RzeroB
Well-Known Member
Saw this fairly nice looking 67 Barracuda fastback for sale on the Redding CA CL. Here is the ad and a pic: http://redding.craigslist.org/cto/4240784479.html
There is no number in the ad so I send him an email thru CL. Here is what I wrote: "Hi. Just came across your ad for your 67 Barracuda yesterday. If you still have it let me know as I am looking for a 67-69 Barracuda fastback and yours looks pretty nice. Thanks. Tom"
A couple of days go by and nothing. Thinking that it might have got lost in cyberspace I resend him the exact same message. Later that day I get a response from him thru CL and here is what he says: "yes" That's it, nothing else. WTF?
I think maybe he's driving and sent that out as a quick reply or something so I send him another email and this is what I say: "That has to be the briefest reply ever. lol. You must be responding from your smart-phone or something. Your ad doesn't have a phone number, but maybe we should talk instead of typing emails? How about a number so I can call you. BTW, what's your name?" That was three days ago and haven't heard anything else from him.
Kind of weird, so I start thinking that maybe it's not legit, you know, a phishing scam or something. CL ads without a phone number always make me kind of suspicious. So I do a Google reverse image search to see if the pics for the car pop up anywhere else other than on the Redding CL. They do. There is an ad for the car with the same pics listed on a "2040cars.com" website here: http://www.2040cars.com/Plymouth/Barracuda/1967-barracuda-295724/ Never heard of that website and some of the ads look really old. The interesting thing is that on the 2040cars.com website the car is listed as being in Escondido in southern CA. Hmmmm?
The whole thing is starting to smell a little fishy. Anyone know of this 2040cars.com website, this particular Barracuda (should be kind of unique being that it is Vitamin C orange) and more importantly the current owner?? Thanks!
There is no number in the ad so I send him an email thru CL. Here is what I wrote: "Hi. Just came across your ad for your 67 Barracuda yesterday. If you still have it let me know as I am looking for a 67-69 Barracuda fastback and yours looks pretty nice. Thanks. Tom"
A couple of days go by and nothing. Thinking that it might have got lost in cyberspace I resend him the exact same message. Later that day I get a response from him thru CL and here is what he says: "yes" That's it, nothing else. WTF?
I think maybe he's driving and sent that out as a quick reply or something so I send him another email and this is what I say: "That has to be the briefest reply ever. lol. You must be responding from your smart-phone or something. Your ad doesn't have a phone number, but maybe we should talk instead of typing emails? How about a number so I can call you. BTW, what's your name?" That was three days ago and haven't heard anything else from him.
Kind of weird, so I start thinking that maybe it's not legit, you know, a phishing scam or something. CL ads without a phone number always make me kind of suspicious. So I do a Google reverse image search to see if the pics for the car pop up anywhere else other than on the Redding CL. They do. There is an ad for the car with the same pics listed on a "2040cars.com" website here: http://www.2040cars.com/Plymouth/Barracuda/1967-barracuda-295724/ Never heard of that website and some of the ads look really old. The interesting thing is that on the 2040cars.com website the car is listed as being in Escondido in southern CA. Hmmmm?
The whole thing is starting to smell a little fishy. Anyone know of this 2040cars.com website, this particular Barracuda (should be kind of unique being that it is Vitamin C orange) and more importantly the current owner?? Thanks!
