Its not that bad here, yet.....
maybe because we are such a small isolated market, the island, etc.
I have been pretty lucky using it, buying and selling.
I did see a great truck, cheap, etc....
Same thing Dave, the military base, shipping out, thing.
It was her deceased husbands truck, and she just wanted it gone.
I bit.
I knew after the first exchange I got duped, now I wanted to turn the tables.
I pretended to be a 15 year old boy, and I was wanting my single mother to buy me this truck so I could get a job and help her and my siblings out, etc.
I got real personal with the "woman" asking about her late husband, how he died, etc.
I told her my mom was not being reasonable, a real BEETCH, and that she needed to talk to her, etc....
I told her I could maybe do payments after I got the job, but needed the truck to get a job, etc....
Guess what, never heard back
I do that on sales calls too, on the phone
I tell them, opps, you just caught me getting out of the shower, I nekked, and dripping.....
Asked them if that excites them?
I keep it going, asking them probing questions......
They hang up
Try it, its fun.
I've made up such outrageous stories of misery, that I think I had them on the edge of tears, wanting to send me stuff to help