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Buying a used car

Old 07-19-2007, 01:29 PM
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I'm thinking about buying a used car which is way below blue book value which I thought the seller was scammer. I ask him a ton of things about the car and he snt me everything even sent a ton of pictures along with the vin number and everything seems to checks out clear. Now he wants to do the transaction through yahoo finance. Does anyone know what to watch out for? Have you guys bought any car using yahoo finance? Is there anything in general I should watch out for? Thanks in advance.


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1) I want to buy a used car, but it will be online.
2) I don't want to get scammed.
3) It will be though Yahoo.
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Old 07-19-2007, 01:41 PM
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#1 = stupid
#2 = logical
#3 = idiotic

I had a friend who was scammed just like that, I wish he would've came and talked to me. 6 grand he lost.
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Old 07-19-2007, 02:08 PM
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yeah i wanted to buy a gti way back in the day but it was over ebay. i got my cousin in houston to look at it. POS. luckily i had that experience to knock some sense into me
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Old 07-19-2007, 02:32 PM
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Simple, tell him you'll bring him cash/cashier check. If he declines, it's a scam. As long as you aren't prolonging the sale, there's no reason he shouldn't accept physical payment...unless he's scamming. Does he want you to send the money to Nigeria? :P
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Old 07-19-2007, 02:46 PM
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Damn I had a feeling it was to good tobe true . Will thats why I posted up. The car is a good six hour drive from my house. If he says yea I might take a drive.
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