I just got punked By mthomas (Read 708 times)

[mthomas]

I just got punked! I have today off and although I did about two hours worth of office stuff this morning, I am thinking, "What am I ging to do today?" My honey do list won't take long so I look on good ole Craiglook to see what's there. I see Pit Bike brand 50 cc scooter, 44 miles, no title will provide BOS. Needs new battery and carb...$100. So I am thinking, might get it for my 13 yr. old. With 44 miles, it must be like new. Battery probably needs trickle charged or buy a new one. Carb should not be an issue if I can't fix it. Hell, thing has got to be worth 400-500 even without a title if the boy doesn't like it. So I call the guy and ask him about it. Tells me got it without a title, has all the parts including he carb. Tells me all his kids have quads and taking up space, wants it gone. He tells me that if it is going to a good home, he would take $80 for it....BINGO! I tell him that my wife is working today and I need her van to haul it home. I will definately be there today (an hour drive) and he says I will hold it for you. I get the kids situated and about an hour later I get nervous cause I know that is such a good deal. The guy told me I was the first caller and it was only posted about 15 minutes when I called. So I text the wife and said I am coming to switch vehicles. I called the owner and told him I am on the way an should be there in a little over an hour, he says fine. I jump in the car with my son and stop for gas and going to go switch my car for the Odyssey. I leave the gas station and the guy texts me and says, sorry somebody just picked it up. I text back and said what about holding it? Nothing, so i send back and said that was a duck move and I have to tell my 13 yr. old it was sold. I hope I could return the favor to him in the future. New guy must have offered more money, unethical idiot. We even have an extra matching yellow helmet, would have been sweet.

akroncanton.craigslist.org/mcy/1826205089.html

[scooterran]

Very sorry for you and your son, mthomas.. Same thing happened to me in the early 70's. I saw a Bass boat in the paper for sale, so I called him up and told him I wanted to look at it, He says ok come on over it's in a storage shed. Ranger Bass Boat with a 150 Johnson in perfect shape, no skid marks on the front, I mean Told him I would take it. $2,800. I told him that I would have the money tomorrow and would be back to pay for it. Early the next morning I got a call from him and he said that, the boat has been sold ......... Nothing I could do. Learned later that I should have given him a down payment of some kind and got a reciept from him. One lesson leaarned.

[Bashan]

Jerks......when I sell something on CL I tell them first come first serve so there's no confusion. These people were just liars......what goes around comes around......I've seen it too many times not to believe that. They'll get theirs. Rich

[wayneb]

I always tell people the first one to come up with the money gets it. I've had too many
people tell me they want it and then never come up with the money. But I let people know
that up front and don't let them think that I won't sell it to someone else. If I told someone I would hold it for them, I wouldn't turn around and sell it to someone else.

[mthomas]

I always tell them the same thing. First one here with the cash gets it, whatever it is. If I could have STUFFED it in my Impala, I would have done it. Or, if the wife was home and I had the van, I would have gotten it. The timing on the whole thing just sucked. I thought about sending him a Paypal for $50 to hold it and consider it sold but when he said he would hold it, didn't think I had to.

duck...I'm still pissed about it. When am I ever going to find a scoot with 44 miles on it complete for $80...never!

[scooterran]

I've still got this guys name and if I got something he wants, this sucker is S.O.L. He lives an hour away from me and every once in a while I put something in his local paper for sale. Come on fishy, take a bite. He, HE