Posted by Mark in FLG [184.101.141.10] on Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 13:05:28 :
In Reply to: Wanted posted by G [104.13.209.214] on Wednesday, December 09, 2015 at 20:18:22 :
This "person" - Casey, or whatever name he uses - bought my W500 under false pretenses, and I consider him to be a complete scam artist.
Having the truck for sale, I received a phone call from "Jim Casey" inquiring about the truck. After several conversations, we agreed to a price and a time when he and his transport would come to my California residence to pay for it and pick it up. So far, so good.
I live (most of the time) in Flagstaff; I arranged for someone to be at the California house to take care of the arrangements. ON THE DAY OF THE SUPPOSED PICK-UP, "Casey" calls my phone in AZ and leaves a message: the funding has fallen through, and he can't complete the deal. That's all.
Well. Things happen. I wouldn't do that to somebody, but I've learned, over the course of 60 years, that some people are just not the way you want them to be.
Fast forward six months. I get a call from a person who is interested in the W-500. A person who lives in the same county as "Jim Casey" but uses a different name. He wants to buy the truck, and he makes me an offer that's $3,000 less than what I was asking.
By now, I really need to sell the thing. So, against my better judgment, I accept. Again, because I can't find time to get over to the CA house, I have someone go there to do the deal.
You can likely guess the rest. It's "Jim Casey" again, using a false name to buy the truck, only he's just saved himself three grand.
To top it off, he sends me a message afterward, suggesting that he'd be glad to buy me lunch. I told him where he could put his lunch...
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