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    Default This car is a steal. (Craigslist find.)

    http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/cto/2347938742.html

    I emailed the seller and got this response:

    The car is still for sale, it has 67,000 original miles,manual,have both soft and hardtop(engine 1,8l-4cyl),no accidents, clear title in hand. No trades please and final price is the one listed 2500. I'm in Canada on a small vacation with the family until Monday( May 02). You're more than welcome to come and inspect the car when I come back. That will be possible if I'll still have it because I also listed the car on eBay. Whoever wins it will be the next owner. If you'd like to secure the deal before anybody else does, then please buy the car on eBay. Let me know if you need directions to the auction or if you have any questions at all. Final price is the one listed 2500. I need your ebay user id so I can place you on the pre-approved bidders/buyers list as I've dealt with too many day-dreamers in the past. The VIN will be on the auction page along with other information.
    For more pictures see the link below:
    http://www.use.com/2b4cc1ff865c126d30bd
    Let me know if you have any questions.
    Mike

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    The wording smells sort of like a scam.
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    Looks like bait to get valid email adresses and ebay ids for spam lists.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wrx74 View Post
    No sign of it on Ebay.
    Here it is....$5700 and didn't meet reserve.

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/96-Ma...item3a64f57694

    Here it is at the dealer selling it. $7995

    http://www.tonyspreowned.com/vehicle...?VID=133679134

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    Mmmmm.. look familar? Link


    ( beat me to it sammm!!)

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    Got some other random emails back from the "seller" with instructions on giving him my ebay user ID and he'll set up a private auction or some shiz. Some type of escrow account.

    It's a scam. Sorry for the false alarm.

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    Dealer is at 1555 South Reed Rd, Kokomo, IN 46902

    At least it is local!

    First clue was not Texas inspection sticker on it so chances were good it wasn't local.

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    And it has been taken down from CL.

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    It used to be easy to use craiglook to search for other similar ads if the one you found looked too good to be true. Too bad craigslist shut them down.

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