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Politics : BuSab -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (15321)	10/18/2012 2:28:48 PM
From: Neeka	Respond to of 23934

Remember the trailer that I was looking at on craigslist that I pointed out to you. It was a deal too good to be true. You really helped me figured out the scam.

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (15321)	10/18/2012 3:35:50 PM
From: SmoothSail	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23934

I bought a car through Craigslist, but it wasn't without it's problems. I probably went through 15 scammers before I found 2 who were legit. But I also had the help of my son and my mechanic who were able to qualify the good. Most of the scammers in CA buy cars that have been in an accident and they do the minimum to make it look presentable. There's a requirement that the pink slip has to state that the car has been in an accident. Also, the seller has to provide a smog certificate. If there's something mechanically wrong with the car, it's probably not going to pass the smog test. It's an underground industry here to recycle lemons. I quickly learned that if the person on the other end of the phone had an Asian accent, it was probably a bad deal.