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Every Car-Buying Site in 1 Grid: Grok Bot Collected Offers for His Car, Then the Spam Started

  • Level Beginner
  • Setup~30 min (estimated)
  • Evidence Anecdotal
  • CostNot stated in source
  • No-codeYes
Grok BotSource-linkedBeginner-friendly

What they did

A gemologist selling his car tried one car-buying site, then asked Grok Bot to do the rest. It got offers from all the car sites and put them in a grid. The catch was a flood of emails and texts afterwards, so his next job for the bot is telling every site he has already sold.

How it went

A side-by-side table of offers from every site, so you can negotiate with the best one.

Worth knowing

  • Single user post. Expect calls, texts and emails from every site; give the bot its own email address. Instant offers often drop after inspection.

Prompt

Cleaned version rewritten from the source — not a direct quote.

Get instant cash offers for my car from the major car-buying sites in [country]: [year make model, trim, mileage, ZIP, condition]. Put the offers in a table with the site, the amount, how long the offer lasts and the pickup or drop-off details. Use my bot email address, not my personal one, and don't accept anything.

Recommended

Try it in Grok Bot

  1. Copy the prompt (button below).
  2. Open Grok Bot chat and paste it. Replace any [bracketed] placeholders.
  3. Connect the listed tools (Browser, Email) as connectors when Grok Bot asks.
  4. If the task repeats, ask: "Make this a daily routine."

Alternatives: the same prompt works in Claude, ChatGPT Agent, OpenClaw.

Set it up

Tools: Browser, Email · Stack: Grok Bot + browser

  1. Read the original source for full context.
  2. Connect the tools your agent needs.
  3. Paste the prompt and replace [bracketed] placeholders.
  4. Run once manually and check the output before scheduling it.

Generic suggested steps, not from the source.

Evidence

Single X post: offers from all the car sites in a grid, lots of follow-up emails and texts afterwards

Source: X · 2026-10-17 · Verified by us: not yet · Report broken or outdated

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