Problem with Car Bought from Ebay

General_Accident

Last September I bought a use Land Rover on Ebay with the intention of renovating it as a project. When I collected the vehicle a number of documents (including the logbook) and some parts were not with the vehicle.

The seller agreed he would forward these on to me. Now more than 6 months later, still no sign. Phone calls and emails are going unanswered.

Any suggestions on what I can do?

angelcake

Not really a lot you can do 6 months on?! Perhaps visit them? send them a letter?! Contact your local police station (non emergency to ask for advice!?)

General_Accident

Well I was thinking Small Claims Court...

angelcake

hold on here a bit to see what other people advise, I am not that clued up with buying cars on ebay, Why did you leave it so long?

Whats the ebay of the seller account like? is he still actively selling stuff?

General_Accident

angelcake wrote: »

hold on here a bit to see what other people advise, I am not that clued up with buying cars on ebay, Why did you leave it so long?

Whats the ebay of the seller account like? is he still actively selling stuff?

I left it so long as I had a load of other (more urgent) issues to deal with. It was only recently that the seller started being unresponsive. He kept promising to send the stuff on and I stupidly believed him!!!

Yes, he's still actively selling.

mcwarre

Go to the DVLAs website they can help. It is an offence for the seller not to have transferred the V5 into your name. Go past a speed camera at high speed so he gets the ticket

oscardog

mcwarre wrote: »

Go to the DVLAs website they can help. It is an offence for the seller not to have transferred the V5 into your name. Go past a speed camera at high speed so he gets the ticket

May be a little optimistic if it was purchased as a renovation project

General_Accident

mcwarre wrote: »

Go to the DVLAs website they can help. It is an offence for the seller not to have transferred the V5 into your name. Go past a speed camera at high speed so he gets the ticket

The V5 has been transferred...still waiting for the other stuff though.

vaio

oscardog wrote: »

May be a little optimistic if it was purchased as a renovation project

Hey, it’s a Land Rover, speeding would be optimistic even if it was running perfectly

blue_haddock

6 months down the line i suggest you forget all about it and move on. Ebay will not be bothered and i very much doubt the police would be interested either.

Hintza

From what I understand here: you have the V5?

What else was meant to come with it in the way of documents?

I would tend to agree that really you have bought as seen and left with all you were going to get.

At the end of the day unless you have a written agreement that he will forward anything else I'm afraid I think you are far too late.

If you could maybe expand a bit then some more/better advice might be available.