Date:         Sat, 10 May 2008 17:31:06 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: false ads on Craigslist?
Comments: To: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
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I'm thinking that people are running these ads in order to print it out and
show the owner of some car they want to buy how little the thing is worth...
"look, I know you're asking 2500, but these things are all over the place on
craigslist for $1100 or so. I'll give you $1200, how's that?"
Running lowball ads to validate falsely low price is the only reason I can
think of.

Jim

On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 4:28 PM, Scott Daniel - Shazam <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> For how sharp and clean it looks in the photo's you think it would be more
> all right.
> I forget my 'year details' on these old air-cooled, and don't try to track
> that stuff either.
> Is it a 68 or 69 ?
>
> I personally don't think an old air-cooled bus is worth over $ 1,100 or so
> anyway,  but that's just me.
>
> Considering how sharp the body and interior look,
> The price is way low it would seem.
>
> Maybe they just like messin' with people.
> Scott
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Mark Drillock
> Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 1:21 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: false ads on Craigslist?
>
> It seems to me that every week I see ads for VWs that don't add up. Lots
> of Vanagons and buses show up with what seem too good to be true prices
> and descriptions. No phone numbers and never any response to my
> inquiries. Anywhere else this seems to be happening besides SoCal? I
> wonder what the purpose is of such ads are?
>
> example:
>
> http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/car/674983739.html
>
> Maybe it is a real ad but the photos are not the year van listed and the
> price is way low for the van in them.
>
> Mark
>
>
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