car sold - buyer not collected yet

RedBern

Hi, sold my car on ebay for not a lot of money (£300) cash on collection. The auction closed last Tuesday night - we've had a couple of e-mails from the purchaser and she has my mobile phone and landline numbers. She asked when it would be convenient to collect and I gave her a couple of times over the weekend. Haven't heard from her since last Thursday, despite my sending a couple of e-mails asking for confirmation of when she'd be coming (she lives about 60 miles away).

What next? I want the car off the drive - tax ran out last week. Any advice appreciated. thanks

Redcedar

Must be getting to you now after a week of waiting :mad:

I would send her one last message saying you need contact within the next 24 hours or you will start a non paying bidder dispute that will put a strike on her account if not resolved to regain your listing fees.

Do you not have a contact number for her? you can pull her details from ebay by using the advanced search at the top right of the ebay screen. If you can might be worth ringing her.

Also have you SORN'd the car? if not i would do online soon or you might get a fine

Hope that you get some response soon from her or at least get your fees back and can relist it ( remember to block her from bidding again! )

Good luck

RedBern

thanks - at what point can I relist it as I still need to sell it.

Redcedar

I think until your non paying bidder claim has gone through and you get your listings fees credited back to you, as until then she still can pay, and if you have resold it you then get in to non performing seller nightmare.

You could chance it and relist it sooner, thats up to you.

Good luck

RedBern

did as you suggested and gave her 24 hours to contact me. Had an email yesterday - had a family problem so she's collecting the car on Sunday afternoon. thanks for your help.