You know how when you watch the movie a second time, you know what’s going to happen, but you so desperately hope it doesn’t? It’s odd that it is so commonplace for your brain to ignore logic and fight the inevitable. And even having this understanding, all of us will continue to take harder paths all in the name of faith.

So I found a post on craigslist for a 2005 civic for $4700. I figured I’d bite, I have nothing to lose. Who knows, maybe the battery died (hybrid vehicle) and he was too lazy to get a new one or something. I’d buy the car, fit it with a new battery and hopefully save a little.

I then get a reply that looks like this:

I apologize for the delay, I’m in the military and now I am in United Kingdom and that’s why I couldn’t reply in time. Anyway, thank you for your interest in buying the car. Why is the price so low? I am selling the car because I am here in UK with my work, and my regiment will be deployed in three weeks in Iraq and I think I’ll stay there for a whi…

LOL OK.

By the way, copy and pasting your scam e-mails fails

Update

2:12:03  9/10 ebzlo: http://rulebookoflife.com/2008/09/10/rule-really-no-free-lunch/
2:38:50  9/10 gssmason: so
2:38:53  9/10 gssmason: are u buying the car
2:39:43  9/10 ebzlo: no
2:39:44  9/10 ebzlo: ….
2:39:57  9/10 gssmason: y not

I can’t tell if he’s serious.