I looked on Craigslist and on Autotrader and Cars.com, plus the local newspaper and even ebay.
Well, time after time I would run into people who were trying to scam me. Here are a few examples.
I called this one guy about his Honda Accord. We agreed to meet at his house at a certain time and date. Me and my wife went there, but he was not there. He stood us up. This happened with 2 different people on 2 different cars.
Another time, I called this dealership about a Nissan Maxima for sale. The salesman told me the car was absolutely there and to come on down and check it out. I drove in the snow to get there, over 25min. away. When I got there, they told me that the car was sold 3 DAYS AGO! I was steamin mad. I complained to the Manager and told them that this was bait and switch and would report them to the Better Business Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission. By the way the name of this dealership is Midway Kia, in Des Plaines, IL. Two weeks later, this dealership was still advertising this same car for sale, even though they KNEW it was sold. DO NOT GO THERE. THEY ARE SCAMMERS.
Another time a guy advertised about his car for sale, saying it had 98,000 miles. After I did my Carfax check it turns out this car had 198,000 miles on it. This happened 2 times with 2 different people. More Scammers.
Another time a guy advertised about a car being a 1999. When I got to see the car, I found out that it was a 1997.
I was getting so tired of the Scammers.
Finally, I found my car. I ended up buying a 2003 Mitsubishi Galant with 48,000 miles. I am happy with my purchase.
I went with a Japanese model since the American cars that I have been buying have been breaking down way too early. My 2003 Dodge Durango needed a new transmission at ONLY 50,000 miles. My Dodge Intrepid's timing belt snapped and the Engine froze up at only 87,000 miles. This is why I needed a new used car.
It is true that I have in past posts encouraged you to buy American, but when it comes to Cars, you need something reliable and the used Japanese models have a better track record when it comes to reliability.
I have no problem with free trade amongst developed countries like Japan. What I do have a problem with is "so-called free trade" with third world countries like China. China's superlow slave wages put a downward pressure on our much better American wages. This is the trade that I disagree with. Japan has wages similar to ours. China has slave wages.
Also, when I brought my truck in for an oil change at the local Dodge dealership, it took 3 hours and they tried telling me that I needed new front brakes and rotors. Little did they know that me and my friend JUST CHANGED THE BRAKES ONLY 8 MONTHS AGO. So it was obvious they were trying to SCAM me. And then when the bill came due for the oil change, they tried to overcharge me by $10. I promptly told them that they were overcharging me. I had to eventually talk to the Manager in order to get the price reduced.
Oh I am sick of all the SCAMMERS!
One good company that sells great products that does not scam is a company called ABT Electronics. They matched the lowest internet price I could find on a Digital Camera that I bought for my mother's birthday. They didn't try scamming me or anything. I showed them a lower price that I printed out on the Internet and they simply said, we will match that. This made me happy since I needed the Camera right away and did not want to deal with a company online when I could deal locally.
I am just getting very weary of almost every company, from the local car dealership to the cable company, trying to SCAM me. What ever happened to "The Customer is always right" ? Whatever happened to Honest Businesses?
So be Wise and DON'T GET SCAMMED. Ask questions. Do your due diligence and research everything.
Jimbo
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