Ebay selling & paypal

custardy

rdwarr wrote: »

I've sold my last two cars on Ebay without problem. I went for the deposit on Paypal / balance cash on collection method just to ensure that they would turn up. Sales were auctions starting at 99p and the cars went for £510/£600 which was about what I would got via AutoTrader. For the £600 car I had been offered £200 trade-in (on a £12,000 purchase) or £300 from WeConAnySeller.com (so I would have ended up with £150).
Classified Ads are great for more expensive motors but you're not guaranteed a sale. Start at 99p and it will definitely sell!

I have had sellers require a deposit by PP.
I have never paid it
I simply get the teain to the car and do the deal
so far its been fine but Im not paying money up front for a car without seeing it

dougggie

I've read a few of the other threads here about people buying without seeing, I can understand why if it's only a couple of hundred...may cost more to travel & test drive than just have it collected!
Anyway, got a day left of the sale, just realised as well, i didn't do the classified tab, I picked the buy it now or best offer...but have added a note to mention change in payment terms as well as removing the PP option. Not a cheapo car so not listing at 99p when it's going for around £4k. Had an email offer of £3.5 from one of the webuyanycar type sites, but since that was before they came along to view & knock down the price for scratches, thought we'd try the ebay route first. No interest at all via Gumtree.

scheming_gypsy

custardy wrote: »

and where does it say the OP made a classifieds ad?

custardy wrote: »

doh,read listed

strangely enough i did the same, only spotted it after i went back to read it.

rdwarr

custardy wrote: »

I have had sellers require a deposit by PP.
I have never paid it
I simply get the teain to the car and do the deal
so far its been fine but Im not paying money up front for a car without seeing it

The time to look at the car is before the auction closes. It's hardly fair on the seller if you decide not to do that, buy the car anyway and then back out of the deal. That is not how Ebay works.

gemma1585

OP dougggie please read my recent thread and don't make the mistakes that I have before handing over the car...

Best of luck!

custardy

rdwarr wrote: »

The time to look at the car is before the auction closes. It's hardly fair on the seller if you decide not to do that, buy the car anyway and then back out of the deal. That is not how Ebay works.

If the car is as described then it will be fine
sometimes its not possible or I see a car in the final hours
eBay works on trust. if you buy something and its not as described then you return it and get a refund.
is it fair a buyer pays money to travel to a car where the seller has misled them in the listing?
that costs money before and after the listing ends

rdwarr

custardy wrote: »

If the car is as described then it will be fine
sometimes its not possible or I see a car in the final hours
eBay works on trust. if you buy something and its not as described then you return it and get a refund.
is it fair a buyer pays money to travel to a car where the seller has misled them in the listing?
that costs money before and after the listing ends

Fair enough if it's misdescribed I guess. I was happy to listthe faults with mine, I'd rather it sold for £600 to somebody who was happy (and feedback was great) than £700 to somebody who wasn't going to pay up.

custardy

rdwarr wrote: »

Fair enough if it's misdescribed I guess. I was happy to listthe faults with mine, I'd rather it sold for £600 to somebody who was happy (and feedback was great) than £700 to somebody who wasn't going to pay up.

well in my whole ebay 'career' I have only backed out on one deal
that was a collection only item after I injured my eye
I pp'd the money to the seller and told them to sell it to someone else for their trouble or sell it for charity.

dougggie

gemma1585 wrote: »

OP dougggie please read my recent thread and don't make the mistakes that I have before handing over the car...

Best of luck!

Oops, not the best experience for you then? :eek:

Not to worry with mine anyway, I didn't have a single offer so it's unsold.