Amazing deal or scam????

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Old 04-28-2011, 09:01 PM
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Price seems to good to be true but to high to be a scam. A friend of mine is looking into it.

69 Camaro Convertible
 
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Old 04-28-2011, 09:30 PM
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Scammers don't usually put their phone numbers in the ad. The guy probably needs the money more than the car. In this economy, 25k doesn't sound like a ridiculously low price for a project like that.
 
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Old 04-28-2011, 09:41 PM
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Must be a misprint, ad actually says $25. Does he mean $2,500. or $25,000.
 
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Old 04-28-2011, 09:55 PM
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"The motor alone is half of my asking price". $2500 for the car? I bet he has a tad more than $1250 in the engine.
I've seen quite a few craigslist ads where people only use two digits, guess their keyboard must be running low on zeros. It's annoying because you sometimes can't tell what they mean.
 
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Old 04-30-2011, 09:49 PM
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I never even thought of that. I have been around car dealer so long I forget that dropping the zeros is not normal. At a auction if you have a beat up old 94 v6 and someone offers you 9 bucks for it before the auction is saying $900. If you have a 02 SS mint and he offers you 9 bucks he is offering you $9000. It would be very rare for two dealers to off by a magnitude of 10. I dont think I have ever seen it. It does not transition over the text adds very well. Some of the dealers do it so much they may not even realize.

I know those 502's are around the 12K mark, add in all that other upgraded chorme he has to had 18-20 just in those upgrades. Now add in its a friken 69 rag top with a RS nose on it. Seems like a sweet deal.
 
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Old 05-04-2011, 02:06 PM
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Me thinks he just dropped off the "K".
 
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