We do some business on craigslist, but it is the online forum of last resort. It's easier to vet people on FB groups. I bought a couple cars off of FB, had to pass some offers up due to the red lights going off that couldn't be resolved, a few others resulted in purchases after the seller was able to correct a few things, like acknowledging the year the car was actually sold when new and getting the title transferred into their name.
Had a deal that was "almost too good to be true" but the title was fishy. "Somebody else was going to look at the car in 20 minutes" and it was furlough Friday, the one day a month we couldn't go to the DMV and get the title issue resolved. Uh... no thanks. Smelled like cigarettes anyway. But the year thing... I finally figured out that some people list the vehicle's year as the year THEY bought it. Not the year it was first bought as a new car. SMH.
Caveat emptor.
Selling on FB is no joy either. No matter what size font you use and how many times you repeat a sentence there are always people who pretend they can't read. NO TRADES. CASH ONLY. PICKUP ONLY. NO INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS.
Had a deal that was "almost too good to be true" but the title was fishy. "Somebody else was going to look at the car in 20 minutes" and it was furlough Friday, the one day a month we couldn't go to the DMV and get the title issue resolved. Uh... no thanks. Smelled like cigarettes anyway. But the year thing... I finally figured out that some people list the vehicle's year as the year THEY bought it. Not the year it was first bought as a new car. SMH.
Caveat emptor.
Selling on FB is no joy either. No matter what size font you use and how many times you repeat a sentence there are always people who pretend they can't read. NO TRADES. CASH ONLY. PICKUP ONLY. NO INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS.