What is the likelyhood that ebay buyer turns up?

[New POD]

So the Honda, reached an incredible £335 on the e-gay, on Saturday Morning, and the winning bidder, has been most erm

unhelpful, in allaying my ebay fears.

 

Basically, no response over the weekend to my request that he phones me to organise payment and collection.

 

Eventually I get a response on Monday afternoon via ebay to say he's been busy, but trying to arrange something for Wednesday, but won't pay a deposit, via paypal, and will pay cash if car is as described.

 

I message back to say "PHONE ME, and we can discuss when is convenient as Wednesday is not good for me"

 

He eventually phones me on Tuesday evening to ask if the car is driveable.  (FFS read the fucking advert before you bid!!!)

 

Then says, he'll have to organise some way of transporting it (No shit Sherlock?)

 

But he'll definitely come Thursday Evening, but he'll phone me Wednesday, and let me know his ETA for Thursday.  

 

Nothing. Not a fucking word. I phoned him a minute ago, but he let it go to voice mail. Twat.

 

I think I've more chance of winning the lottery than him turning up tomorrow night with suitable transport and the right amount of cash.

 

I'm off camping on Friday Morning, so not around over the weekend, until Sunday afternoon.

 

Should have taken the shitter(s)'s offers.

[hairnet]

fuck him off and offer to someone else

[Tamworthbay]

For me, cars sold on eBay - 2, number of times I have been pissed about by idiots -2, therefore chance of being pissed about by idiots on eBay - 100%

[Sealtainn]

I've sold a couple of cars through Gumtree and another on a local selling site and had no issues. My last Mininus I advertised on ebay with £1500 or Best Offer, had all the usual buffoons via text and one guy phoned from London asked a couple of random questions and said he would look into getting a train (I was in Wolverhampton). Heard nothing more from him until 3 days later he phones me mid afternoon to tell me he is at Wolverhampton station with a pocket full of cash and could I come and pick him up. I suppose I have just been monumentally lucky so far.

[spike60]

I've sold about a dozen or so cars on Ebay and had 100% success rate, everyone turned up and paid up. Don't often get feedback for cars though. When I sold a Corvette on there I didn't tempt fate though, I did that as a classified and took a deposit from Germany within 24H. Man turned up and paid up a week later as agreed.

[New POD]

fuck him off and offer to someone else

 

Ebay allows me to offer a second chance offer, but I thought I'd wait until Late Thursday Evening.

[ShiteRider]

I won't sell anything on ebay anymore, it's just a magnet for fucknuts.

I've had dickheads not turn up, no contact, stupid offers etc, even had one prick keep asking me how much for a car in the background of one of my pictures..........it wasn't even my car.

[Dave_Q]

Second chance offers are often a waste of time as well.

 

Last time I was selling I went for classified ad, make clear to interested parties that it's not sold until cash is handed over.

 

As to your original question, I say maximum 10% chance of your winner turning up tomorrow.

[Tamworthbay]

Second chance offers are often a waste of time as well.

 

Last time I was selling I went for classified ad, make clear to interested parties that it's not sold until cash is handed over.

 

As to your original question, I say maximum 10% chance of your winner turning up tomorrow.

odd.y enough I sold both of mine on second chance offers, they were genuine people unlike the idiots who were top bidders. eBay is a minefield these days.

[New POD]

I won't sell anything on ebay anymore, it's just a magnet for fucknuts.

I've had dickheads not turn up, no contact, stupid offers etc, even had one prick keep asking me how much for a car in the background of one of my pictures..........it wasn't even my car.

 

Apart from Autoshite, where does one sell valuable scrap.

[garbaldy]

Apart from Autoshite, where does one sell valuable scrap.

It doesn't always sell here either, try the tree of bums as I've had more luck on it than eBay recently.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Ebay auctions - waste of time.

 

Ebay classified ad - winner. This is the car, this is how much I want for it. Cough up or piss off.

 

I'd stick that up for £399 no offers, It should sail away.

 

 

Just noticed - zero feedback tosser won the auction. A tip - when the bidding gets to a level you're happy with, and the high bidder has a good healthy feedback score, just end the auction with him as high bidder/winner. That avoids the chance of some useless zero feedback cocksucker like this ruining it for you.

[Tamworthbay]

Apart from Autoshite, where does one sell valuable scrap.

Albert Looms, spondon

[stormee]

Auctioned my 520i on ebay, 334€. Winning bidder showed up today and cried about front tyres (really bad) and was afraid of getting fined for driving them on his way home. Gave me 300 for the car which is destined for Africa and took off.

[Bren]

So the Honda, reached an incredible £335 on the e-gay, on Saturday Morning, and the winning bidder, has been most erm

unhelpful, in allaying my ebay fears.

 

Basically, no response over the weekend to my request that he phones me to organise payment and collection.

 

Eventually I get a response on Monday afternoon via ebay to say he's been busy, but trying to arrange something for Wednesday, but won't pay a deposit, via paypal, and will pay cash if car is as described.

 

I message back to say "PHONE ME, and we can discuss when is convenient as Wednesday is not good for me"

 

He eventually phones me on Tuesday evening to ask if the car is driveable.  (FFS read the fucking advert before you bid!!!)

 

Then says, he'll have to organise some way of transporting it (No shit Sherlock?)

 

But he'll definitely come Thursday Evening, but he'll phone me Wednesday, and let me know his ETA for Thursday.  

 

Nothing. Not a fucking word. I phoned him a minute ago, but he let it go to voice mail. Twat.

 

I think I've more chance of winning the lottery than him turning up tomorrow night with suitable transport and the right amount of cash.

 

I'm off camping on Friday Morning, so not around over the weekend, until Sunday afternoon.

 

Should have taken the shitter(s)'s offers.

Obviously expected perfection for £335.

[Junkman]

Congratulations!

You've been royally stuffed!

 

 

won't pay a deposit, via paypal, and will pay cash if car is as described

 

This is NOT how Ebay works.

With submitting his bid, he engaged into a binding contract. He breached it already.

Be glad if you never hear from him again, that tosser. This wouldn't end well one way or the other.

[jakebullet]

I've sold 2 on evilbay.

 

My 1.5 TD corsa was a piece of piss. Had a dealer turn up with cash within 2 hours of putting it on, but I was flogging it cheap just to get rid of the hateful thing.

 

Sister's freelander was harder. 1st time she wanted unrealistic money for it, and it was 'won' by a grunting mong who had bid on like 10 cars that week, and then doesn't want them LOL. 2nd attempt at a lower price brought out all the "best price cash2nite" wankers. Went to 2 Polish blokes who turned up and tried to chip the price massively. Disappeared from dvla records shortly afterwards, but prolly cos it was due to explode at any minute.

[D Spares & Tyres]

Congratulations!

You've been royally stuffed!

 

 

This is NOT how Ebay works.

With submitting his bid, he engaged into a binding contract. He breached it already.

Be glad if you never hear from him again, that tosser. This wouldn't end well one way or the other.

Although this chap does sound like a timewaster, I always pay cash on collection, I never leave a deposit before. Its only a binding deal if the car is as described, there are plenty of dodgy sellers as well as buyers! I`ve been pretty lucky so far though, I guess you can tell about the seller from the advert

[Ben_O]

I just don't get what these tossers have to gain by bidding on things they have no intention of buying??

 

I have only ever put one car on eBay before and that was my old 740 estate. Had loads of bids on it and at the last minute a zero feedbacker sniped and won.

 

guess what? he never showed.

Claimed he didn't know the car was on the Isle of Wight.

 

What a fuckwit, it says clearly in the description where the poxy thing is located.

 

I hope your guy turns up. I know he might seem a timewaster but if he does show up and pay up then it's gotta be better than wasting time relisting etc.

[fred]

Ive had plenty of Spunk trumpets bid on my shite, and never get back, or had ''Need to sell my car first if thats OK'' NO its not fucking ok you mouth breather,

Do I go to Tesco and say ''I'll pay you for the milk when I finish mine off'' Wankers

[Mr_Bo11ox]

He won't buy your car, I 100% guarantee it

[sierraman]

I sell s bit on ebay a lot depends what you are selling, some stuff seems to attract idiots.

 

Gumtree is much worth avoiding as far as to say avoid it at all costs for selling, too many people with no money in their pockets wanting everything for nothing or giving spineless 'will you take x for...' texts.

 

Where i live there used to be a really good local forum that was ripe for cheap old cars owned by sensible people. Unfortunately its been over run by the idiots with half arsed 'offers' selling crap or asking to swap.

[Taff]

Report him to ebay. Give him massive negative feedback, open a case against him, claim for lost fees, sue him for breach of contract, contact his bank to have his accounts frozen, picket his children's school, torch his house and kick fuck out of his dog/cat/goldfish. That should teach the mardy fucker.

[lisbon_road]

I sell loads of junk on ebay with just occasional problems.  More eccentric stuff is ok, avoid phones.

 

Friend sold a Ford Ranger on ebay for £300.  Had a winning bid from Nigeria.  Naturally assumed a time waster.....few days later....knock on the door.....two polite gents with the cash......off it goes to Africa.

 

So he MIGHT come through.  I wouldn't be holding my breath though.

[mercrocker]

Regardless of whether he turns up or not it royally fucks me off the way people treat each other these days. Seems to have got so much worse in t'age of t'internet. In the days when you generally conversed over people's home telephones things were done on a different level.

 

I have only sold 2 motors on Ebay, a W124 with a fucked engine. Went to Ghana and the bloke did eventually turn up but he pissed me about for a few days - I was ready to write him off as a Nigerian scammer but he rocked up with a flatbed, very polite and phoned me a few weeks later to see if I had any more (he thought I might be a serial Merc-killer, I suppose....)

 

Sold my Farina Oxford for the Buy It Now price within an hour of listing it - told the bloke he could only have it for the price that day by 5pm (he made the offer by phone, not on Ebay). Again, he turned up with flatbed and lairy mate but didn't quibble, loaded it up and buggered off.

 

I am not sure I would want to list another car on Ebay, though unless it was a classified.

[garbaldy]

Report him to ebay. Give him massive negative feedback, open a case against him, claim for lost fees, sue him for breach of contract, contact his bank to have his accounts frozen, picket his children's school, torch his house and kick fuck out of his dog/cat/goldfish. That should teach the mardy fucker.

Or you could just chalk it down to experience and move on.

[Cavcraft]

It's clearly not going to happen. It doesn't matter what (he might think) the car looks like when he gets there, he bid on it so he should effing well buy it, but sadly that's not going to happen.

I wouldn't even bother your arse with him, tell him it's sold and block him.

[rainagain]

I've only 'sold' one car on ebay, buyer kept insisting he was going to turn up, this went on for a couple of weeks when I just let takemycarback collect it and frag it. Ebay buyers are mongs of the highest order, the car was advertised as having no MOT, another guy bid on it then asked 'does it have an MOT', when I said no, he replied with a rude 'well cancel my bid then!', like I was hiding something from him in the ad.

 

Sold plenty through Gumtree, I don't put my mobile number up and just ignore the best price m8 emails. 

[CHRIS1980]

I wonder if it depends on the type of car you sell. Something that's the latest trend for chavs and fuck nuts is liable to attract the non payers. It must be a pain to sell an MG ZR on ebay. I won't sell a car on ebay again after the Triumph incident.

[EssDeeWon]

Can you leave him bad feedback? I thought ebay worked in such a way that he can slate you for not mentioning a stone chip on the bonnet but you cant leave any 'Negative' feedback for him being a complete waster??