What is the likelyhood that ebay buyer turns up?

[oldcars]

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.

No way. leave the fish out of it. I like fish 

[oldcars]

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??

There needs to be a new part on the feedback. BELLEND and then you tick the stars.

[purplebargeken]

Fish are only good when deep fried in batter, have chips next to them and drenched in vinegar with a light'ish smattering of salt. Mushy peas are optional.

[Bear]

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.

 

That's what happened with my 190E. Honestly, one of the better selling experiences I've had.

[garbaldy]

Fish are only good when deep fried in batter, have chips next to them and drenched in vinegar with a light'ish smattering of salt. Mushy peas are optional.

That is true of cod but can't say I've ever tried battered goldfish before.

[Taff]

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

 

no way mate. "Experience" is what you get when you don't get what you want.

 

The mob have spoken, lets go!!

[purplebargeken]

Deep fried goldfish. Like cod but you need more of 'em (allegedly).

[sloth]

my only eBay selling experience was a good one.

 

i bought a Holden commodore vt ss with a fucked auto from my work for $700. that Saturday i fitted a $300 gearbag. the sunday i listed it with a start of $2500. it ended the next sunday at $4500. the guy messages me and says: im in sydney i'll fly down to you and then get a train and drive it back. from me sydney is a 14 hr drive. true to his word, at 5pm the next sat he arrived, handed me a envelope of folding and drove home. text the next weds and said it had had its mot and was all good.

 

a+++++++ will sell shite agsain. excrement sellar.

[Mr A Lawrence]

I sold my Honda cbr600 on eBay a few years ago and some guy won it with the only bid.

 

When I looked at his profile his location was fucking Poland!!!

 

In the ad I stated that it'll have 12months mot by the time collection is arranged

 

The auction finished on a Wednesday and I booked it in for test on the Saturday but the guy emailed me saying he wanted to collect Saturday morning, I said its in for test then but he said don't bother as no mot test in Poland.

 

Saturday morning a merc sprinter with polish plates turns up, guy looks over the bike then gives me the cash!!

 

Helped him load it into his van which had 3 other bikes in, turns out he had a bike shop in Poland and it was cheaper to buy over here and travel round the country picking them up.

[andy18s]

I had a similar guy vid on a Suzuki Freewind I was selling

Polish guy turned up with a Sprinter rammed with baby pushcars/car seats/clothes and had an S-max on a trailer similarly filled with baby gear

Didn't even want to hear it running,even asked me to drain the fuel tank.....

[Alexg]

Yeah this doesn't bode well does it. I've been rather lucky with ebay. I must have flogged 20 cars on there with one berk hitting the buy-it-now before having his 'Dad' email to cancel. The rest have been as good as gold though. Agree with the classified listing option being the best; things may seemingly move more slowly as you might not get so many enquiries, but it's just not attracting the numskulls and pikey traders.

[brickwall]

100% here. I'm not trying to make anyone feel bad.

[PiperCub]

I've always had good experiences of selling cars and bikes on ebay about 8 cars and 3 bikes in the last dozen years but maybe I've been lucky.

Never had any bother, the closest I guess was a Galaxy (the van-with-windows not the classic yank-tank) I bought dirt cheap from work, did a few things, cleaned it and ebay'd it. The chap was honest enough to tell me that his missus had ordered him to leave it if it wasn't exactly as advertised (fair enough really) - which it was so he paid up and left happy.

[RRT22R]

I've had mixed experiences...
 
I sold a Citroen 2CV and the guy was as good as gold and he drove off happily into the sunset. Similar experiance with a '75 Mini with no ticket. Bloke turned up well prepared with a hired transporter and many portraits of 'Her Maj'.
 
The bad experiance was when I won a Rascal pick-up and drove the 100 miles to collect it and drive it back. The guy had blantantly lied on the description (1 previous owner became 6, he forgot to mention the large scale rust, 40,000 miles was acutally 80,000 etc) and worst of all, the MOT certificate was a forgery and he was happily using it despite the fact the tax in the window was two years out of date. When I pointed these things out, he became really aggressive and shouted 'DO YOU WANT TO BUY IT OR NOT!!'

 

It was not. And I had 100 miles driving home feeling pissed off about it. In fact, I'm still pissed off about it, and it was two years ago.

[vulgalour]

*stumbles into room out of breath*  Hey guys! GUYS!  I got my pitchfork, am I too late?

[Pillock]

You are, yes. I called eBay thread bingo hours ago, my line was "Nigeria", " can't leave negative feedback" and "generic internet threats".

[vulgalour]

dammit *randomly sets fire to the waste paper bin and tips it over in a fit of pique*  I'm on a riot now.

[purplebargeken]

Sigh, ALWAYS late with the pitchfork. Must do better.

[billyboy406v6]

Albert Looms, spondon

Fond memories of wandering around Alberts, his wife used to work in the office wear a fur coat in the winter, whilst taking oily tenners and fivers, bless her !

[lisbon_road]

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.

I think there is a lot in this.  The worst selling experience I have had was a VW Touran, 190K miles, rather doubtful service history, really really scruffy.  I described it reasonably honestly (!) as I didn't want people travelling - as they do these days - to see the condition and then get justifiably irate with me.

 

Trouble is, that they could get a far better car for £500 more, less miles, nicer history and cleaner.  I had so many no shows it was ridiculous.  I reckon they reaslised it was a bad idea to buy on the way or something.

[EssDeeWon]

So has he not turned up and bought this yet? Mongbay mongery updates always welcome.

 

Frustrating for you but entertaining reading for the rest of us.

[rovamota]

I sold a Rover Coupe with 13 months MoT and tax until the end of January on ebay a few years ago and the winning bidder placed his one and only final bid of £700 to win the auction. I eventually had a reply from him three days later and he said he would arrive by train and would I pick him up from the station, which I agreed to do.

He arrived on time and it was his first look at the Rover, he said he was pleased with it so I drove him back to my house so that we could complete the deal. He paid me the £700 and signed a SOLD AS SEEN receipt and he then followed me to the petrol station where he filled up with £40 worth of fuel.

I asked him to follow me onward so that I could direct him onto the motorway as he is not familiar with the area. About 5 miles later he flashed his lights at me and gestured to pull over. I got out to ask what was wrong to which he said 'I want my momey back!' I asked why, what's wrong? He pointed to a small chip in the windscreen and said I didn't mention it in the description; it's been was misdescribed! He accused me of slipping the MoT tester £50 to get it through! He also suggested that the handbrake didn't work as it came up more than 3 clicks and that should have failed also! He then started picking on very minor things. Funny, but he didn't seem to fussed at the fact I never mentioned the new discs and pads that were on the front either!

We were a few short miles from the MoT station so I suggested we drive there where he could speak to the MoT tester personally, but he refused and said unless he had his money back he would call the Police!!'I studied law for 4 years' he said. So why are you buying £700 bangers I asked?

I said that he was buying a 10 year old £700 banger and despite being in good condition it was past its first flush of youth, but he was adamant. He wanted me to return him to the train station and refund his rail fare. £80!

I pointed out that he had just signed a SOLD AS SEEN receipt and he accepted the vehicle in that condition, plus he was bound by ebay rules, but I was getting nowhere. He then threatened to drive back down with some 'mates' to 'sort me out' if I didn't cooperate.

I realised at this stage that I was dealing with a lunatic and decided to leave the car where it was and take him back to the station, which was a very heated journey!

Once at the station he demanded £100 from me for the fuel he'd bought plus his train fare. I tried desperately to difuse the situation but it was getting very traumatic, so I gave him his £100 and told him to go forth.

The bloke was a loon! 

The moral of the story, I guess, is that ebay is still full of shysters who expect something for nothing. And never do a deal on your own, take someone (preferably with the stature of Arnie) with you. Sellers beware!

Here's the original ad description...

13 Months MoT, tax until end of January, in fabulous condition with no rust anywhere, looks great. Drives really well.

No service history I'm afraid as the previous owners lost it, but the head gasket is fine and the coolant is clean, as is the oil. Cambelt was changed at recommended mileage according to previous owner but I have no confirmation, but I doubt the original would last 103k! The only issue is the SRS airbag light stays on, but sometimes flickers on and off. Nice Sony CD player included.

A nice car for the money and the reserve price reflects this.

Cash upon collection, please.

Please email any questions.

[the judge]

Did he jizz? Sorry,i mean come?

[robinmasters]

Bloke turned up well prepared with a hired transporter and many portraits of 'Her Maj'.

(Speaks into dictaphone)'BUSINESS IDEA: Buy people's crabby old cars in order to scrap them at a profit, paying using 'pictures of the queen'. Sign write beaver tail with name 'Mr Bridger'.'

[Jerzy Woking]

Never had a problem selling any car or bike on ebay or Gumtree over many years.

 

However, I recently seem to have hit problems with people advertising bikes, or putting them up for auction, and then not selling them or replying to any of my e-mails. Why on earth do they do this?

 

Next time they advertise something, they will learn the meaning of timewasting. Wankers.

[strangeangel]

Totally sympathise with the OP. Unfortunately the chances of this twat turning up are less than the square root of fuck all.

 

I've been fairly lucky with selling vehicles on eBay, if only by dent of having a pretty rigorous 'door policy'; that is to say that I block anyone who:

 

1) makes comically low offers/offers swaps involving playstations and pit bull terriers

2) uses TXT SPK YO

3) asks retarded questions (i.e. ones which could be answered by actually READING THE FUCKING LISTING)

 

Apart from the cabbage who bought my C15 (and then decided it was a long way to drive it from Yorkshire to Africa) it's worked reasonably well so far.

[Taff]

I sold a Rover Coupe with 13 months MoT and tax until the end of January on ebay a few years ago and the winning bidder placed his one and only final bid of £700 to win the auction. I eventually had a reply from him three days later and he said he would arrive by train and would I pick him up from the station, which I agreed to do.

 

He arrived on time and it was his first look at the Rover, he said he was pleased with it so I drove him back to my house so that we could complete the deal. He paid me the £700 and signed a SOLD AS SEEN receipt and he then followed me to the petrol station where he filled up with £40 worth of fuel.

 

I asked him to follow me onward so that I could direct him onto the motorway as he is not familiar with the area. About 5 miles later he flashed his lights at me and gestured to pull over. I got out to ask what was wrong to which he said 'I want my momey back!' I asked why, what's wrong? He pointed to a small chip in the windscreen and said I didn't mention it in the description; it's been was misdescribed! He accused me of slipping the MoT tester £50 to get it through! He also suggested that the handbrake didn't work as it came up more than 3 clicks and that should have failed also! He then started picking on very minor things. Funny, but he didn't seem to fussed at the fact I never mentioned the new discs and pads that were on the front either!

 

We were a few short miles from the MoT station so I suggested we drive there where he could speak to the MoT tester personally, but he refused and said unless he had his money back he would call the Police!!'I studied law for 4 years' he said. So why are you buying £700 bangers I asked?

 

I said that he was buying a 10 year old £700 banger and despite being in good condition it was past its first flush of youth, but he was adamant. He wanted me to return him to the train station and refund his rail fare. £80!

 

I pointed out that he had just signed a SOLD AS SEEN receipt and he accepted the vehicle in that condition, plus he was bound by ebay rules, but I was getting nowhere. He then threatened to drive back down with some 'mates' to 'sort me out' if I didn't cooperate.

 

I realised at this stage that I was dealing with a lunatic and decided to leave the car where it was and take him back to the station, which was a very heated journey!

 

Once at the station he demanded £100 from me for the fuel he'd bought plus his train fare. I tried desperately to difuse the situation but it was getting very traumatic, so I gave him his £100 and told him to go forth.

 

The bloke was a loon!

 

The moral of the story, I guess, is that ebay is still full of shysters who expect something for nothing. And never do a deal on your own, take someone (preferably with the stature of Arnie) with you. Sellers beware!

 

Here's the original ad description...

 

13 Months MoT, tax until end of January, in fabulous condition with no rust anywhere, looks great. Drives really well.

 

No service history I'm afraid as the previous owners lost it, but the head gasket is fine and the coolant is clean, as is the oil. Cambelt was changed at recommended mileage according to previous owner but I have no confirmation, but I doubt the original would last 103k! The only issue is the SRS airbag light stays on, but sometimes flickers on and off. Nice Sony CD player included.

 

A nice car for the money and the reserve price reflects this.

 

Cash upon collection, please.

 

Please email any questions.

Sorry but epic fail by you. You had the cash on hand, fuck the loon off. If he gets threatening, call the police, it's what they do.

[fred]

Just been outbid on a Rover Vitesse SD1 by a zero bidder, It will be back on Fleabay by the weekend .....

[jakebullet]

Ebay timewasters did help when I bought my disco. I only spotted it for sale on the last day, so no chance to go look at it or bid. A week later an item you was watching has been relisted.. Yay! Zero feedback had won it and not turned up. Went and saw it, liked it and they where happy to take the start price to sell then.

[Pete-M]

Fish are only good when deep fried in batter, have chips next to them and drenched in vinegar with a light'ish smattering of salt. Mushy peas are optional.

Mushy peas are the work of the devil.