is there any come back with ebay (car died)

jmp410

had a car for christmas from my boyfriend, which he bought on ebay, A very nice s reg ford cougar. It has a full service history with 112,000 miles on clock.

Have not driven it much as it had taken me a bit of time to get used to it from my very very old metro. Have done max 200 miles and on sunday the car made some very bad noises. Have had it towed to local ford gargage who tell me the pistons have gone and need a new engine. We knew it was due for the timing chain to be done , but they told me at the garage it has nothing to do with that, its just on of those things. Not very happy

soolin

You are unlikely to have any comeback unless you bought from a trader with a warranty.

Buying a car from ebay is like buying a car from a guy selling a private car on his drive, as soon as you have agreed the price and have driven it away it is yours.

Soo

heathen

yep as soolin says unfortunatly u have no legal comeback in this case as its a sale between 2 private individuals.its the chance u take im afraid,u may have just been unlucky or the seller may have known it was on the way out and disguised it just enough to sell it on:mad: .

robnye

i am not even sure you would have had comeback if you had bought it via the local newspaper either.......:(

MrB_2

Sold as seen is a very popular phrase used when dealing with used cars, I'm afraid. It's a case of bite the bullet, but do try getting other garages to look at it and get plenty of quotes.

bleugh

ask the seller nice like, they may be genuine and very helpful in indicating reasons of sale / service history, etc

chances are they probably pulled a fast one, caveat empor i'm afraid,

motorguy

jmp410 wrote:

had a car for christmas from my boyfriend, which he bought on ebay, A very nice s reg ford cougar. It has a full service history with 112,000 miles on clock.

Have not driven it much as it had taken me a bit of time to get used to it from my very very old metro. Have done max 200 miles and on sunday the car made some very bad noises. Have had it towed to local ford gargage who tell me the pistons have gone and need a new engine. We knew it was due for the timing chain to be done , but they told me at the garage it has nothing to do with that, its just on of those things. Not very happy

has the seller been selling other cars? only a long shot, but if he has then you could perhaps go down the trading standards route as all trade sellers must give a warranty with a car - irrespective of what they say or have written down.

as i said just a long shot but check out what other items hes been selling...

snake666

i brought a nova 2 years ago for £200 the cam belt went on it so i stuck it on ebay as it was and sold it for £225 very happy indeed with that so that may be an option for you to look at depends on how much you paid in the 1st place for it
snake

HairyHatMan

jmp410 wrote:

on sunday the car made some very bad noises. Have had it towed to local ford gargage who tell me the pistons have gone and need a new engine.

I'm no mechanic, but pistons do not just 'go'. Piston rings or cylinder bores can wear, but they do so very slowly and any symptoms develop over a long period of time. I'd seek a fuller explanantion.

jmp410

Many thanks to all of you. looking into getting a new engine. Got boyfriends car,a GTO. Not happy driving it and had a tyre blow out on me yesterday. No idea of what to do.
Think my best bet is to get a bike lol