Notice Regarding Old Hippie’s Free Classified Ad Site
WHO: The Old Hippie web site, is a place where people get together to compare notes and swap lies. It is basically a growing community of people that visit a large collection of separate forums discussing cars and racing; politics and the Military; movies and Theater; guns and scale model cars; sports and humor – and there’s a forum for just about any topic.
You have the ability to upload up to six photos from your computer per ad. There is not only no extra charge for doing this – it is encouraged. Buyers want to see the item they might buy. Only ads with photos make it into the showcases -- so find a stock photo for your "Wanted" and "Services" ads
Leave a way to have the potential buyer contact you. Phone, email, or both. Too many people have a useful ad – but forget to leave a way to contact them.
Give the location of large items, so the prospective buyer has an idea on the cost of getting it to him.
If you offer shipping – then spell out the terms.
While there will be a field in the listing form leaving you to believe you can list the item in an auction fashion – that feature has been disabled. Everything is a Buy it Now.
Give a reasonable expiration date for listing . You will receive an email a few days before the ad expires – with a link to click to extend the ad.
When you sell the item – click the icon that marks the item as sold. This keeps people from wasting their and your time.
Don’t play games. We don’t tolerate them here. This is a free service to hook up nice people with other nice people. We don’t need jerks and scammers.
When you sell an item – do the right thing with good packing and quick shipping if that's part of the deal.
BEWARE: There always have been, and there will always be lowlifes that will want to separate you from your money with a scam. We try to screen sellers, and will investigate and/or delete ads we see that don’t smell right – but that’s no guarantee. Ask your questions before you buy – and if your gut tells you it doesn’t smell right – check it out further or walk away. IT IS UP TO YOU TO PROTECT YOURSELF. We just provide you the useful vehicle to buy and sell -- but we don't guarantee or otherwise get involved. If you are to get ripped off, we will cooperate with any legal law enforcement authority with information we have like IP Addresses, email address, etc., upon verifying that the Law Enforcement agency requesting the information is legitimately investigation a claim arrising from an ad placed on this site.
Most of the scamming occurs with the buying. A popular scam is where the party will send you a “Cashier’s Check” for more than the amount – asking for you to pay the shipping on your end and send them back the overage. Cashier’s Checks can be forged – so wait until it clears your bank before relinquishing your item. Most of these scams start out as obvious generic form letter emails in broken English – asking for details that you’ve already listed in your ad.
Prison inmates like to scan parts wanted ads – and answer that they have what you want. Keep this in the back of your mind. A way to cut through most of them is to give them a legitimate reason to call them back later and get a phone number. Most won’t be able to give a number. If they do – then wait a few hours to call back. If they come to the phone – listen for background noise. Few inmates have access to an email address.
When dealing with International buyers – accept only Interbank Wire Transfers. Once in your account – they’re as good as gold.
Beware of rare cars selling cheap overseas – with some story that it belonged to the father, he died, they could careless about the car – and have an arrangement where they can ship to you for free as an enticement for you to buy now.
Don't get scared -- just be cautious. Most sales go very well. The Old Hippie has literally bought and sold millions of dollars of high end vehicles like Superbirds and Daytonas over the Internet and on eBay in hundreds of transactions – and has never been burnt. On bigger ticket items -- call and talk to the seller by phone, ask questions and listen to your gut. Trust but verify – and you’ll be OK.
We don’t play games. Your email address will never be given to anyone short of a court ordering us to do so because of a fraudulent action on a member’s part. That’s to say will not spam you or allow your email address or other information to fall into the hands of those who will spam you. Rest assure that the email address you used in your registration will not be made available to anyone.