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vibikki 04-06-2009 04:52 PM

A guy got kidnapped for 4 hours after selling car on Craigslist
 
I found this on another chinese forum..

This guy was trying to sell his car on Craigslist, a BMW 520 and agrees to meet up with a potential buyer. The buyer comes with another friend, they go and test drive in a building on No.3/Saba...then 2 other guys jump into the car with a knife, forcing the owner to give up all his belongings. They hold him hostage for 4 hours while trying to transfer the car insurance to another guy.

So scary...
the owner posts the entire story online. (in chinese version)
http://www.westca.com/News/article/s...=tchinese.html

LsquareD 04-06-2009 04:54 PM

craigslist is full of surprises!

Shun Izaki 04-06-2009 04:54 PM

LOL that sucks.So much for friendly private sales.

Nvasion 04-06-2009 05:03 PM

thats why i hate buying or selling on craigslist

Noizz 04-06-2009 05:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nvasion (Post 6367721)
thats why i hate buying or selling on craigslist

agreed, i had a guy that was an hour late to our meet time. he told me he was 5 minutes away when i called him 15 minutes after our scheduled meeting time. he shows up 45 minutes later...

whatever happened to people's integrity? sheesh

Presto 04-06-2009 05:49 PM

RS B/S FTW!!

This article looks super long, and detailed, but I couldn't even find a blurb of this incident in any of the major local news sources.

quasi 04-06-2009 06:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noizz (Post 6367726)
agreed, i had a guy that was an hour late to our meet time. he told me he was 5 minutes away when i called him 15 minutes after our scheduled meeting time. he shows up 45 minutes later...

whatever happened to people's integrity? sheesh

Why would you wait? If he said he was 5 minutes away I'd give him 15 minutes max and then leave.

hongy 04-06-2009 06:23 PM

Quote:

“don fucking move, do yell! don't do anything stupid!”
Lulz, do yell please.

Nvasion 04-06-2009 06:57 PM

i much much MUCH rather buy on RS because of repubility.

winson604 04-06-2009 06:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by quasi (Post 6367805)
Why would you wait? If he said he was 5 minutes away I'd give him 15 minutes max and then leave.

Well sometimes when your trying to sell something especially something that might have not had lots of interest you might just wait it out since you already wasted all the time emailing back and forth and actually getting out to meet them wherever. The amount of time it would take to say fuck it and then trying to sell it again will probably be more of a hassle.

racerman88 04-06-2009 07:31 PM

that's why I usually bring a friend with me when I sell something

Orion 04-06-2009 07:34 PM

WTF... and I always buy and sell on CS... damn this is gonna get scary

how am i to trust the erotic section now!

slammer111 04-06-2009 07:35 PM

So were they able to transfer the BMW car insurance to another guy?

For big-ticket items like a higher-end car, always have a friend around for safety.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nvasion (Post 6367859)
i much much MUCH rather buy on RS because of repubility.

RS isn't always the best place to buy/sell. I've been scammed by people on RS with "spotless" records. Can't say the same for Craigslist.

DJ Milk 04-06-2009 07:35 PM

Why would the suspects want to transfer the car insurance over to their name or friend's name? They are either stupid criminals or this story is made up.

hongy 04-06-2009 07:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Orion (Post 6367914)
WTF... and I always buy and sell on CS... damn this is gonna get scary

how am i to trust the erotic section now!

:p you trusted it before?

godwin 04-06-2009 07:51 PM

BMW hadn't sold a 520i in Canada for AGES.. I highly doubt it is a "higher end car". The only possiblity that a 520i to be in Canada is via Japan.

I smell bullshit.

Quote:

Originally Posted by slammer111 (Post 6367915)
So were they able to transfer the BMW car insurance to another guy?

For big-ticket items like a higher-end car, always have a friend around for safety.

RS isn't always the best place to buy/sell. I've been scammed by people on RS with "spotless" records. Can't say the same for Craigslist.


DJ Milk 04-06-2009 07:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by godwin (Post 6367938)
BMW hadn't sold a 520i in Canada for AGES.. I highly doubt it is a "higher end car". The only possiblity that a 520i to be in Canada is via Japan.

I smell bullshit.

I was wondering about the 520 as well until i skimmed through all those chinese characters and found the numbers 530i

pandalove 04-06-2009 08:02 PM

china uses craiglist???!!!

Simplex123 04-06-2009 08:05 PM

fuck I've always hated selling on craigslist..

threezero 04-06-2009 08:14 PM

they went for a test drive of a bmw in a BUILDING. riiiiiiiiiggggghhhhhhttttt


EDIT: ok i read part of the article. the buyer wants to test it out at the parkade. that should tip most ppl off. unless they are selling a car out of tokyodrift. nobody requests a test drive at the parkade.

InvisibleSoul 04-06-2009 09:07 PM

I couldn't understand the article for shit with Google translate. :(

TRDood 04-06-2009 09:11 PM

lol

when i sold my phone, we met up at the casino parking lot! 1000x cameras protection!

although i did go into those ppl's cars when they checked over my phone. LOL

BNR32_Coupe 04-06-2009 09:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nvasion (Post 6367721)
thats why i hate buying or selling on craigslist

yeah same here. i hate getting kidnapped and robbed of all my possessions. so much headache and takes up so much time.

hotjoint 04-06-2009 09:20 PM

damn i've never had any problems selling on cs or rs, then again I only sell video games, clothes and electronics, nothing too expensive

3seriesBeeM 04-06-2009 09:21 PM

thats some scary stuff I always bring a friend with me when I am buying/selling things on CL although I guess it wouldnt matter to much if they had a knife


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