Scammed over a scooter on ebay

Giggs_11

I sympathize with the OP as being conned out of £600 must be incredibly hard to take.

But with the majority of posters in this thread, when it comes to vehicles, if you're not an experienced motor person you HAVE to view them before you buy. I realize being injured and having to trek up to Scotland would be tough for yourself, but is there not anywhere in Yorkshire where you/a friend could of got to go and see a bike to buy?

Also did you check his feedback on eBay before you bought from him? When it comes to private sellers, if I see any of them have bad feedback it puts me off. 93% is low on eBay.

smashingyour...

fivetide wrote: »

The answer is a clear no. however, the OP realised they had done that. They didn't come on here asking for sarcastic hindsight, they asked how they could resolve the situation.

It was several posts (Chris) before anyone actually tried to help the OP rather than pointing out something they already knew.

The idea of the forums is to dish out advice not abuse is all. Too much of the latter around lately.

Looks like you use the ignore button too.;)

smashingyour... wrote: »

Maybe you should take a course in common sense.;)

It would appear your only chance would be with the small claims court.

TradePro

Giggs_11 wrote: »

I sympathize with the OP as being conned out of £600 must be incredibly hard to take.

OP hasn't been conned out of £600.

He's paid £550 (+£50 delivery, as I read it?) for a bike with a few issues, that's maybe only worth £450, £500?

That isn't being conned out of £600 - the bike was delivered as expected.

DUTR

TradePro wrote: »

OP hasn't been conned out of £600.

He's paid £550 (+£50 delivery, as I read it?) for a bike with a few issues, that's maybe only worth £450, £500?

That isn't being conned out of £600 - the bike was delivered as expected.

And to add, it was up for £650 + delivery, so he had already dropped the seller £100, that £100 can go towards any remedial work on the bike.

Giggs_11

TradePro wrote: »

OP hasn't been conned out of £600.

He's paid £550 (+£50 delivery, as I read it?) for a bike with a few issues, that's maybe only worth £450, £500?

That isn't being conned out of £600 - the bike was delivered as expected.

Maybe conned was the wrong word. But you can clearly see in the eBay listing there is no problems with the bike that's not aesthetic.

If the OP is to be believed and that the bike doesn't run at all and wires are cut etc etc, then it doesn't look great for the seller does it? But like I say, people really need to view vehicles before they buy.

fivetide

smashingyour... wrote: »

Looks like you use the ignore button too.;)

How do you know I don't?

:whistle:

Looks like you could use a copy of Debrett's

jc808

Cant believe a biker would have looked at that ad and not clocked the '100mph' thing...

but i think were being too hard on the op...

fyi, op it would not surprise me if the courier was the seller, but pretended not to be with the 'I thought you were paying/ he scammed me' line... just a thought

usignuolo

Just ignored DUTR - suggest anyone else who wants to avoid being bombarded with smart alec advice does the same.

Tiddlywinks

Dangerous_Dave2k wrote: »

I do not really accept that I've been stupid either. I'm not able to get out due to surgery, am subject to a compressed timeframe in which I have to buy a new bike an find a house to live in within the next month, and needed to get something done as soon as possible. I was operating according to the perfectly credible belief that items bought through ebay using paypal and delivered by courier arranged by the seller were covered by paypal protection.

Sorry but you do have to accept some responsibility for your decision making.

1. You assumed vehicles were covered by eBay and PayPal buyer protection schemes - you didn't check first.

2. You bought the scooter without viewing - did you even ask any questions to clarify the condition?

3. You chose to buy despite the seller's poor feedback profile... the seller had only ever sold one other thing receiving negative feedback - was that wise?

http://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=codyhill311006&ftab=FeedbackAsSeller

So, I'd say that some of this does lie squarely as your responsibility.

You have only two really viable options:

1. Small claims court

2. Suck it up and have the scooter brought up to standard at your own cost.

I note you are also looking for accommodation... please don't make the same mistake with that.

smashingyour...

usignuolo wrote: »

Just ignored DUTR - suggest anyone else who wants to avoid being bombarded with smart alec advice does the same.

Thanks for that, I'll quote him next time he posts. Just for you.