car off ebay

izzzzythedog

milliemonster wrote: »

Your oh shouldn't have spent the money from the sale of this car until the goods had been collected and the buyer was satisfied, by all means give him a time frame to collect the car but you will then have to refund him what he paid and then resell. I would start saving now.

its my father

we wernt to know this was to happen and the operation was more important than a car , as for saving its not possible , sadly my dads in poor health and will at some point be on liquid oxygene in a wheelchair , his income is pitifull and im not sure he even gets 5 grand a year so to pay back would take more than a years income for him , in other words not possible

izzzzythedog

milliemonster wrote: »

But why did the op book the operation when he hadn't even sold the car and didn't know how much he would get?

a rolls royce has a residual value of 2-3 grand , thats any rolls , this however is a classic soft-top which is tax and tested and in good usable condition , turn the key and go for a drive , as such its value as a t+t rolls is over 5 grand without its rarity factor , the car was advertised without reserve with a 99 pence starting price knowing full well it would exceed 5 grand so the operation was booked and paid for on a credit card , there was no way of paying the card without the sale of the car

Brooker_Dave

custardy wrote: »

nothing stopping them reselling if they have his money to hand to refund

Other than the law.

Brooker_Dave

peediedj wrote: »

but surely it doesnt belong to the buyer as his name isnt on the registration docs? ok hes payed for it,but if he isnt forthcoming with his details at least then tough i would tell him he has 2 week to collect or he gets charged storage,call his bluff,what can he do? phone the police ok maybe you have the cash,but also your names on the cars documents!

You can't charge fees unless that's a clause in the original contract.

Brooker_Dave

Squish_21 wrote: »

Im not being funny but its not a case of money laundering is it? Some overseas people will happily hand over small and v.large sums of money in order to money launder and arent bothered about ever recieving the goods.

What would be the point of that???

scheming_gypsy

if he keeps holding on much longer he won't be able to open a dispute with eBay as he's missed his time period..

keep it for a bit, don't contact him and wait for him to contact you. if he doesn't.. do what you please with it.

CFC

Under UK law the purchaser is committing an offence if he does not complete the change of ownership procedure. (Might want to check with DVLA, I am not sure what the sanctions are)

I suggest you remind the purchaser of this. Tell him that you now need to charge for storage because he is not complying with UK law and advise him that you will need to complete a SORN for the car once the tax runs out.

Warn him that you will be charging the amount paid for the car for the SORN paperwork completion and subsequently £25 per day for storage - and if you need to go down this route make sure you send him an invoice for the amount the car cost, and put on it that if this invoice not paid within 14 days the car will be sold to fund the charges.

Hopefully this should get him to take some action.

Brooker_Dave

scheming_gypsy wrote: »

if he keeps holding on much longer he won't be able to open a dispute with eBay as he's missed his time period..

keep it for a bit, don't contact him and wait for him to contact you. if he doesn't.. do what you please with it.

Ebay rules don't override UK law.

Brooker_Dave

CFC wrote: »

Under UK law the purchaser is committing an offence if he does not complete the change of ownership procedure. (Might want to check with DVLA, I am not sure what the sanctions are)

I suggest you remind the purchaser of this. Tell him that you now need to charge for storage because he is not complying with UK law and advise him that you will need to complete a SORN for the car once the tax runs out.

Warn him that you will be charging the amount paid for the car for the SORN paperwork completion and subsequently £25 per day for storage - and if you need to go down this route make sure you send him an invoice for the amount the car cost, and put on it that if this invoice not paid within 14 days the car will be sold to fund the charges.

Hopefully this should get him to take some action.

You cannot charge storage fees unless said fees have been agreed on up front.

There really is some terrible advice being given out on this thread.

norm_diploom

I would definitely contact DVLA and see what they advise. Also must be worth contacting Ebay, you could email them if you don't want to open a dispute. At least that way it's documented, and it might be possible for them to advise DVLA of purchaser's details directly - after all if the DVLA can sell details on...!

I had a similar situation recently where a potential buyer contacted me to explain that he would not be able to collect the item for a few weeks if successful, and was I happy for him to bid? I said yes based upon his feedback history, and all went well in that case. So whilst it's important for the seller to include terms of sale, there must also be some responsibility on the purchaser surely?

Good luck, I hope it works out for you and that the op was helpful.