| Just like the traditional channels of purchasing a car, | | | | surprised by the fact that almost half of the |
| you will have to meet moral and immoral sellers. The | | | | population I contacted thinking would be a private |
| actions of the immoral, are making it harder and | | | | seller, turned out being a dealer. |
| harder for those morally ethical sellers because the | | | | Missing information or incomplete information. A big |
| general consensus is becoming that every car being | | | | percentage of the cars were missing one or a |
| sold has a hidden problem. Houston craigslist cars also | | | | combination of the odometer reading, the |
| has immoral dealers, or private sellers that are willing | | | | transmission, and the title status. Sometimes it was |
| to bend backwards to convince you that the car is in | | | | because the seller forgot about it, which is fine with |
| perfect condition, and no mechanical work need to | | | | me, so long I would get an answer that fits the |
| be done on it. | | | | asking price. |
| To analyze the Houston car market on Craig's list, I | | | | An inconvenience that I face shopping on Houston |
| decided for the purposes of this article to pick a | | | | craigslist cars, is the face that some sellers don't list |
| popular car, Toyota Camry. The analyzing process | | | | their phone number, of course this leads me to |
| involved contacting every listed Toyota Camry. The | | | | believe that they are not serious about selling, |
| process lead me to come up with a list of obstacles | | | | especially after I emailed every seller with no listed |
| that you should be ready for when using Houston | | | | phone number, and soon later found out that they |
| craigslist cars. Hence, just like I stress in every other | | | | were asking much more than the fair market value |
| article I write, watch out for scams, and do you | | | | for the car. And when I asked about the reason for |
| homework. | | | | not listing the phone number, they said because we |
| Houston craigslist cars gives you the option to chose | | | | only want serious buyer. for more information, visit |
| between cars listed by dealers, or private sellers. This | | | | the section I dedicated my website you are |
| turned out to be a problem, because almost every | | | | interested in obtaining more information about |
| dealer had their car listed on both categories, with | | | | houston craigslist cars. |
| different description, and slightly different price. I was | | | | |