What is the deal with this website?

[grannyknot]

http://240zforsale.com/about-us/ 

He seems to be taking ads for cars that are for sale from around the country and listing them by location, there doesn't seem to be any advertising on the site. Could it be he is just a nice guy doing all this work for the convenience of potential buyers?

Something feels fishy about this, or maybe I'm just cynical.

[Mark Maras]

There's going to be dollars involved, directly or indirectly. I can think of many reasons why someone would put this together. A couple of good ones but most of them are bad. It'll be interesting to watch it and see if his motives are pure. I'm not betting on it.

[Patcon]

I looked through some of the cars. I have seen many of them on Craigslist. I wonder how he could be making money off of this? There are a few ads, I don't know if there are enough to support the site...

[siteunseen]

He's told me many different stories. My guess is he ask for a down payment or fee to hold the car then you get screwed. Drove me crazy wanting my local number. He has multiple numbers. There's something crooked going on, nobody repost your add  to "help others looking for 240zs" for nothing. SCAMMER. Sellers beware!

[siteunseen]

You get what you pay for, remember that's rule #1.

 

[siteunseen]

Without my phone number he hasn't been able to repost my CL add. I think if you reply through that website he's got you. I pissed on him and called him a liar. Hadn't heard back so I'm guessing he could care less about helping Z owners connect to buyers. I worked on bourbon st. for 5 years and have heard and seen it all. Never wear new shoes on bourbon st, you'll get ripped off. Shiny white tennis shoes says "I'm a tourist and will fall for anything you say". If someone ask you for the time, keep walking, don't speak to them. You're pockets are getting picked by their partner that "accidently bumps into you". I saw it every night. 

[DatsunZGuy]

It's all about cookies and data mining. Traffic will generate revenue for the site and better search engine optimization.

http://240zforsale.com/privacy/

Website Operation and Advertisers

This website is supported by third party advertisers in order to continue operation. During the course of normal business the advertisers presented on this site may change however they will be from one of the following ad networks.

• Google AdSense
• Amazon Affiliates

Other advertisers displaying ads on this site may include companies who have connected with 240ZForSale.com directly and thus are presented here in a unique way other than traditional web banners, embedded links and similar media.

[grannyknot]

^ so I just did him a favour by posting his sites? 

[siteunseen]

Me and you both. Damn it!

[Mike]

You know the ads here and on Datsunclassifieds.com are safe and run by our team. All for free baby.


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[Total Auto Network]

Hey guys, just saw this thread.  I'm the owner of this site. (Hi my name is Chris Vincent)  I'm not a scammer lol, and I'll be super honest with you guys and tell you anything you want to know.

First off yep the site makes money off of Google Adsense but its not very much right now.  Maybe $30-$40 per month, and I pay my VA to go out and scrub Craigslist/eBay weekly to pull ads so I pay him by hour at least 4 hours per month.  This doesn't include my own time, so basically its a loss for me right now.  I just launched a new mobile theme and social media / mailing list so its even more time for the same amount of money (ie I'm working for free).

My Intentions are pretty clear on the About Us page but just to clarify, my goal is to catalog and archive all 240Z listed for sale in North America.  I want to get a living database going so in the future buyers / sellers have sort of a fair market value calculator to go off of.  Its also a little slice of history and just fun to look at for build ideas, etc.  The site was first online as datsun240zforsale.com back in 2012 but I dropped the Datsun to avoid any trademark issues.  There is already quite a few historic ads on there so if you want to dig you can get a really good idea of asking price over the last couple years.

The problem I run into is trying to figure out when cars are sold and marking them as such so this is a weak spot.  But I have some ideas for auto flagging older posts so its more clear when viewing.  The directly submitted ads help us connect with the seller directly to take care of this.  I'm not trying to jack someone or spam them or anything like that.

Long term goals not sure yet.  Might help sell parts 3rd party, might get direct advertisers, dont know.  Trying to optimize the site now and build a little community first.  (Hence why I am here responding and not just ignoring this thread.)

Anyway I'm just an old Datsun fan guys, I like the 510 a little more (and yes I have a similar site on that one as well).   I have a long time girlfriend we have a baby coming in January, I have a six year old step son I've been with since diapers.  I don't have multiple numbers.  My personal cell is 480-747-3030.  Call me I'll answer, we can chat about Z cars.

Hope this will clear up some stuff, respond to the thread if you guys wanna know more.

Edited September 6, 2016 by Total Auto Network
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[Zed Head]

To be clear, you're not the owner of THIS site (the ClassicZcars site), you're the owner of this site - http://240zforsale.com/about-us/ the topic of the thread.

I did a double-take when I saw your first sentence.  Thought maybe we'd finally worn Mike out.

Somebody already called you, in Post #4 and #6, and wasn't very pleased.  Why don't you address those posts directly?  He is a very trusted member here.  You won't go far until you do.

Good luck.