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The best is when you literally ask to see the car / apartment. "I'm in the military deployed / in Africa doing charity work." 99% of scams can be avoided by s
by 999900000999 5y ago
The best is when you literally ask to see the car / apartment.
"I'm in the military deployed / in Africa doing charity work."
99% of scams can be avoided by seeing it in person. That said, you can definitely look for apartments online, but just go out and see it first. With both apartments and cars, I found it significantly easier to just deal with and established company. Individuals tend to be super sketchy even when they don't want to be, for example, when I was looking for a used car once I had a guy try to sell me a vehicle that hadn't been legally registered in like 10 years.
I was on a thread here the other day and there was some person talking about how you can get a rust bucket for cheap, when you try to get a cheap car. You'll have so many people trying to rip you off. It's ridiculous. People who don't legally own the car in the first place, people who don't actually have the title to the car.
Then again, I've had friends tell me that you don't need a license to drive, you don't need to register your car, and you don't need any insurance.
A significant amount of America just lives like that
- ipaddr 5y agoCarfax or a similiar service should give you the facts you need about the history of the car.
- 999900000999 5y agoIt shows SOME facts. I brought an OB2 reader off Amazon and it lit up the moment I plugged it into this used car I was looking at. Buying a used car off a private seller is outright scary if your not a car person. At least at a car dealership I can tell how much I'm getting screwed
- prova_modena 5y agoCarfax has effectively marketed itself as a single source of truth for vehicle history. However, Carfax reports may have omissions and errors, especially as vehicles age out of the manufacturer's warranty. It's best when used to inform and supplement other forms of research, such as a pre-purchase inspection or review of paper records.
- ge96 5y agoProblem with cheap cars is cost to fix unless you get lucky. I was dumb bought a car off a lot for $2K and sunk I think more than $10K into it over a couple years. But at that time getting $2K for me was a big deal.