When you call up about the private sale ask about 'the car in the paper, craigslist etc' never mention the make or model, then see if they know what you are talking about, if they ask 'which car?' it means they are running a curbing operation, buying cars cheap at auction (generally) getting them working and then selling them as a private sale, usually by pretending they are the origanal owner and have never had any problems.
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