Buyer Beware

A short time ago I found an ad for a Packard that I used to own, and like with most cars, do have some regret parting with. The price was very attractive.

usclassifieds4all.com/list.php?term=1938+packard&c=1

So I wrote to the seller not saying just yet my previous ownership.

I got several quality photos which I later identified as coming from a dealer’s website. The guy said the car was in Spokane, Washington at a storage facility and that he was trying to save a vintage furniture restoration business in Chicago and needed the cash. He wasn’t able to show me the car personally but said that if I sent him the money his shipper would send me the car and I would have a full seven days to change my mind and send the car back. Wow ! What a deal !

I led him on for several e-mails over many days. Asking questions and getting bullshit answers. He finally asked if I was ready to “seal the deal” and that I needed to first register on his shipping company website:

wyegatetransport.com

I then asked how long he owned the car and he said something like five years. I asked ” Did you drive it much?” He said he took it on several tours and really loved the car.

I said “Wow, that’s great. I’m sure you enjoyed it. But something doesn’t quite add up. You see, I owned the exact same car and sold it only three years ago to John Doe in Michigan, and the photos you got were from a dealer who sold the car last October. So you couldn’t possibly have owned it for five years. How do you explain that? “

I never heard back.

His name, or he name he uses, is: Roger Cooper [email protected]

This generic website “usclassifieds4all” lists all sorts of cars, so perhaps Old Roger is trying his hand with a few dozen scams at once.