Auto dealers sometimes pretend to be private sellers when selling their cars and this practice is called curbstoning. Most dealers engaged in this practice are used car dealers. This is a good way to sell cars of substandard quality to unsuspecting buyers. If there is a street or parking lot near your residence where there are several cars up for sale then there is a possibility that these cars are placed in public view by “curbstoners.” Car dealers could not sell many of these cars on their lots as curbstoned vehicles may be lemons or junk cars.
Often this technique is used by car dealers as a way to go around state laws regarding the sale of cars. States have enacted legislation that puts a cap on how many cars a private individual may buy and sell a limited number of cars in a given period of time without if he is not a licensed auto dealer. Curbstoners do not have requirements like licensed car dealers, who have to meet with state legislation in order to stay in business.
