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I'd never heard of curb siding, I had to look it up and it appears to be a specifically Canadian term. I always like to learn new things like this, so thanks for introducing me to the concept. Here in the states people do that kind of thing too. I've never heard that it was illegal, though they're often not to be trusted (but then neither are used car sales people in many people's opinion, including mine).
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Yeah its a jungle out there. My only car off Ebay 1000 miles away guy lied but was more believable than the best you could think of., Fooled a friend that manages 20 companies. Long and short he only had it a year and had to do work to it, I demanded the records from the car and once home studied them and the onwer before a bank manager took great care of the car its whole life. I have ten years on that car and best car I ever owned so even with the liar in the mix it ended up not mattering at all in that case. Thankful owner before him for all his care as he owned it.
Thanks for mentioning you looked it up, good when people have interest in stuff too bad the cop didnt care enough to.
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I bought my car on eBay last March from a used car lot in Philadelphia and it worried me a bit, buying it sight unseen, having it trucked up here and everything, but it worked out really well and has been a very good car so far. This is the only car I've had that belonged to me, prior to this I've had some use of the farm car and not needed my own though I've owned a utility trailer for the last 10 years.
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Don't know where you guys live but CL is so abysmal around here for tools (and everything else) that I gave up completely. Waste of time, really, really junky.
I've done well on FB marketplace though.
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I was on FB for about 6 months in 2009 and decided it was not to my liking, so I deleted myself and have not been back. I can see that it could be handy to be able to use the marketplace, though, and maybe I should go back again for that.
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I think any CL post that shows an email or phone number on the pic or post is suspect. I have bought quite a few fishing items, tools, machines and lumber on CL and did well. My car buying experience got really wierd and won't buy a car on it again.
I have, at the advice of my daughters and son in laws started using FBMP and like that better actually.
Damn shame the way scammers ruin very useful ways to buy and sell.
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If they don't give a phone number, then respond through the CL email, which won't require you to reveal your email address to the lister. It may well be a scam, particularly if it's a "too good to be true" item, but if it is, they just won't respond.Originally Posted by Ronald Blue
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Most tools on CL here in the upper midwest are indeed junk. The exception is listings from actual businesses upgrading equipment, or going out of business, for machine tools, for example. Those keep me looking. But if you're looking for common woodworkers tool, like a table saw or jointer, 99% of what you see won't be worth the search time. But even then, there are exceptions. A couple of months back, there was Northfield Model 4 Table saw, with the sliding table listed an hour and half drive from me that was a gem (I'm pretty sure it was a real listing, because it had good photographs of the saw from many angles, in a real shop setting.)
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Most scams are easy to spot by there wording. If it doesn't look right it probably isn't. The best ones are the table saw that has such a rusted top that it might never clean up and obviously hasn't made sawdust in years but they want a $1000 for it. I haven't saw any in a while but Sawstop is one that used to be popular for bogus sellers. I know when the phone number matches up to the area as well but there are exceptions. Many list a number with a combination of letters and numbers. While there is plenty of junk the items I have some interest in are the opposite end of the spectrum. They think they can get new price for their item. Not sure I follow that logic. Even if you can see it run you are buying it as is. Plus you have to haul/move it yourself. I realize some things are hard to source from the OEM at this time but do your research so you know.
Last edited by Ronald Blue; 12-27-2021 at 10:12 AM.
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Never heard the term "curbsided" before. I heard the term "curbing cars" which from what I looked up is pretty much the same. 30 years ago, when I represented some new car dealers in Maryland, they depended on "curbers" to buy the trade in cars which were not good enough for their used car lots. Maryland started enforcing a law against curbing and the dealers had to send the cars out of state to auto auctions. I was suckered into buying a curbed Chev Suburban. the transmission had been switched and I had problems with it a week after purchase. I sued the seller under the states consumer warranty law and he defended on the grounds that it was his personal car. I had collected 9 classified ads from the Washington Post with his telephone number advertising cars for sale. Also got pictures of vehicles sitting in his yard with for sale signs, that matched the classified ads. The judge slammed him. I got a judgement for the transmission repair, court fees, and for my time as an attorney to bring the case. The Judge then had the bailiff take the guy into custody and hold him for the state police dealer enforcement folks. I had that Suburban for 12 years and put another 110,000 miles on it.
Last edited by Perry Hilbert Jr; 12-27-2021 at 10:40 AM.
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I re-tooled my shop through CL. Bought all the vintage machines I needed, and restored them.
That started somewhere around 2010, about 6 years after I retired. I had already set up a WW shop, with Cheap Chinese Chit.
I've had a few no-shows, and have not been scammed, as of yet.
My current shopping list doesn't contain tools, and it seems I helped deplete the county of vintage stuff, as ads have been rare the last several years. (Sorry about that)
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I also didn't know what it was and struck out when I tried to google it. Your verbage worked though. I never knew there was a term for that. I do know a person who buys and sells motorcycles and used to do this. Never had them in his name I mean. To my knowledge he was not intentionally scamming anyone. He just bought "right" and sold for a profit. He wasn't buying wrecks etc. There are scammers everywhere.
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Perry thanks for mentioning that, a thing ive learned is we have to document save all. If you guy a machine from an auction save the URL. Do screen saves of all things. A thing im on now the auction is done and past but I can clic what i saved and it goes right to the ad.
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My wife's ex did that with motorcycles. He had an employee up in New England who bought bikes cheap for cash, especially when people needed cash for Christmas and were strapped. He would pick up truck loads around Christmas and haul them to Maryland, where he had a motorcycle garage. His employees fixed the bikes during their slow winter season and he would haul a truck load down South to sell during the spring bike shows and bike weeks at the resorts. He even hauled some customized bikes out to Sturgis to sell. When he died, I helped my step son process his father's estate. One year, he made almost a half a million between bike sales and the garage. Never imagined their was so much to be made on motorcycles.
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