you’re right - I’m not the only one with a car - but I’m the only one with this car at this price/place/time.   If you want it, great - my terms.  If not, great.   I’ve sold so much stuff on CL over the years that, yeah, I’m jaded and cynical about buyers - they’re as flaky as a Kellogg’s factory, they lie and they…

absolutely - the shady as fuck world of craigslist is NOT for everyone.  Some folks should absolutely NOT buy things private party - if you need a guarantee, a warranty, even a tiny modicum of safety, any sort of predictable customer service, any sort of recourse, any sort of return policy, etc etc etc you should buy…

the way it was meant to be.  

no - not that I have anything against 300ZX :) - the handle is a Trailer Park Boys reference.

other than illegal and generally shady, nah, no issue.

you’re a good buyer, who probably gets good deals.

“Venmo me the money and its yours....otherwise, I’ll text you if it sells and if its still around in 10 days it’s yours”

so much this -  fuck those guys and their ‘entitled me’ mentality.   Not my problem or concern where you’re coming from in the least.   But for the far away guys you’re right - they do tend to be more serious - and I won’t sell out from under a guy who’s committed to coming from far away - he knows exactly what his…

I just reply, “thanks but no”. On a $3500 listed P71, $2800 and an easy transaction with a cool guy in my driveway will get you a title. The price for the asshat negotiators tends to go up - “$4 grand or I’ll wait, dude - I got piles of guys lined up for this thing.”    If you want me to meet you at Walmart parking…

curbstoners in particular - I can spot those dudes a mile away now, but if you don’t have some CL car buying/selling experience, you’re in for a shitty ride 

the sub-$2K car market on CL is a scary place to be. Those deals are way harder than the $4-7K market, and the people are weirder. I had a dude try and buy a $1200 Fusion with a marginal-but-gonna-make-it-another-10k-miles-before-it-pukes transmission for a combination of $700 cash, a couple stolen phones and a TBD…

Not to be an asshole, jrhmobile - but you’re the most annoying type of buyer there is - I ain’t going to your bank, jacking around with a notary, or anything of the sort. Cash in my driveway or I’ll wait for the next guy in line to show up with cash in my driveway. That strategy you describe sounds smart - hell it is…

I have found that bartering the really oddball stuff like an old Rolls is often better than a cash deal - better meaning faster and easier. If I can flip that Rolls for a Mustang, a motorcycle or a boat or a camper or whatever, often the thing you ‘get’ is worth more than what you trade off - or it’s easier to sell…

You’re sooo000 right about this Peng.

“but it was a $5k car. Anything over that gets dicey”

Yeah, but at the same time - I rarely respond to a seller who is using CL email relay alone and doesn’t put their phone number there for easy texting. They’re hiding something right out of the gate basically - Even if I like the car, I usually pass on those. Being easy to do business with is important. I see that in…

IDK, man. I can flip an 05 Camry in a matter of hours on Facebook with the right 05 Camry and the right seller and probably get a 100% or greater ROI. The work, capital and risk it takes to flip a big dollar small market car has cost a lot of guys a lot of beans over the years. There’s a million dads looking for a…

clearly you’ve never flipped cars.  It’s not that easy, or that risk free.

the same moron that spends $45 a gallon for coffee in a 12 cent cup.  lolol

He’s a New Yorker - go easy on him.