I came across a 2003 highlander limited 155k miles 2 owner no accident. I asked him for his address and he gave me the adress to his friend who works in an auto repair shop and he said that he gave it to his friend to sell because he is busy. The post has been up for two months. Is this another scam? I am not sure. Thanks.
If the person you meet up with to buy the car doesn't have the title in their name, yes it is a scam. It is a "curb stoner" or "title jumper" as we call them. They buy a car, never register it, and sell it straight to you for profit. It is illegal, but the practice is running rampant right now due to market conditions.
If you are buying private party, you MUST purchase the vehicle from the person who's name is on the title in order for the transaction to be legal. I always ask for the title and ID if I'm buying privately for myself and match up the name and address.
When I'm buying six figure cars to sell, I do the same but also run them through the DMV database to make absolutely sure the seller is legit and the car is theirs and not stolen.
People suck. You have to look out for yourself man.
P.S. - Do yourself a favor and stay off Facebook Marketplace. Nothing there but scam artists, salvage titles, password phishers, and people who aren't really trying to sell their car but post it for a stupid high price. It's a waste of time. I've lost many hours on there before cutting the cord and going back to Craigslist and the more reliable sites.
haha I didn't know fm was such a bad site for used cars. I'll keep off of it from now on.
Facebook marketplace is such a sham, even if you do managed to sell something to a tire kicker, they could just bomb your "rating" and then fb marks you as a untrustworthy seller so good luck trying to sell anything else on there after. And if you buying, everything is crap rn.
I thought it was facebook, so i trusted it, but now I know it is just a bunch of garbage.
sounds like a broker/flipper to me, title probably not in his name, "selling for a friend" that i have run into
the two months would scare me off
Exactly.
This already does not sound good to me. I’d pass.
The most important part of what the previous responders said was this - make sure to ask to see the ID of the person selling the vehicle to see that it matches the name on the pink slip. If not - RUN!
What is the pink slip? I ignored that ad and went on to an ad on craigslist of a highlander sold by a family guy.
https://cnj.craigslist.org/cto/d/pennington-2005-toyota-highlander/7332140852.html
he's referring to the title, as Mod_Man mentioned before
I love that the post is gone lol. Well I probably gonna be the same situation as endrit. So I will check every single title to see it's the right owner of the car. Otherwise I call them the repo man. Repo mans always take car which is the same as the government taking away your car since it's a salvage title lol.
he didn't answer the messages when I asked him for his number. I found this post and I am confident in it:
https://cnj.craigslist.org/cto/d/pennington-2005-toyota-highlander/7332140852.html
Ok you should check it out. Everything checks out to you then you should purchase it.
The only problem is that it is 84 miles away from my house and my dad works every day next week, so we might have to do the transaction over the phone. This guy is literally the first one of every single ad I have ever checked that is actually legit. Rare considering it is craigslist we are talking about, here.
Meet him halfway. Please consider him to bring the titles and anything else important. Also, bring a scan tool.
I found one on amazon for 32 bucks that is an obd2 scan tool; it was the cheapest one that includes live data.
Oh ok you should test it out in your cars before going for a long drive.