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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
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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Just curious, why would a car someone bought cheap at auction and fixed up be a bad thing? I bought a (very cheap) car at auction and had it fixed up, and it ran great for a couple of years. (Then it went to kidney car heaven).
That seems a lot like flipping houses to me, but with cars. Obviously if the car was salvage or something that's different, but if it was just a repo I'm not sure I see what the problem would be? You could still request a car proof and get it inspected couldn't you? To me, a seller who doesn't want it inspected would be a bigger red flag than someone who has 3 cars for sale...