How much stalking is too much stalking?

And no, I’m not talking about the auto manufacturers trying to scare voters out of retaining control over their cars.

I have a problem. I finally have money to buy a manual XJ. There are not one but two manual I6 4wd XJs for sale near me, both in rough condition but both appear good enough, especially the more expensive one. I want it. I want it badly.

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The very rough one:

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The less-rough one:

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I can’t get the sellers to contact me.

Craigslist: the seller only has an email, hidden from the world, and I’ve sent it requests from two different email addresses, starting Saturday evening. No reply to either address.

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Facebook is tough: my account there has been deactivated for about 20 months now, and I really don’t want to reactivate it.

So I asked a family member to send a message with my cell phone number Monday morning. No response. I probably need to have someone else send it with “and he has money and is prepared to come buy it yesterday”.

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So my question: should I keep hammering either seller? What’s the etiquette here?

Photo of a 3rd local manual XJ for your time. This one’s on FB so I haven’t pursued it yet.

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Photo: FB Marketplace

If anyone cares to send the Facebook seller another message with a more urgent tone, please feel free to drop me an email at oppo@epep.us and I’ll send you my cell number.