I have been looking for a car to buy on Craigslist and it has been pretty interesting to see some of the stuff that shows up there. I am amazed at what some people think their car or truck is worth. I love the ones that say that it runs great but needs a starter solenoid. Can't they spend $15 on a solenoid? Or the one that is asking a fair price for one except for the fact that it needs a transmission! There are also the ads that the pictures show a car that obviously has not been driven in a while. It is usually sitting in the back yard in the weeds. How can they say it runs and drives good? Then there are the ads that seem too good to be true. They generally have a real nice car really cheap and just have an email address from gmail or msn. I found that you can cut and paste the ad title on Google and it will show you all the different cities the ad shows up in. What I don't understand is what they have to gain by posting the bogus ad to start with.
I do have some advice for those who want to post a car ad on Craigslist. First, if it doesn't have the mileage and pictures, I'm not looking. Also, this bullshit about putting $1 for the price or advertising the car with the down payment as the price is bogus. Dnt wrt the ad in all txt b/c i dnt no wtf ur saying! k? Standard English is fine. Don't run out of the house at 11 pm and take pictures of your car so you can post it at 11:15 pm. It's hard to tell whether or not it's a piece of shit. Don't post a car as being modified when the modifications are still sitting in your garage on the floor or in the trunk. Last, but not least, to satisfy my OCD, don't have 4 brands of tires, rims, or wheel covers on the car. That just looks stupid.
Happy posting!
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Sounds like you've been having fun. Did you run into any of the ones that show that they have a picture attached, but when you click on it to see the full ad, it's a picture of something completely different than what's being sold?
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