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Old January 12th, 2014, 10:55 AM
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1979 Cutlass Calais on CL

Not mine.

The ad had several typos in it, but looks like a decent car. Chattanooga area.

http://gadsden.craigslist.org/sno/4273972500.html
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Old January 12th, 2014, 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by rocketman77
The ad had several typos in it, but looks like a decent car.
What's worse, he says "call for more info" but then doesn't give a phone number.

He also wants $450,000 for it. Good luck with that!


I agree, though. It is a good-looking car, and that's what you're buying, not the guy selling it.
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Old January 12th, 2014, 11:42 AM
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I suspected the price was a major typo and as for the phone number, well, maybe a person could just search the ad on craigslist and respond via email? It is funny to say call and not provide a number, but there are other ways of contacting the seller. Nice looking car regardless.
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Old January 12th, 2014, 11:53 AM
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Actually, I spoke a bit prematurely.

While I would think that, if one puts the phrase "call for more info" right in the ad, one would put their phone number prominently in the ad as well and probably right next to those words, there is a "contact" button at the top of the page which, if you click on it, gives the seller's name, phone number, and a craigslist-type email address. So I retract this criticism.

But I don't retract my comment about his lack of proofreading given his $450,000 asking price! Craigslist gives you about 8 chances to review your ad before posting it. How about taking advantage of one of them?
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Old January 12th, 2014, 03:59 PM
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It was also on Ebay with a Buy price of $5K but the listing was cancelled on 1/12/14 "because the items is no longer available". Since the CL ad is 7 days old, I suspect the car may be sold. It is a very clean and solid car. Low options but still very nice.
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Old January 13th, 2014, 08:49 AM
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Thats ridiculous. I saw a different 79 Hurst posted in my area for $5,500 recently. Looks like it was sold since the original CL as deleted. Here is the cached ad if anyone wants to look at it for reference.
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