Today I found a Craigslist ad for a set of 4 wheels off of a early 90's ranger with 215-70-r14 Uniroyal Tirepaws at about 60% tread for $200. I called the guy to check the age, he didn't know, but I got him to check the date codes, 2010 manufacture tires. Everything looks good to go, wheels look super clean in the pictures, even though I really just wanted the tires for my Torino, I figured I could just run the wheels on it for a while since they were the ones that look kind of like Draglites. I tell him I'm very interested and that I will come get them when I get off work. About 1pm I sent him a text, making sure that its okay for me to come get them at around 5:30-6pm and confirming his address. He replies back that everything is fine. I got there finally at 6:05 because I got lost since it was at the end of a dead end dirt road with no house number (I called him at about 5:45 asking for more directions because I couldn't find it, and he didn't answer). There is a woman sitting in a car outside, so I ask her about the wheels. Answer: "Oh yeah, let me go get him". A minute or two later she comes back out of the trailer "He just sold them". ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?!!!? I contacted the seller, multiple times, confirming that I would be there, then drove an hour (one way) to the middle of nowhere. For nothing. And of course the Ranger the wheels came from is sitting there with the ugliest blinged out wheels and bald lo-pro tires on it. Poor truck. I get that buyers flake on CL all the time and cash now talks, but he could have at least called me. Or for that matter come out of the trailer to tell me to my face. Probably best he didn't because I might have said a few things better left unsaid, since he just wasted two hours of my life, $20 in gas, plus a bunch of miles on my car. Welcome to CL I guess. /rant
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