I was selling a car on Craigslist. Jim Kwiatek told me on the phone he was definitely going to come and buy it, just needed it for the engine ("Hard to find those"), extremely pushy, told me to tell other buyers it was sold, would definitely be there the next day. As I had already had a few annoying experiences with people not showing up when they said they would, I said OK. Surprise! He didn't show up but gave a decent excuse and said he could be there in a few days. I said OK again, and we set a time. Surprise! He pushed the time back. We set a new time, and when it came around, it wasn't him but an employee who showed up. The employee tried to pay less than we had agreed (a measly $500). Everything about this salvage auto had been clearly described and photographed in the ad; they just didn't feel like paying the agreed price, and so there was no sale, just a lot of wasted time and opportunities. His employee then made up a story for him about how the engine was bad -- completely untrue.
Bottom line, I found him not to be a man of his word. read more