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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 12:14 PM
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Lookie Lookie '05 SS for $7,000

http://www.buysell.com/root/detail/B...T_SS_Very.aspx

So is this real or fake.
The guy says he will sell it for $7,000 and ship it anywhere, from London at his cost.
Check it out then email him. I have already told him it's too good to be true.
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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 12:16 PM
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i think its fake if the guy doesnt put his phone number on it
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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by CobaltVenomSS
i think its fake if the guy doesnt put his phone number on it
I was thinking the same.
This was his email response to my original inquiry

Originally Posted by MikeGeffner
Hello,
I'm very glad to hear that you're interested in buying my car. It's in perfect working condition from bumper to bumper and it has a clean and clear title which will be delivered along with the car. Service records and original manuals are available and they will also be delivered with the car. There are no scratches, dents or chips on the paint, the interior does not have any tears or rips, there are no mechanical issues with the car. The tires have plenty of thread left, about 75%. It's safe to say that the car is in excellent overall condition.
The reason I'm selling it is that I have moved to London, UK and I brought the car here to drive it daily to work, however I need to sell it right now along with other assets in order to pay my mortgage debt.
I want to assure you that my first concern in this deal is both our safety, so I suggest we use the shipping company's escrow department to supervise the transaction.
As far as shipping is concerned I will pay for door-to-door shipping because there's no sense in dragging you into the shipping cost too. It will be via Air Freight and it will take no more than 10 working days, depending on your location.
With everything included, the total price that you will pay for the car is $7,000 CANADIAN.
If you have further questions please let me know
Thank you
Mike
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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 12:20 PM
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This must be a new scam people are trying. I emailed a guy about a seadoo and he said he was in London also because of work. I said it sounded too good to be true and I would have my friend to come over and look at the machine and make the deal for me. I haven't heard back from him.
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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 12:21 PM
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still need a phone number ask for that
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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 12:26 PM
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wow, I've seen this scam alot for supras and skylines, but never for a cobalt
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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 12:27 PM
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fake bro...if he really needed money he would sell it for maximum price
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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 12:28 PM
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fake dont even waste your time
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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 01:00 PM
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HOLD THE PHONE! Those are pics from the kid I sold my custom color-mathced headlights to frommy first ss/sc



Just wanted to point that out. Carry on
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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 01:05 PM
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i believe ive seen that car on ebay also, but it has been a while back.
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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 01:08 PM
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there was a buysell ad for an RSX in Saskatchewan that also seemed too good to be true. There was a caution to buyers later issued.
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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 01:20 PM
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the car looks nice, too bad that it is FAKE!!
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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by victory_red_SS
As far as shipping is concerned I will pay for door-to-door shipping because there's no sense in dragging you into the shipping cost too. It will be via Air Freight and it will take no more than 10 working days, depending on your location.
Air Frieght?!

Hahaha

Since when can they ship cars air freight
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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 01:43 PM
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Ok its a scam, what they do is they say "send the money to this warehouse or shipping company" which then you never get whatever product your pay for. My boss almost bought a quad of a guy till he did some research about it. Any time they say "lets use this company" its a scam.
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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 04:21 PM
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could be real, it says 7000 canadian, or wherever he lives, could be pounds? **** if i know, if it's 7000 AMERICAN DOLLARS, then it's fake as hell, or was rolled 23 times on a highway hahaha
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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 04:23 PM
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hes probably from

LONDON, Ontario
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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 07:54 PM
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This was my response to his email

Originally Posted by victory_red_SS
Hello Mike

Thanks for getting back to me. I have contacted you on behalf of 2 co-workers, who are both seriously interested in your car. They have asked me to get more information because I too own a '05 Cobalt SS.
The first question was going to be why are you selling at such an undervalued price. Now that you are also going to incur shipping costs to ship it to Vancouver, this deal seems even more unbelievable.
I shipped my car from Vancouver to Toronto, albeit by enclosed truck, and that cost me $2,000.
Doing a deal over such a distance makes me very cautious and I am looking out for the best interests of my co-workers.
Having said that, please let me know more, such as why so cheap. The car looks great and I see a couple of mods. The windows are tinted, the headlights are painted inside, the hood is changed and it is lowered. I don't see any of the usual performance mods so I assume appearance mods and lowering are all you have done. If not please let me know.
Have your rims had the typical flaking issues? Also why not sell it to a Londoner or perhaps to a US military based person and save the shipping? And why list it as Vancouver?
For a little help to know that I am serious (considering the distance) please go to this thread https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/2-0l-lsj-performance-tech-47/victory_red_ss-goes-rwd-48074/ as that is my project. Perhaps you are already a member on www.cobaltss.net where my user name is victory_red_SS .
I look forward to hearing back from you Mike.

Thanks,

Rod
I doubt I will hear back from him. By now he likely knows the whole community is on to him
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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by spaz
This must be a new scam people are trying. I emailed a guy about a seadoo and he said he was in London also because of work. I said it sounded too good to be true and I would have my friend to come over and look at the machine and make the deal for me. I haven't heard back from him.
i was going to buy an 2001 ss camaro from las vegas and i ask the guy to get a shipping price and he didnt get back to me untill 4 days after and said he had to fly to europe for his sister and the car was being shipped to my house and i needed to pay him now? i was like wtf i dont want the car yet i want a shipping quote. then he said he was going to sue me and i needed to send him money over seas ... f@ck that i'm not that stupied big scam
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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 08:45 PM
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that is my best friends car he is from whitby..........
fake fake fake....
i have a black one he has the yellow one... he is selling i though
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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 08:45 PM
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lol. one of my co worker found a deal for a 2006 cbr RR600....for 3000 $ LOL i was like there is no way this is real. so i told him to request papers, series number and everything.....the guy sent him picture of the bike, on the picture it was a 2006 GSX-r. lol i was like! OMFG PWND.
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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 08:52 PM
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i just let my friend know (his name Is Jonathan) he is going to call buysellzone regarding it, and that he is also gonna contact the seller..........
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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 08:55 PM
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that's a very common scam

and just think about it, how much would it cost to ship an entire CAR by AIRMAIL!?!

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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 08:56 PM
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I believe i saw this car on ebay not to long ago, and it sold.
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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 08:56 PM
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Yeah, I remember looking at a bmw e46 m3....he was also "over seas"....so I sent him an email that I was in the area and wanted to see it in person.....Never heard back...wanted $8,000 for an 04 silver bmw m3 with like 12,000 miles on it lol
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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 08:58 PM
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SCAM, someone tried to do this to me with a 69 Camaro. Anyways, its pointless to even try to talk or contact these scam artist. Report it to Ebay and they will investigate it. Happens every day.
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