TGTBT nonsense ads? Why do they do them?

sroster · 2014-05-13T08:53:04.000Z

So my CL area constantly has postings for insane too good to be true offers like cloud city unopened for 300 bucks, or the UCS Mil Falcon for $800, etc etc etc. Of course I email them and very politely say I am very interested, will pay your asking price in cash and never ever get a response. These ads get reposted every few days it seems. I know it is some sort of scam but I don't get the motivation? If they want to rip people off why do they never respond? I think I got a response once that just said something like "still available". Is it just phishing trying to get a list of email addresses to spam? I haven't noticed any uptick in junk email. It is very frustrating because I know they are B.S. postings but I want them so bad I keep trying (and wasting my time). And also I fear there might be one or two "real" postings that are great deals snuck in with these nonsense postings. What's with these bozos?