Titting arse time waster........Bloody ebay

[Split_Pin]

Just try trading at a car boot sale. I sold model cars and on several occasions I had to try so hard not to punch several punters in the face. Grunting mongs the lot of them. Everything has to be £1 even if it's actually worth 6.

[messerschmitt owner]

Just try trading at a car boot sale. I sold model cars and on several occasions I had to try so hard not to punch several punters in the face. Grunting mongs the lot of them. Everything has to be £1 even if it's actually worth 6.

last car boot sale I did, I sold an item for £250.

[rainagain]

I know I posted this already but I've got to mention it again as it really wound me up the last person who wasted my time looking at the OH's Megane told me the engine needed the oil changed and flushed because it was black. I tried to explain to him it was because it was a diesel but he was having none of it as he 'knows about cars'.

 

After a test drive he then made me an offer of £2200 which I rejected and said I wanted £2400 (car was advertised for £2799). He said I should speak to my OH as it was her car and let him know, he then left. I went back into the house and my OH said I should take £2300, I phoned him with this offer and he said he needed an hour to think about it and would get back to me, which he didn't, despite saying on the phone he was '98% sure' he wanted the car. I texted him a couple of days later to ask him if I had missed his call, only for him to give me a big long text back  listing the costs for a:

Full service (even though it was given a full service less than a 1000 miles ago which I had receipts for)

New tyres, which it doesn't need

Painting the front bumper as he couldn't check as it was 'dirty', it had been washed two days before. 

Then he went on to say he had spoken to 'people in the industry' and my car was now only worth £2000! 

[Mr Lobster]

For most cars that might attract an enthusiast then you'll probably be alright but for anything else cheap I think I'd rather just not bother.

 

Once I eventually decide to move the SEAT on I reckon it'll be advertised here and maybe one or two other forums, failing that it'll be p/x'd or weighed in. I don't have the time or patience to deal with a lot of the people who buy cheap cars these days sadly.

 

Similarly, got a message yesterday on a model that is new in stock, is very rare (250 produced worldwide) and is listed at £60 asking if we would take £35. WTF. How much do you think you make selling model cars?!  I wish that I had that much profit in it, if I made £25 out of each model I sold at £60 then I'd currently be browsing 'Porkoshite - Your new 911 GT3 is our concern'

[Bren]

When I flogged my wife's galant on shitebay because it had been standing the exhaust had developed a slight blow.

 

It wasn't anything serious, but when the winning bidder turned up and heard it he said " my £300 car is now a £400 car".

 

Through gritted teeth, I told him he didn't have to have it - like fuck I was going to knock anything off.

 

He eventually bought it.

 

A lot of traders who used to trade in old bits of turd have now given up because mr joe public seems to think he is Dominic littlewood all of a sudden - even today you cannot get much for £300.

 

Mr mongoloid wants leather, air con, sat nav, FSH, diesel, alloys for less than he paying to kneecap finance for his 42" plasma TV.

 

Meanwhile, his kids are being stuffed full of turkey twizlers and fruit shoots because he can't afford to feed them anything else. A meal out is a trip to Gregg's.

 

Yep, I have selling chod as well.

[Split_Pin]

last car boot sale I did, I sold an item for £250.

Details of whereabouts of said car boot sale please or better still a/s/l of your customer.

[messerschmitt owner]

Details of whereabouts of said car boot sale please or better still a/s/l of your customer.

it was a postcard album - full, of course, and I just told him I'd have got £300+ in my local auction - he knew it too! We settled on a price that reflected me not paying commission.

 

It was Folly Farm, Coleford.

[dangerousdave]

a lot of people these days seem to expect an old car to be like brand new for £300 I remember in 2002 when I was selling my mk1 escort (before prices went stupid ) id got it advertised as been low mileage at 70000 miles and original I had one ring up asking the mileage so told them they said " that's a bit high " it was 30 years old ffs  or " have the strut tops been welded " which I replied theyd been plated in the past so they didn't want to know even though most escorts had had them welded up from 2 years old in the end I sold it for £450 if only I knew then what I know now

[srad34]

Wait - it was a £4k car, and he left a £40 deposit??? I'd have told him to do one at that point, personally.

 I think he would have gone to get more if I asked but as I had other viewings, I was not that bothered at the time, still , the money was well spent! 

[gordonbennet]

I leave my Mrs to sell stuff, being Greek she's got a 0.000001amp fuse fitted and the slightest fuckin about from these arse holes sees that blow instantly  and them getting both barrels.

 

Some years ago she used to have a regular stall in a market, mainly good label second hand womens clothes, nice stuff not tat, it wouldn't be the first time she's lit a match and set fire to an item in front of their very eyes when some twat has pissed her off enough offering a desultory quid or so for a designer label item worth £30 second hand.

 

You should hear her on the phone when the usual suspects come the old acid about car buying, how that they can get a newer higher spec lower mileage better condition model for £1000 less, she fuckin near explodes, its hilarious.

 

Should hire her out on a consultancy basis.

[brickwall]

I was is machinery sales for 8 years. If I used the methods the "TV gurus" use to get discounts and stuff, I would expect to be called in to Head office.

[Pillock]

My old boss is married to a Greek lass. He looks permanently defeated.

[Bren]

I leave my Mrs to sell stuff, being Greek she's got a 0.000001amp fuse fitted and the slightest fuckin about from these arse holes sees that blow instantly  and them getting both barrels.

 

Some years ago she used to have a regular stall in a market, mainly good label second hand womens clothes, nice stuff not tat, it wouldn't be the first time she's lit a match and set fire to an item in front of their very eyes when some twat has pissed her off enough offering a desultory quid or so for a designer label item worth £30 second hand.

 

You should hear her on the phone when the usual suspects come the old acid about car buying, how that they can get a newer higher spec lower mileage better condition model for £1000 less, she fuckin near explodes, its hilarious.

 

Should hire her out on a consultancy basis.

To the Greek government perhaps?

[Bren]

I used to like it when I advertised stuff in auto trader - always some dickhead who would say " there's one below the picture of yours that's £100 less".

 

I would thank them for that snippet of info, and suggest they go and mither the seller of that one instead.

[srad34]

I blame Mike Brewer buying that Porsche Boxster for £5 on WD......twunt

[DaveAspley]

I'd always rather sell a car to a fellow old car nut for a couple of hundered less to avoid dipshit Joe Public. I'm expecting a mountain of bollocks and mouth breathing when I come to sell my Bmw.

[DodgyBastard]

I hate the people who don't bother to read the advert and then ask everything that's already clearly stated in the ad. I had one guy like that recently asking questions about my 240, I could tell he was going to be a time wasting cunt from the start... His main concern was if the car had it's timing belt changed, I said there was a very good possibility that my 240k mileage car has had the belt done at some point of its life but with limited history who knows?

He then asked lots of pointless questions and if I minded giving him the v5 reference number, I said yes I did mind giving out that information, he said something about coming to see the car at the weekend then text telling me he wasn't going to buy it to which I replied; Thank fuck for that.

Fortunately I've never had to sell a car on ebay...

[Cavcraft]

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Another sign of a timewaster, I often just don't even reply when people ask questions already answered in the advert. Another one is when someone agrees to buy something then starts asking questions, it always leads to them copping out.

[Spiny Norman]

I have zero tolerance of fuckwits on Ebay and Gumtree and it's served me well. I can sniff a fucktard at 100 paces and half the time when I get replies to my ads I vet them straight away and don't even bother answering them.
Wouldn't be the first time I've just hung up on some twat halfway through his 'negotiation' over the phone, or on one memorable occasion simply locked up the car, turned round and went back into the house.

 

I have very little trouble selling stuff on t'internet, possibly as a direct result of my 'attitude', or possibly just luck.

[Negative Creep]

I must be lucky in that I've never had a single winning bidder not show up. Plenty of no show viewings of course, but I always make sure I arrange them for times when I'd be home doing nothing anyway so nothing is actually lost. Still doesn't stop it being annoying though - how hard is it to sent a quick text saying you aren't coming?

[Bren]

I must be lucky in that I've never had a single winning bidder not show up. Plenty of no show viewings of course, but I always make sure I arrange them for times when I'd be home doing nothing anyway so nothing is actually lost. Still doesn't stop it being annoying though - how hard is it to sent a quick text saying you aren't coming?

Looking at the way the fucktards spell, I'd suggest it's very hard.

[Negative Creep]

SRY M8 CANT MAKE IT GUD LUK WIV DA SAIL would suffice

[ShiteRider]

I listed my mates' girlfriends fiesta last week it sold tuesday and i got a message from the winner asking for a contact number to arrange collection which i replied to in ten minutes.

I've not heard from him yet, so we'll see what happens.......

[Bren]

Want to punt my other half's fiesta at the end of the month - probably gumtree methinks.

 

I have missed selling cars privately like when you stuck them in the trader - you got a shitty little photo to go with your text. Interested party would ring up, discuss viewing and then haggle if they wanted it.

 

eBay - good set of photos with comprehensive wording. Total fucking balloon heads then send you messages because they can't read the fucking ad. Then they make you offers so derisory it makes webuyanycar look like a group of philanthropists.

 

Interested party would arrive at your gaff, proclaim the car as " not what they expected"', seller would apologise that their £300 escort is out of warranty and could do with a new set of wiper blades. However, seller would then be offered a generous £150 before leaving, anticipating that at any moment he will be getting a size 9 up his arsehole.

 

Actually I may punt the fiesta on eBay - I hav'nt had a fucking good Barney rubble for ages.

 

Bring the fuckers on.........

[Negative Creep]

I am thinking of selling the Volvo but can't be bothered with the hassle it would invariably cause

[Junkman]

...but I always make sure I arrange them for times when I'd be home doing nothing anyway...

 

Lucky you. I wonder how many people alive have that luxury. Everyone else I know (me included) lead very busy lives, so any fucktard not showing up at the time we painfully carved out of our schedules pisses us off big time, plain and simple. Same goes for being messed about, because this, in case of Mongbay, costs time and money in addition.

And yes, there were times, when a man had respect for another man's time and money. But now, the majority of the bio-mass out there neither has respect for anything, nor any trace of dignity whatsoever.

 

I once advertised my '77 Mercury Cougar on Tardbay, stating it needs a total restoration, the tyres are fucked, it is rusty, it has brown corn flakes for an exhaust, and it overheats after five minutes, hence driving it home is not an option. It was still bid to 1500 quid. Two oldtimers showed up in an Uno, one of them the winning bidder, walk around the car discussing that it will need a total restoration, the tyres being fucked, it being rusty, the exhaust blowing and it boiling like a kettle after five minutes. They then said they need to go to a cash machine and will be back soon. They never came back, but left me negative feedback, saying that the car was totally misrepresented and that it needs a total restoration, the tyres are fucked, it is rusty, it has brown corn flakes for an exhaust, and it overheats after five minutes. Well, fuck you very much for that.

After re-advertising the car, a member from Germany put in the highest bid, and I thought, here we go again. But he contacted me within ten minutes after the auction ended, we agreed for pick-uppage the next weekend, he showed up with a hire Sprinter pulling a monster six-wheeled trailer, loaded up the Merc, counted the doh into my hands, thanked me very much, set off into the sunset, and left positive feedback stating how well chuffed with the car he is.

[Bobthebeard]

Lucky you. I wonder how many people alive have that luxury. Everyone else I know (me included) lead very busy lives, so any fucktard not showing up at the time we painfully carved out of our schedules pisses us off big time, plain and simple. Same goes for being messed about, because this, in case of Mongbay, costs time and money in addition.

And yes, there were times, when a man had respect for another man's time and money. But now, the majority of the bio-mass out there neither has respect for anything, nor any trace of dignity whatsoever.

 

I once advertised my '77 Mercury Cougar on Tardbay, stating it needs a total restoration, the tyres are fucked, it is rusty, it has brown corn flakes for an exhaust, and it overheats after five minutes, hence driving it home is not an option. It was still bid to 1500 quid. Two oldtimers showed up in an Uno, one of them the winning bidder, walk around the car discussing that it will need a total restoration, the tyres being fucked, it being rusty, the exhaust blowing and it boiling like a kettle after five minutes. They then said they need to go to a cash machine and will be back soon. They never came back, but left me negative feedback, saying that the car was totally misrepresented and that it needs a total restoration, the tyres are fucked, it is rusty, it has brown corn flakes for an exhaust, and it overheats after five minutes. Well, fuck you very much for that.

After re-advertising the car, a member from Germany put in the highest bid, and I thought, here we go again. But he contacted me within ten minutes after the auction ended, we agreed for pick-uppage the next weekend, he showed up with a hire Sprinter pulling a monster six-wheeled trailer, loaded up the Merc, counted the doh into my hands, thanked me very much, set off into the sunset, and left positive feedback stating how well chuffed with the car he is.

Ebay is a lottery. Especially when selling! The chances of a smooth sale are slim, but playing the game is a bit like gambling. We know we may lose, but we have a chance of winning. Not a good chance, but a chance!

[Junkman]

Ebay is a lottery. Especially when selling! The chances of a smooth sale are slim, but playing the game is a bit like gambling. We know we may lose, but we have a chance of winning. Not a good chance, but a chance!

 

You do realise, that the probability of getting killed in a rather lethal accident on the way to the newsagent to fill out a lotto ticket, is thousands of times higher, than winning the lotto?

 

I can't sell as much as a toy car on berkbay without becoming the strongest deadfuck magnet the world has ever seen.

If a pristine model kit, that has been out of production for half a century, doesn't show up on the buyer's doorstep during a postal service strike within minutes after what little paypal sees fit to release to you of the way too low in the first place final bid price, all bloody hell breaks lose, a case against you is opened, and Ebay is refunding the buyer, despite he meanwhile received the parcel, or lied in the first place.

 

Selling on Ebay?

Never again.

I became a legal minefield and private sellers should avoid it like HIV.

[Negative Creep]

Lucky you. I wonder how many people alive have that luxury. Everyone else I know (me included) lead very busy lives, so any fucktard not showing up at the time we painfully carved out of our schedules pisses us off big time, plain and simple. Same goes for being messed about, because this, in case of Mongbay, costs time and money in addition.

 

 

Being single and childless does at least have a few advantages. Still, tried to flog my Merc for nearly 3 months without a sniff of interest so finally gave in and put it on ebay. Winning bidder turns up, makes sure it starts then hands over the cash and drives off without even bothering to check the car over. So there are still some honest people out there.

[Junkman]

So there are still some honest people out there.

 

I won't argue for a second, that one can still meet the most decent and honourable people.

The trouble is, they are such rare exceptions, despite this should be the default.