SHELBY, N.C.,None — When electrician Curtis Hurst needed a place to store all of his tools, he spotted an online ad for a metal storage building sitting in someone's back yard in Shelby.
"(There) was a picture of the building on Craig's List, inside and outside," he said.
He met the person who told him he was the owner and paid $2,000 for it. But when he returned later to move the shed, neighbors stopped him.
"(The said) I couldn't touch the building, it wasn't mine and it wasn't the person's that sold it to me,"Hurst said.
The person who sold him the shed, Christopher Repogle, had been renting the home with an option to buy, but neighbors said he suddenly moved out.
"He later told me that he would not be able, I would not be able to get the building, that he would repay me," Hurst said.
But that never happened. So, Action 9 clled Replogle and asked him what he was doing to repay the money.
Replogle promised to repay Hurst from his next paycheck, but he kept insisting the shed was his to sell. However, the owner of the home who rented the property to Replogle said he did not have permission or the right to sell that building.
Replogle did repay Hurst the full $2,000 and he's no learned what not to do when shopping on Craig's List.
"(Don't) pay for something until you have it in your possession," he said.
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