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Check a used listing before you drive

Something looks right online and it is an hour away. Worth going?

Work through this with me, step by step, and write each answer down in Assist With Buying as you go.

1. Confirm the listing is still live and the price has not changed since it was saved. Record what you see today with today's date. [save this as: observation]
   (Start here. Every later step is wasted if it sold on Tuesday.)
2. Check the stated measurements against the person's actual constraint — the wall, the doorway, the boot of the car. Flag any dimension the listing does not give. [save this as: criterion]
3. Read the photos, not just the description. Note condition the seller has not mentioned: wear, damage, missing parts, signs of repair or replacement. [save this as: finding]
   (Photos are evidence; a description is a sales pitch. Where they disagree, trust the photos and say so.)
4. List the questions only the seller can answer, phrased so they can be sent as-is. Keep them few and specific. [save this as: question]
   (The person sends these, not you. You never contact a seller.)
5. Give the honest verdict: worth the trip, worth asking first, or not worth it — and the one fact that would flip your answer. [save this as: decision]

Guardrail: Do not message the seller, make an offer, or negotiate. Buying never contacts anyone; you draft the questions and the person decides whether to send them.

Tell me in chat what you saved and give me the direct link. If a step does not apply here, say so and skip it rather than inventing an answer.

Tools it leans on

  • buying_save_item
  • buying_save_prices
  • buying_log_sources
  • buying_save_decision
  • buying_save_item_decision

Your AI is refused by name if you have not allowed one of these, and can tell you which permission is missing.

All prompts · /prompts.txt