Mike South <msouth@GMAIL.COM> writes: > I thought it might be a good idea to pose as a mark--ask what it would > take to ship it, has he had a mechanic look at it (but don't ask to > have my own mechanic look at it), etc. Somewhere in there ask whether > the handle to the crank that lifts the top up and down is in good > shape. If he says it is, we know he doesn't have one :). Nice idea, but I doubt it would come to that. The scams pretty much all involve sending some amount of money in advance, or having to cash a money order and wire the seller some amount of it back (the money order turns out to be a forgery), etc, often with a complicated tale of woe designed to evoke feeling of sympathy and trust. Craigslist has some stuff to watch out for here... http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams Allan -- 1991 Vanagon GL |
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