cohunter14
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- Jul 10, 2017
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Well, it looks like I got scammed by a craigslister...my wife\'s SUV needed new tires and with me recently going self employed, I figured I might as well check craigslist and see if I could save a few bucks. Found a guy who had four brand new tires that he supposedly had just taken off another vehicle when it was delivered and put a lift and bigger tires on it. I met him and gave him the $500 for the tires and off I went. The tires are all brand spanking new, so I thought I just made a nice deal.
Long story short, I took them to Discount Tire this morning to have them installed. They were going to charge me a few bucks, but all in all I was going to save over $200 versus going new. The guy looked at the tires and goes \"sorry, but unfortunately we can\'t install these.\" I figured he was making a mistake and thinking they were the wrong size or something, which I knew they weren\'t. But then he went on to tell me that these tires were all over 10 years old...two of them built in 2004 and two in 2006. I had no idea that the tires were even stamped like this, but sure enough it is right there on the sidewall. And evidently even though the tires are brand new, they are not safe to install after that long.
Of course I reached out to the guy multiple times today, but still haven\'t heard anything back. Ironically he responded to every other email of mine within five minutes prior to the sale. My last offer to him was that I\'ll give him $50 for his time and make the assumption that it was an honest mistake. But I have no expectations of hearing back.
My blood is absolutely boiling right now. I cannot even describe the frustration and anger. It\'s one thing to be scammed, but this couldn\'t have come at a worse time for us. The thoughts that have gone through my head of what I want to do to this guy are...well...just not good. I\'m an honest person who trusts others too much and it bit me in the ass today. I\'ll be contacting the police in the morning and going from there, but I\'m guessing they won\'t do much.
Anyway, a heads-up to all my friends here on BTO: if you ever buy tires on craigslist, be sure to check the date on the side!
Long story short, I took them to Discount Tire this morning to have them installed. They were going to charge me a few bucks, but all in all I was going to save over $200 versus going new. The guy looked at the tires and goes \"sorry, but unfortunately we can\'t install these.\" I figured he was making a mistake and thinking they were the wrong size or something, which I knew they weren\'t. But then he went on to tell me that these tires were all over 10 years old...two of them built in 2004 and two in 2006. I had no idea that the tires were even stamped like this, but sure enough it is right there on the sidewall. And evidently even though the tires are brand new, they are not safe to install after that long.
Of course I reached out to the guy multiple times today, but still haven\'t heard anything back. Ironically he responded to every other email of mine within five minutes prior to the sale. My last offer to him was that I\'ll give him $50 for his time and make the assumption that it was an honest mistake. But I have no expectations of hearing back.
My blood is absolutely boiling right now. I cannot even describe the frustration and anger. It\'s one thing to be scammed, but this couldn\'t have come at a worse time for us. The thoughts that have gone through my head of what I want to do to this guy are...well...just not good. I\'m an honest person who trusts others too much and it bit me in the ass today. I\'ll be contacting the police in the morning and going from there, but I\'m guessing they won\'t do much.
Anyway, a heads-up to all my friends here on BTO: if you ever buy tires on craigslist, be sure to check the date on the side!
