Mike South <msouth@GMAIL.COM> writes:

> I thought it might be a good idea to pose as a mark--ask what it would
> take to ship it, has he had a mechanic look at it (but don't ask to
> have my own mechanic look at it), etc.  Somewhere in there ask whether
> the handle to the crank that lifts the top up and down is in good
> shape.  If he says it is, we know he doesn't have one :).

Nice idea, but I doubt it would come to that.  The scams pretty much all
involve sending some amount of money in advance, or having to cash a
money order and wire the seller some amount of it back (the money order
turns out to be a forgery), etc, often with a complicated tale of woe
designed to evoke feeling of sympathy and trust.

Craigslist has some stuff to watch out for here...

  http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams

Allan
--
1991 Vanagon GL