Anyone familiar with this car sale website?

[PaulE]

I came across this website listing cars for sale while perusing craigslist. Hot Classic Sales . They have some Porsches for sale at prices that seem way too good to be true. Has anyone seen this website or had any experiences with it? I suppose like craigslist or eBay there can be bad actors participating on an otherwise viable website.

[78F350]

Originally Posted by PaulE

I came across this website listing cars for sale while perusing craigslist. Hot Classic Sales . They have some Porsches for sale at prices that seem way too good to be true. ...

First off if you came across them on Craigslist, is there ad in violation of the terms of service for Craigslist? If it is, there's a clue.
https://www.craigslist.org/about/help/faq#prohibited

Personally, I won't even click the link you posted.

[thstone]

Lol! There is no way those are real ads... A 6K mile 2012 911S for $26,900?

KBB says that this is a $75,000+ car.

[marck]

Here is the WhoIs info https://www.whois.com/whois/hotclassicsales.com Not much info there but that's not really too uncommon. But the registration date was only about 20 days ago. 10/10/17 That's likely fly by night. They are probably harvesting info from other sites and placing adds on the site to get revenue and don't really care about selling cars. If you can determine where a car is available from check Craigs list for that area and see if the same car is listed or Carfax or Cargurus etc. In general if someone selling a car isn't willing to let you see the VIN then there might be a problems.

[nicecar]

How about bring your trailer.com ? I think it is great

[marck]

So I assume this is common info but maybe not. Never send money to anyone to buy or reserve a vehicle without being able to see the vehicle in person. Never send routing numbers from you checking account to anyone for any reason unless they are across the table from you and in that case they will usually take your check. Don't do wire transfers. If they won't take a cashiers check then they aren't legit. In person is the best thing in a neutral location that might have surveillance like a Walmart parking log or in the parking lot of your bank. Ask for the VIN number at the beginning if they won't provide it then end the transaction. However legit sellers are also reluctant to give out the vin even though ALL dealers will provide the vin on their web site. You can also do CarFax searches on License Plate numbers as well as VIN.

Most CraigsList sellers are actually legit but a large number aren't. Use the CraigsList contact system that runs email through their system to protect buyer and seller and ask for the VIN. TXT is not necessarily a good way to contact people. If they won't provide the VIN they are either paranoid or not legit. Don't provide personal info and don't ask for personal info. If the price of the vehicle is way out of line then it's either not a usable vehicle or not legit. "Too good to be true" is truly trouble.

[kirkandorules]

Probably a site built to harvest contact information for spam. I clicked on a few and saw some license plates that didn't match the state they claimed to be in, a "Minnesota" car with cacti in the background, a "New York" car with palm trees, and a huge number of expensive cars in a rural New Hampshire town of 5000.

[PaulE]

That 2012 911 and also a Cayman R caught my eye. There were other cars that seemed to be priced closer to reality.