thanks for the advice, will take note

One example below being a car dealer we are always trying to find vehicles way below book price for re sale 95% of the adds I reply to on Auto Trader are scams e-mail below that I received this morning.

Hi

Thank you for your interest in my car.This is a 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA XLE/XLE
LIMITED,SPORTS VAN 3.3L V6 FI DOHC 24V ,ALL WHEEL DRIVE,6 Cylinder
Gasoline,5 Speed Automatic with Electronic Overdrive.Fully loaded,
Navigation system, Looks & runs great, Low mileage, No accidents,
Non-smoker, Runs & drives great, Very clean interior.Driver Air
Bag,Anti-Lock Brakes,Air Conditioning,Alloy Wheels,Cruise Control,CD
Player,Passenger Air Bag,Rear Window Defroster,Rear Window Defroster,Rear
Window Defroster,AM/FM Stereo Cassette,Leather Seats,Power Door Locks,Power
Door Locks,Power Mirrors,Power Windows,Power Steering,Power Seats,Side Air
Bag,Sunroof/Moonroof,Tinted Glass,Tilt Wheel

Mileage 21,200

VIN#: 5TDBA22C75S035065

Here you can find more pictures of the car:
http://s593.photobucket.com/albums/tt15/toyota_album/
(if the above link does not work copy and paste it into a new web browser
window).


The car has been well taken care of, always kept in the garage.Flawless
exterior/interior condition,no scratches and no dents.It has never been
involved in an accident.The engine starts and drives like new and the paint
looks great.It comes with US clear title which will be signed and notorized
in the buyer's name.Have all keys and manuals.

I'm a Canadian Air Force Master Sgt. currently stationed in the United
Kingdom.The car is here with me. It was bought in the US and it is still
registered in the US.The price is $5,850.00 including shipping from the UK
to Canada and delivery to your home address.So if you decide to buy this car
and need further information please get back to me as soon as possible.

Thank you
Msgt.Jared Colman

If this is true, how the hell do you buy a cheap car ?

By calling all possibilities and looking at as many as possible before finding one that remotely resembles the description you have been given. Never ever agree to pay any money up front - unless your ebaying - then only do a deposit, you can walk away from a ebay purchase if the car described is not what you are buying!

We have looked at tonnes of cars/trucks, very few are as described, it's such a releif when you find one for the right money and it is as described, it really is! One of these days we will travel 2 hours to see a car that's been described as rust free and in perfect condition and the pictures look great (because they took the piccies 10 years ago) to find that it's not rust free blah blah blah my hubby won't be able to help himself, he'll punch the lying bleep and end up on an assault charge. Believe me my hubby is not violent but it does get frustrating.

I can import you one from the US to your requirements.

Or you could import one yourself, it's not hard.

YEs he can but wont get Auction prices plus 10%

I think they've started doing free adverts or something because all of a sudden there are hundreds/thousands of spam adverts. They are probably just the usual waste of space spammers or con artists. I've seen loads of $35k+ BMWs listed for 5 and 6 grand. Same details, same car picture multiple times. Filter by dealer and minimum price to get rid of the waste of space adverts.

autohound is pretty good. I prefer their site.

Why not?

Because they are dealer only

I see! But dealers don't always know what they are getting - I've seen some of the 'mistakes' that are sent straight back to auction. We had a dealer looking for a Navigator for us, he has been incredibly impressed by the one we found ourselves $5k less than the budget we gave him! The deals are out there if you lok long and hard enough.