spitfirebill
spitfirebill Dork
7/23/09 10:46 p.m.

Anybody here familiar with a used car sales outfit that goes by that name?

They have a lot posted on Craiglist in the Richmond to DC area. My daughter was looking at BMW they have and I saw several red flags. She can't see that car before she buys. She can't pick up the car. They ship the car and the price is shipping is already in the price of the car. Money has to be wired. Of course this is all "done through ebay so that you are protected".

I smell a big old rat, but I find nothing bad when I Google the name.

MrJoshua
MrJoshua SuperDork
7/23/09 11:05 p.m.

Cant see car before buys= it better be less than $5 or i say no.

spitfirebill
spitfirebill Dork
7/24/09 7:19 a.m.

Datsun1500

Yea I saw all of that too, AFTER I told my daughter to forget it. She can be pretty thickheaded when she wants to be. Maybe she will believe all of those warnings even if she doesn't believe dad.

I must say this person is pretty slick.

JThw8
JThw8 SuperDork
7/24/09 8:18 a.m.

There is NO relationship between Ebay and CL so if nothing else sends up a red flag the "assurance" that everything will be handled through Ebay is a sure sign that this is 100% scam.

carguy123
carguy123 Dork
7/24/09 8:25 a.m.

Based upon my experiences saying it will be handled the Ebay way pretty well guarantees you it's a scam.

I go to CL to get things done legitimately.

ClemSparks
ClemSparks SuperDork
7/24/09 8:45 a.m.
carguy123 wrote: Based upon my experiences saying it will be handled the Ebay way pretty well guarantees you it's a scam.

Quoted because statements don't get more true than this.

DILYSI Dave
DILYSI Dave SuperDork
7/24/09 9:17 a.m.

It's a scam.

Dr. Hess
Dr. Hess SuperDork
7/24/09 9:37 a.m.

Scam.

EastCoastMojo
EastCoastMojo Dork
7/24/09 9:37 a.m.

Scam scam bacon and scam, hold the bacon.

G_Stock
G_Stock New Reader
7/24/09 11:53 a.m.

SCAM!!! and did someone say bacon?

andrave
andrave Reader
7/24/09 12:37 p.m.

I can't believe you even have to ask. Scam.

No bacon.

spitfirebill
spitfirebill Dork
7/24/09 1:37 p.m.
andrave wrote: I can't believe you even have to ask.

Actually I didn't (need to ask).

The OP asked if anybody had had dealings witha certain entity.

jrw1621
jrw1621 HalfDork
7/24/09 7:46 p.m.

I have all the answers that you need about Consumer Advatage LLC and I will provide you those answers for free.
What I am not sure is if you are the type of person that I should be sending it to and therfore I will have to do some background checking. Please send your name, adddress phone and banking account infomation for my verification and I will send answers to you for free (minus a small shipping charge.)

onegoodsamaritan
onegoodsamaritan
8/26/10 2:52 p.m.

Crooks total crooks, they hit the junkyard take parts off older like model car, trucks and put the junk on the cars/trucks they are trying to sell and keep the good parts for the other cars they need to fix up....scam total scam, doors falling off, they wont even let you see the car until you are ready to buy, then they talk the good guy talk and tell you they guarantee the vehicles are good, load up their site with pics of people standing by vehicles but not one quote, they are crooks and the State of Virginia Commonwealth Attorneys Office, will put Bob Adams , if that is his real name and his crew outta business, man, he has several aliases.....a chick named Munoz answers the phones, done my research and find it quite odd they have over 100 pics on the site showing folks standing by vehicles we are to assume they have purchased, yet not one quote or thanks online anywhere.....can you spell TAX FRAUD, the fines are gonna hit them hard and I hear from folks in Warrenton they gotta illegal side hustle on too. My boy works for DHS, homeland security hdqtrs in DC, Special Agent, I asked him to do a check on them and and the crew Evan and Kay and Robert Adams....some aliases are being used, for sure, too many names under their umbrella, heh, heh heh...revenue, possible a hot spot to cover tracks elsewhere, amen

pete240z
pete240z Dork
8/26/10 5:44 p.m.

wow. you can't see the car before buying it?

oooohhhh do you want my credit card number over the phone or should I run and meet you at a tavern with a bag of cash?

onegoodsamaritan
onegoodsamaritan New Reader
9/14/10 4:47 p.m.
pete240z wrote: wow. you can't see the car before buying it? oooohhhh do you want my credit card number over the phone or should I run and meet you at a tavern with a bag of cash?

Hey, I just heard CONSUMER ADVANTAGE, LLC IS BEING SUED. dont know for sure if it is the same operation or in another state. Someone pulled their card or a company named similar. How do you find that out?

onegoodsamaritan
onegoodsamaritan New Reader
9/14/10 4:57 p.m.

Hey, I just heard CONSUMER ADVANTAGE, LLC IS BEING SUED. dont know for sure if it is the same operation or in another state. Ckd Va, cant find it....I hope Someone finally pulled their card or is it a company with a similar name?. How do you find that out?

monark192
monark192 Reader
9/14/10 5:16 p.m.

The have a website - must be legitimate

http://www.consumeradvantage.org/

onegoodsamaritan
onegoodsamaritan New Reader
9/14/10 8:28 p.m.

haha, good one, I am sure everyone with a website is legit, too legit to quit. however my friend i meant website that would list court cases.

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