I recently bought a car, but the process was a little more complicated than I first thought it would be. Unfortunately, I lost a deposit because I tried to buy a Ford F150 that I found on e-bay. I thought that I found a good deal and I talked to the owner who seemed nice and trustworthy. However, I got scammed. He asked me to place a deposit taking it off the market. I did it and when I went by to pick up the car, I was very surprised to realize that the person in question didn`t exist. I abandoned the idea of getting my money back and erased from my mind the concept of buying a car online.
This lasted until the day when my sister told me that she bought a scooter from Craigslist using a company called onleaders.com. Of course, I did not believe that a service as such could be fraud proof, so I told her that I would not trust any another online seller.
Somehow, she persuaded me so I contacted onleaders.com after finding what it seemed to be my dream truck on craigslist. They asked me and the seller to open a transaction. The seller delivered the truck for inspection. As expected, it was a piece of junk! Lucky me ….. I only lost $25 and the wire transfer fees, but imagine what would have happened if I would have paid a “nonrefundable deposit” like the seller initially suggested.
In the end, it all worked out fine. I waited until my credit score got better and now I`m the owner of a kickass F350. Many of my friends bought used cars online, but for some reason or other it didn`t work out for me.
My advice to anyone is: buy new, not used. But if you really want to buy an used car, for your money`s sake go with onleaders.com. Hadn`t been for them, I would have been ripped off the second time