buying cars from ebay?

[deliajen]

update on my issue with buying dodgy cars from ebay.the guy who sold me a car with oil passing the plug(valve stem seal),and he then removed feedback from my account that he sent me(damaging for him),it went to the dispute console and ebay supposed to acted on it,the guy has just listed another car on ebay and it was on his drive when i bought my dodgy car from him and he told me it needed a new engine because the engine was knackered,and yes you have guessed it no mention of this in the ad.

absolutely amazes me.

[rob]

Originally Posted by deliajen

update on my issue with buying dodgy cars from ebay.the guy who sold me a car with oil passing the plug(valve stem seal),and he then removed feedback from my account that he sent me(damaging for him),it went to the dispute console and ebay supposed to acted on it,the guy has just listed another car on ebay and it was on his drive when i bought my dodgy car from him and he told me it needed a new engine because the engine was knackered,and yes you have guessed it no mention of this in the ad.

absolutely amazes me.

What would happen if you bought the car, and then found it not as described

[deliajen]

is this reference to my "1976 consumer credit act" thread,honestly i thought it was for traders only but my missus who lectures on economics and law says differently,i had a big barny with her over it but on research she was right,and we used it afterwards(well threatened someone with it),what goes on with ebay "nothing",like normal i didn't know this guy was selling anything else because his feedback is 50/60% and a guy was going to buy the car in question emailed me to ask why i gave him neg feedback.

mark

[philiporchard]

Sold my Polo (P reg) about two years ago on Ebay.

Starting price of 99p with 140k miles on the clock!

Sold for £600 LOL

[accelerator]

I would never buy a second hand car without being able to inspect it beforehand. There are so many things that could be wrong with a car, my view is you need to look at it first and if there is anything that doesn't feel quite right, just walk away - after all, there are hundreds of thousands of second hand cars out there. Although I am no expert, I think with an in person inspection you very quickly get a feeling both about the seller and the car.

Rgds

[deliajen]

i can see where you're coming from but i don't know about you but i buy a lot of things off ebay on impulse,the car i bought had two minutes left so viewing was out of the question but you are certainly right you should always view first,i would love to know how many car transactions fail on ebay?,it is a close guarded secret and no answers on the internet.

mark

[GreyWing]

Mark,

I would bet it's only around 15-20% that actually go through. I would imagine it's pretty low and getting lower as the good sellers take their business back to autotrader.

What's left on ebay is usually stuff that wouldn't sell on autotrader, it didn't used to be that way though.

All the best
GW

[deliajen]

in the last twelve months i have bought approximately 10-12 cars off ebay and i took home three and one of them the guy hid the fault so i am happy with two,so that's pretty impressive for ebay

mark

[deliajen]

you are not going to believe my luck,i have been looking for a range cooker because my kitchen has just had a refit,seen a nice ex display one on ebay buy it now or make an offer,so i made an offer and it was accepted,then i rang the guy(barely spoke english),and i told him that i would collect via courier this wednesday,anyway paid the courier and everthing was going nicely,then i said could he pop it on a pallet,he didn't know what a pallet was?,finally he understood(only took six emails and four phone calls)anyway i said to the guy you better place it on it's side because the feet will go through the rungs of the pallet,he emailed me saying it didn't have any feet ,he said i forgot to mention that it doesn't come with the feet,(no mention of this on the listing),and then it said most of the knobs are missing,anyway cutting it short i have had to pay the courier £20 cancellation fee)and still no cooker.

mark