I was looking for a new quad on craigslist yesterday and saw what I thought was a really screamin' deal on a 2010 Polaris Sportsman 850 EPS, with trailer for $2940...
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/mcy/2448776937.html Let listing sez its in Rochester, so I email the guy (no phone number to contact), and tell him I'd like to come and look at it and get it. He emails me back..Sorry, but it is in Rochester, Minnesota, and the price DOES include shipping and insurance to your location. No phone, cuz he can't talk right now; has a throat infection.
It all seemed a little fishy to me. I looked on craigslist for rochester, minnesota, and the quad isn't listed there.
1-2010 Polaris 850 Sportsman, with trailer for $2940. Suspicious
2-Rochester Minnesota, not Washington...suspicious
3-No listing in Rochester, Minnesota craigslist....suspicious
4-No phone number to contact/can't talk cuz of throat infection....suspicious
5-Price includes shipping and insurance....suspicious
So, I did two things....first, I emailed him back and told him I wasn't comfortable with the arrangement, and was no longer interested in it; then I called the Rochester, Minnesota Police Department to tell them of my suspicions that the quad was stolen. the officer wasn't interested at first, because I didn't know what the VIN was. But I guess while we were talking he was going through his list of stolen property, and then sez to me, without the VIN I can't really do anything...oh, I only show one quad listed and it is a 2010 Polaris Sprotsmen 850......I told him that's exactly what this one is....so then he wanted the listing number, and when I told him it wasn't listed in the Rochester, Minnesota craigslist, but the Seattle craigslist, then he got even more interested. I mean I told him at the very start I was calling from Seattle, but I guess he wasn't paying attention.
So, I doubt I'll ever here from the police, or know if it was a stolen quad, but my money is on that it is stolen.
