Is anyone having any luck buying a vehicle from Craigslist/Facebook Marketplace right now?

[legopnuematic]

I’ve had pretty good success buying on marketplace, Craigslist is pretty much dead around here (the auto section is mostly buy here, pay here car lots/curbstoners, tools section is like 4 main posters relisting the same stuff for years), but I did get a 99 Ram 2500 for parts last year for a whopping $400. Ran and drove 60 miles back to the shop, AC even worked.

With marketplace, since the information is right there I’ll scan over their profile and other listings they might have to get a feel for them, also I’ll drop the name into google to make sure they aren’t public enemy #1 or something.

I’ve had a couple of sellers flake on me, but thankfully before I left to meet them. Oh well.

Have dealt with a lot more flakes on the selling side however.

 

[Turbo4whl]

I’ve had pretty good success buying on marketplace

I am not on Facebook for a lot of reasons. Like I said you need to be vigilant. Here is an example, If "Miss Jenny" is selling her dead grandfathers's HO trains and she say's 'I don't know if this engine runs' then she is okay, and buy accordingly. If "Mr. HO" has an engine for sale and says 'I don't know if it runs' this means he spent at least an hour fussing with it and could not make move.

 

[bucket]

Pulling this thread of mine back up after another frustrating Marketplace experience. Car popped up for sale on our local Marketplace last evening. Immediately messaged the seller. Had a quick conversation and set a time for 4:00 today to meet. So, I hooked up my new to me trailer, got money ready, and ready to head out for our 4:00 time. Sent another message to the seller telling him that I'm ready.....Crickets. Half hour later, he replies back telling me that he just sold it (money down and picking it up Saturday).

Not sure why people have no common courtesy anymore. But, this is getting absolutely frustrating.

A couple weeks ago, my son found a Camaro he wanted on marketplace. We were hesitant to go buy it, after our last experience with a D-bag that was "selling" a Firebird on marketplace.

But anyway, we went with the trailer to go look at it and hopefully buy it. The car was 100% exactly as described and the seller was super nice. We happily paid the guy his asking price and he was super thankful that we actually read the description and knew what we were coming to buy. It was a fantastic experience for all of us.

It's nice to know that there's at least some amount of decent sellers out there.