Hey folks: Kind of a public service announcement here and a call to action for the sake of the community.
There is a Craigslist poster in Houston who is apparently running a bait and switch with the bait being a non existent 88 928. IMHO Please flag his post as "prohibited"
http://houston.craigslist.org/cto/1108923198.html
Seems Ok, Right? Well...I called the number and "Jonathan told me that the 928 was in pretty good shape and that they wanted 1500. It had a cracked windshield and the fuel pump didn't work but it starts fine. (OK< yea, I KNOW...Too good to be true...But...Worth a look?)
Well the truth is... There is NO 928. If there had been an 88 at that price...I would have bought it. I even confirmed over the phone was an 88 with a 5 liter V8. I had a tow truck following me. I am THAT hard core.
When you get there, he will explain that it was all
a mistake and the 928 is really a 924. OOPS!
He will then show you the
rattiest 924 in this time zone with a broken windshield, sunk to the marker lights in mud, stuff growing in the interior, and a woodland habitat under the hood.
Next, the crazy old man in charge will give you a special deal of only 1200 dollars! What a bargain!
I would be ashamed to have these things in the yard but they have dozens of em
of various makes. All neglected for what may be decades. I think
there is some deep psychological issues that I cannot pronounce
which date back to some traumatic event that occurred during his
potty training.
I wanted to warn people about the situation so that they don't
waste there time with this Lunatic. SO, I posted a RE: Car lot going out of business ad that pulled up on almost all the searches that his original ad did. I got torrents of "same thing happened to me" mixed with "thanks for the warning" and "yea, this guy is an A hole" So the poster got a bunch of his friends together and flagged my post so that he can continue his scam.
I put another post, identical to the first up to keep him in check. I figure it will be flagged in a day or so.
http://houston.craigslist.org/cto/1120258647.html
In the meantime...Any one upset that this person is scamming people looking for Porsches, should flag HIS ad. I have been informed he is still telling people over the phone that the 88 928 is still for sale for 1500 and he has refused to correct the ad after he said he was going to. Please help me stop these scamming scumbags. Vote early, Vote often.