Meeting at gas station to buy a vehicle.. strange experience

[gfh77665]

Oh, I agree but there were too many red flags here

I agree, I am speaking "in general", not specific to this incident.

 

[wtd]

Definitely sounds sketchy. You probably did the right thing by not stopping at his house. I always carry a firearm when I'm buying stuff off of CL or FB MP.

 

[daves87rs]

Glad you left.

 

[The motor guy]

If I drove an hour, I think I would have at least pulled over and called the guy. 'I'm right here staring at you. Where's the vehicle and what now?'

You know what's funny is the vehicle I did buy

No telling but the fact he would not meet you nor was in the vehicle that was offered for sale when you drove by the house tells there was something afoot.

A lot of these folks are just plain shysters. They have no problem wasting other peoples time and then do a bait and switch or try to convince you to accept something less.

It took me close to 5 months to sell my last private party sale vehicle and it was not because it was not price correctly. Selling through Facebook Marketplace is a colossal waste of time for me and Craigslist has it's pitfalls also.

I've found unless you call within 5 or 10 minutes of an ad being posted, someone else will buy it before you.