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JoshuaCripe don't deal with him

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#1 ·
I would hesitate to deal with this guy. I have been talking to him through PM's, texting and phone calls since Thursday about a vehicle he had for sale. He lives south of Jackson and I live in Fenton. Its about an hour and a half from his house to mine. Which is a decent drive if I was to drive all the way there then back. So through the discussions back an forth I asked him to meet me. So here is a run down of the time line on how this went.

Through PM's and texting on Thursday and Friday he sent me some more pics and I asked some basic questions about it. He quickly responded to all texts and PM's. I sent him a text on Saturday and he said he would be available all day on Sunday for me to look at it. I sent him a text about 4pm to ask him if noon would work on Sunday and if he could meet me half way. He responded about a half hour later with "were at the Michigan Renaissance festival in Holly..will text later". I don't know if he has ever looked at a map or not but Holly is right next to Fenton. He literally drove past my house to go there. I responded by telling him "no problem...are you driving it now?" He then told me he was driving it and if was near there its 2hours form his door all freeway. I the told him I am right next to holly and was wondering if he could stop by for me too look at it since he was up this way. He did not respond at all on Saturday.

Sunday morning he sent me a text informing me that the key way on the p/s pump stripped and he would take $1300 for it like that. I told him no problem I could fix it and asked if he still could meet me half way. He then sent me back a text to tell me he was going to take it to get it fixed this morning. I told him to not worry about fixing it because I could. He didn't answer back so I called him about 11am. During the phone conversation he told me that he should be done fixing it shortly and he had to pick his wife and kids up from church at noon. We agreed to meet half way and he would call me back after he picked them up.

Still no response from him at 12:30 so I called him with no answer and left a message. He never responded so through out the day I had called him and sent him a couple more text's and PM's. I still have not heard from him at all but just seen he posted that He traded the vehicle off.

So just to give everyone a fair waring be careful of this guy wasting a lot of your time.
 
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#322 ·
sat here, drank a couple beers, laughed my ass off, Joshuacripe, your gay, buying and selling is a main part of this forum. Keep the ninja riggin going on you vehicles, its becuase of people like you this world is coming to be the shithole it is. Back to laughing
 
#325 ·
Probably agreeing with the 2nd poster was not the best of moves.

And, maybe not anything "you" did, but the immediate bashing that insued before people had both sides of the story probably did not help things along!
What do you mean agreeing with the 2nd poster? I didn't agree with anything. I lol'd at what he said about the lug nuts. Have you read his post about lugs nuts? If you haven't you need to go read it. It makes me laugh and mostly out loud.

Also what do you mean both sides of the story? If you read through it everything I said he has not denied. He claims that he "don't like me" and that's why he didn't sell it to me. That's all fine but that was before this thread. Can you explain to me why he did not like me before this thread started because I can't figure it out?
 
#331 ·
How am I just as dumb? I simply posted the facts dude, Before the guy even posts, people are calling him fucksticks, insulting the guy by basically calling him gay, calling him a douche. A guy agreeing about calling him a fuckstick. Then being called a fukctard, then a guy making allegations on him loosing his house.

That pretty much sums up a bashing on a guy in my book.
JoshueCripe said (and I'm not going to quote it because it's all over this thread) that he doesn't sell to people he doesn't like. And he said he didn't like the OP. He disliked the OP (re: refused to sell to him) before this thread was started. So how is it that something that happened in this thread would cause JoshuaCripe to dislike the OP and not want to deal with him? Oh right, it happened BEFORE this thread. You need to go reread the thread and use your head instead of trying to nutswing off JoshuaCripe.
 
#335 ·
Dude, your missing the point! It does not matter what was done/said between josh and OP. The OTHER MEMBERS of the forum only had ONE SIDE of the STORY! To BASH a guy from only hearing ONE Side of the STORY is UNCALLED FOR! NOW, what happens after Josh posts, is what happens. BUT, to bash on a guy, not knowing both sides of the story is uncalled for.
Get off the band wagon of the bashing of this guy and re-read what Im typing here!

They were bashing the guy BEFORE both sides of the story were put out!
1- Calm down. It's not that cereal.

2- I never said a word until AFTER JoshuaCripe posted. And you know what I read? I read that he didn't give a shit about any of the people he lead on. I read that he thinks it's perfectly fine to ditch out on someone instead of meeting up as planned. I read that if someone tries to meet up, he seems to think it means that person is poor, just because they don't feel like driving around the countryside. I read that he thinks he's god's gift to classified sections.

3- But srsly, calm down.
 
#338 ·
Get off the band wagon of the bashing of this guy and re-read what Im typing here!
I am not on anyone's band wagon if this was directed at me, I read everything and tried to make an informed post without swearing, bringing anyone's family into it, or questioning his military service. This all boils down to mutual respect. If I don't have the money, can't drive to seller's location, or am unwilling to comunicate with a seller than I won't bother contacting them. I expect the same if I were listing something for sale. I agree with cripe that if a buyer is lowballing, wants to meet halfway for a cheap part, etc the buyer doesn't have to sell. But if I set something up with a buyer and lets say I get a better offer, the first thing I'd do is contact the initial purchaser first to let them counter or say "no sell it to the other guy". Again, I'd expect no less if I were a buyer. It really is sad that our marketplace is turning into Craigslist.
 
#341 ·
I simply refused to sell when the op wanted me to include a warn 8k winch at my 1500 price..I posted i took the winch off to drop the price to 1500 so more people could afford it. op wanted the winch at the 1500 price i laughed, when you wanted me to drive to fenton from jackson so you could look at it i laughed. When it came your buying this for a friend and if he likes it you;ll buy thats when the door shut.
 
#346 ·
Haven't you figured out that it isn't the fact that you don't want to sell to certain people, it is that you don't have the common courtesy to tell them the sale is off. All you do is leave them hanging. It is obvious you don't give a shit about your name and reputation which is fine with me, I just won't deal with you. Which I'm sure you wouldn't want to deal with me either since I will try to talk you down on your price. This thread is just like your lugnut thread, anytime anyone tries to disagree with you all you do is close your eyes, plug your ears and scream "La La La La" at the top of your lungs.
 
#363 ·
I've read this whole thread, and JoshuaCripe you make me ashamed to have wore the same uniform as you. Just because you are a Marine doesn't make you better then anyone else, get the bootcamp bullshit out of your head you idiot. And I'm not impressed by your time in Iraq, been there and done it twice asshole. So quit making the rest of us military members look like shit. And yes I am a Marine also, 1st Tanks Bravo Co.
 
#367 ·
Thank you!! I couldn't have said it better my self. I have never served in the military, but from what I have seen most people that have served have a lot more respect for other people than this guy has. There are a small majority of people that are/where in the military that are arrogant ass holes. He is one of them. Don't take any of this the wrong way either. I respect anyone who has served for what they have done(including JoshuaCripe). Without them we wouldn't have the freedoms that we do have.
 
#373 ·
I bought a GC rear axle and brakes from him and have no complaints whatsoever. Responded quickly to my PM and set up a time to meet called him on the way and picked it up as promised and he helped me load it in the truck. Not that I condone anything that has been said here but willdorf thank you for your service.
 
#376 ·
I bought a jeep off Josh also. Had no problems i live in traverse city and we set up an exact time.I paid 2400 and his asking price was 2500.

Thats why i still defend him, everyone who has something negative to say never actually didnt busniess with. There all just would of could have never happened.
 
#381 ·
I sold him my Mig welder for a pretty good price. He showed on time and seemed pretty cool.

I agree with the seller having the right to sell or not sell to whoever.

But if you set up times to meet/call back and don't follow through, that's total bullshit.

We agreed to meet half way and he would call me back after he picked them up.

Still no response from him at 12:30 so I called him with no answer and left a message. He never responded so through out the day I had called him and sent him a couple more text's and PM's. I still have not heard from him at all but just seen he posted that He traded the vehicle off.
If that's true, what a dick move. Apologize to the guy and move on, this whole thread didn't need to happen if you handled him with a little more respect.
 
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