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Anonymous wrote:I was buying a car from someone who advertised on Facebook and they offered to put a lower price than I was actually paying on the bill of sale so I could pay less in taxes on the car. When I declined the offer, the guy pushed a bit harder on the idea, trying to sell me on how much I could save on the taxes.

I refused the offer again and that is when it came out that he wanted to put a lower price on the bill of sale because he was the executor of his mom’s estate and he didn’t want his siblings to know how much he was getting for the car. He wanted to pocket a few thousand extra and not have to split it with his siblings.

I ended up walking away from that sale because I decided this guy was a creep and I wanted nothing to do with that kind of a person. What kind of person tries to steal money from their own siblings?

Hello, are you new to DCUM?

Haha, point taken. Apparently this kind of thing isn’t unheard of with sales like this because I’ve recounted this story to friends and some of them had similar stories to tell. I figure if someone is willing to be dishonest in things like this, they’re happy to be dishonest in other areas of their life also.

Anonymous wrote:I was buying a car from someone who advertised on Facebook and they offered to put a lower price than I was actually paying on the bill of sale so I could pay less in taxes on the car. When I declined the offer, the guy pushed a bit harder on the idea, trying to sell me on how much I could save on the taxes.

I refused the offer again and that is when it came out that he wanted to put a lower price on the bill of sale because he was the executor of his mom’s estate and he didn’t want his siblings to know how much he was getting for the car. He wanted to pocket a few thousand extra and not have to split it with his siblings.

I ended up walking away from that sale because I decided this guy was a creep and I wanted nothing to do with that kind of a person. What kind of person tries to steal money from their own siblings?

Hello, are you new to DCUM?

We sold our 10 year old car with little to no difficulty. We didn't have any spammers. One person showed up in the afternoon, test drove it. He put down a deposit and then came back that evening with a friend who was a mechanic. They purchased it that day with cash.

Anonymous wrote:+1 for cars.com and Autotrader.com. You can filter only for private sales. I also hate Facebook marketplace and loved Craigslist.

There are barely any private party sales on those two sites. I was looking for a Subaru Legacy and there were only 4 within a 250 mile radius.

I was buying a car from someone who advertised on Facebook and they offered to put a lower price than I was actually paying on the bill of sale so I could pay less in taxes on the car. When I declined the offer, the guy pushed a bit harder on the idea, trying to sell me on how much I could save on the taxes.

I refused the offer again and that is when it came out that he wanted to put a lower price on the bill of sale because he was the executor of his mom’s estate and he didn’t want his siblings to know how much he was getting for the car. He wanted to pocket a few thousand extra and not have to split it with his siblings.

I ended up walking away from that sale because I decided this guy was a creep and I wanted nothing to do with that kind of a person. What kind of person tries to steal money from their own siblings?

Anonymous wrote:We tried to sell a 3 year old minivan in excellent condition on Craigslist for $500 more than the dealer was offering us (and way less than the dealer would charge a new buyer) but no one was seriously interested because people don’t want to get financing on their own and no one is paying cash any more.

They do pay cash, just not for 3-year old a $30k+ family mover. Are you the same poster who said they got more from a dealer than from Carmax?

+1 for cars.com and Autotrader.com. You can filter only for private sales. I also hate Facebook marketplace and loved Craigslist.

We tried to sell a 3 year old minivan in excellent condition on Craigslist for $500 more than the dealer was offering us (and way less than the dealer would charge a new buyer) but no one was seriously interested because people don’t want to get financing on their own and no one is paying cash any more.

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I just bought a used car from a private party and Facebook Marketplace is your best bet. It sucks, but the problem with cars.cim or Autotrader is that 99% of cars are dealerships or used car lots. But yeah, Facebook is annoying because most of those cars are being sold by independent dealers who just bought the car at an auction. I don't trust those guys at all. You can usually screen them quickly by how they write their ads, or a dead giveaway is no plates on the vehicle.
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Check out autotrader.com. You can put in details of the type of car you're looking for and how far you're willing to go. Most are dealerships but there are some private parties listing as well.

Anonymous wrote:Facebook did this to a lot of things. There are many, many things that used to be easier or better, then Facebook got into that business and made it crappy while also killing off the old option.

Facebook is in the business of attracting your eyeballs and collecting your information, and then selling it. They will pretend to be anything you want to make that happen -- a marketplace, a media company, a social network, a photo sharing website, an event-hosting app, a fundraising app. And in the process of doing this, they will destroy the companies that used to actually provide these services. And then once they've cornered the market and extracted your info, they will invest no effort into maintaining this service.

This is their whole business model. They want to replace the internet, so that it's just Facebook and they can watch everything you do and aggregate all the info on it and sell it to advertisers and worse. This is why many of us hate Facebook and want to kill it.

Ain't that the truth. Sorry to say OP, I have no great advice for you. I wade through Facebook and the husk of Craigslist when looking for a used car, but agree it is not as good as it used to be.

Facebook did this to a lot of things. There are many, many things that used to be easier or better, then Facebook got into that business and made it crappy while also killing off the old option.

Facebook is in the business of attracting your eyeballs and collecting your information, and then selling it. They will pretend to be anything you want to make that happen -- a marketplace, a media company, a social network, a photo sharing website, an event-hosting app, a fundraising app. And in the process of doing this, they will destroy the companies that used to actually provide these services. And then once they've cornered the market and extracted your info, they will invest no effort into maintaining this service.

This is their whole business model. They want to replace the internet, so that it's just Facebook and they can watch everything you do and aggregate all the info on it and sell it to advertisers and worse. This is why many of us hate Facebook and want to kill it.

Craigslist - and before that even the old-fashioned newspaper classified ads - used to be a great way to buy a used car from owner. Few scammers, easily searchable, no scammers. Then Facebook marketplace scooped up all the business from Craigslist - and it is garbage. Full of cars that have bad titles, dealers pretending to be owners, and one scam after another. All but useless.

For those of you who prefer to buy a used car direct from owners, what website do you use?