I'm gonna need at least two for that deal to work

 

Got a PM. He only wants to take pics. Not take the car.

 

Surely he could take one for a test drive, and tell the sales guy hey, I want to take some pics to show my wife? A lot cheaper. Heck I put 20 miles on mine.....went EVERYWHERE......

 

Never underestimate the power of ignorance. The mark assumes a cashiers check can't bounce, pays their own $600, then finds out the cashiers check was no good a few weeks later.

 

$400 just to take pics?

I thought he said...."Anyone in the Central California area interested in renting their RX8 for ONE day for about $400.00 or so? I want to take some pictures."

....to me renting means payment is made to the owner of an asset for the use of that asset, e.g. paying a fee to occupy someone else's house.

Unless I was with the car the whole time, I wouldn't entertain it.

 

They write you a bad money order. You cash it, your bank credits you the money (on a pending status) and then takes it back once they realize it's not a legit check. You've already paid the $600 and you're screwed.

There is never any reason why someone would need to have you do this for them. They need to go on to the Internet to find someone they "trust" to help them??

A type of reverse 419 scam.

http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/nigeria.asp

 

LOL

 

I would certainly do it, If all I had to do was park the car somewhere public without the keys, and he would detail it, take pics and lock it and leave.
But then again, fi this whole thing is legit, he could jsut be a good talker, walk into a dealership, and get THEM to detail a car and let him borrow it with a tag, take pics and bring it back for FREE, as long as he credited them.
I know some of my old dealerships had similar agreements with Motorweek, on Maryland Public Television....

 

lol @ totally obvious scam. If you want to take pics, go test drive one and you can take all the pictures you want. I would certainly hope no one here is dumb enough to hand over their keys to a shady "member" here with 2 posts.

 

because the check is a forgery and sometimes it takes banks weeks to figure that out. then they charge you.

 

And days after the police find the car with a kilo of coke in it, after it's been shot at, rammed into, and drowned in a lake, how much can we charge for late fees?

 

Have been given the privilege of viewing an RX8 that will stay in its own home - owner will stand with me while I take the pix. Have anyone there they like. I just need to view - and photograph - an undamaged undercarriage. Thanks anyway.

 

Have been given the privilege of viewing an RX8 that will stay in its own home - owner will stand with me while I take the pix. Have anyone there they like. I just need to view - and photograph - an undamaged undercarriage. Appreciate your apprehension.

 

Did you ever bump into Jennfier Khasnabis? Too bad she left the show long ago- my favorite Motorgeek news host/in-the-field reporter/thong bikini wearer.

 

Nothing personal here Prov but you can appreciate where we are coming from...

There are so many scams out there these days the fact is the bad guys roam the internet and want our passwords, credit card details, social security numbers, home address, date of birth and even your mother’s maiden name, if they have the opportunity.

The rest is history....