you, says things like, what you don’t trust me? Gives you a bad gut feeling, comes across as slick, is too busy to let you have it inspected, or will not let you leave the parking lot to test drive it.
- You don’t have to get totally scammed to get burned on a used car purchase, you can just be a bit impulsive and not dot all your i’s and cross your t’s. The law is totally on the seller’s side, for the most part, you are the one that is stuck with the giant paperweight that needs more repairs done than its worth. Take the time to do it right, you will lose in court 99% of the time if not.

]]> By: Matt http://www.ridelust.com/10-ways-to-avoid-getting-burned-car-shopping-on-craigslist/#comment-17001 Matt Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:23:42 +0000 http://www.ridelust.com/?p=13709#comment-17001 Great article. I think if more people were educated about how to buy a car the correct way, there would be less people with horror stories. I also like to compare the price of cars that I'm looking at to what other people have paid for the same car. If you find a good deal on craigslist you can post it at www.foundoncl.com or you can search what other people have paid for cars. Great article. I think if more people were educated about how to buy a car the correct way, there would be less people with horror stories. I also like to compare the price of cars that I’m looking at to what other people have paid for the same car. If you find a good deal on craigslist you can post it at http://www.foundoncl.com or you can search what other people have paid for cars.

]]> By: tech4computer http://www.ridelust.com/10-ways-to-avoid-getting-burned-car-shopping-on-craigslist/#comment-11948 tech4computer Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:21:27 +0000 http://www.ridelust.com/?p=13709#comment-11948 Good article. It covers all the points of buying car off craigslist or any similar web listing. Although I just come across your article but when I was shopping for car on Craigslist I followed almost all of the points you mentioned. Lot of car ads on craigslist are just scams. Out of laziness and to save me lot of time I created a Firefox Extension ( https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6142 ) for personal use and later released it for public. This extension covers some of your points: 1. Know the value of the car Gives idea of price range, provides easy links to kbb and other sites. Shows price from automotive and also on top shows what other people on craigslist are selling same model/year car for. 4. Ask about known problems, damage, noises Shows car Recall information for the particular car. Shows MSN car reliability information which tells frequent issues of the car. 5. Check all local craigslists Again it shows list of ads of same car model/year on top. 8. Watch out for signs of a scam Creates easy link on top to search for given phone number on all craigslist to see if seller is selling other stuff also. This is useful to find out if the person is reseller or is moving etc. Highlights on top if the car was in accident or is a rebuilt. 9. Research commons problems with the car Again MSN reliability info is shown. Shows owner Reviews of car. Car Reviews are very useful as that gives good idea of what to expect from that particular car. Also shows useful information from Edmunds. Basically all the information is on one page, right along side the actual ad. Saves user many clicks of research effort. I guess I made a long comment. Good article. It covers all the points of buying car off craigslist or any similar web listing.
Although I just come across your article but when I was shopping for car on Craigslist I followed almost all of the points you mentioned. Lot of car ads on craigslist are just scams. Out of laziness and to save me lot of time I created a Firefox Extension ( https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6142 ) for personal use and later released it for public.

This extension covers some of your points:
1. Know the value of the car
Gives idea of price range, provides easy links to kbb and other sites. Shows price from automotive and also on top shows what other people on craigslist are selling same model/year car for.

4. Ask about known problems, damage, noises
Shows car Recall information for the particular car. Shows MSN car reliability information which tells frequent issues of the car.

5. Check all local craigslists
Again it shows list of ads of same car model/year on top.

8. Watch out for signs of a scam
Creates easy link on top to search for given phone number on all craigslist to see if seller is selling other stuff also. This is useful to find out if the person is reseller or is moving etc.
Highlights on top if the car was in accident or is a rebuilt.

9. Research commons problems with the car
Again MSN reliability info is shown. Shows owner Reviews of car. Car Reviews are very useful as that gives good idea of what to expect from that particular car. Also shows useful information from Edmunds.

Basically all the information is on one page, right along side the actual ad. Saves user many clicks of research effort.
I guess I made a long comment.

]]> By: DORIS HARRINGTON http://www.ridelust.com/10-ways-to-avoid-getting-burned-car-shopping-on-craigslist/#comment-8400 DORIS HARRINGTON Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:34:36 +0000 http://www.ridelust.com/?p=13709#comment-8400 i will try those inspection thank you i am just starting to look i will try those inspection thank you i am just starting to look

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