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pinky0926
09/16/18 8:51:15 AM
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Put my beater car on sale on gumtree for $500. 2001 VW Golf, 273,000kms. Listed out all the problems - leaking shocks, rust on the underbody, loose handbrake, radio not working, bonnet completely faded, if you lock it occasionally the alarm goes off by itself, tyres near the legal limit. Said "open to negotiation".

Guy calls up and after some half-hearted very British bargaining we ended up on $450. He's going to drive up from fucking Yorkshire to get it. That's a 7 hour round trip.

Who the fuck travels 7 hours for a piece of shit car that they're happy to pay nearly the total listed price for? Nobody does that.

Honestly I would have been happy if someone gave me $150 for it and satisfied with $100.

Edit: Typo, he wants to pay $450 for it.
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NeonOctopus
09/16/18 8:52:30 AM
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EzeDoesIt
09/16/18 8:53:20 AM
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Im thankful to live amidst a veritable sea of auto shops and mechanics; makes it pretty easy to get a couple hundred books for an old junk car.
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pinky0926
09/16/18 8:54:03 AM
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NeonOctopus posted...
How many pounds is 350 USD?


My bad, I meant to type $450.

I put the car up for 400 and he wants to pay 350 basically, the numbers are close enough.
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ModLogic
09/16/18 8:55:08 AM
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21WIVES_CHILL
09/16/18 9:01:01 AM
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What did you expect from a british craigslist site?
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Burgess
09/16/18 9:01:51 AM
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BettyB0op08 posted...
How does a seller get scammed?


They don't.
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pinky0926
09/16/18 9:02:24 AM
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BettyB0op08 posted...
How does a seller get scammed?


Well this isn't so much a scam but the classic "Oh sorry, I only brought $250, is that alright?" trick. But I guess that's easily solved with ATMs.

There's also the one where they go out for a test drive with you and their mate robs your house, but I don't think I need to worry about that one.
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