eBay - people bidding on a car without evenin viewing..?!

gerry31_2

Yes he needs to edit his listing and state - this car is sold as seen and no refunds accepted - that way they can not try and haggle or ask for a refund

Jakg

gerry31 wrote: »

Yes he needs to edit his listing and state - this car is sold as seen and no refunds accepted - that way they can not try and haggle or ask for a refund

You do not need to do this.

JustAnotherSaver

Well, it's all done & dusted (sort of).

Chap turned up, chap paid & left happy as you like.

Buyer owns a couple of garages & will no doubt then be able to repair the car at no cost to himself other than time & a turbo. He might even be able to source a turbo cheaper than what we could (on eBay), so he stands to make about a £500 profit, maybe more depending.

I've not sold many cars, but every time i've bought/sold one, the current owner has always sent off the left side of the V5C & i've always been given or given the new keeper part to the new keeper.

This buyer told my brother that he'll take all of the logbook because he owns garages & he's not sure what details he's going to put on it yet.

All sounds a bit bizzare to me, but may well not be as it may be perfectly normal practice.

So is this (the buyer keeping the ENTIRE v5c) perfectly fine & nothing can come back on my brother due to this?

arbroath_lass

If the buyer is trade he should have filled in the appropriate section and given that to your brother to post to the DVLA.

https://www.gov.uk/notifying-dvla-if-you-sell-your-vehicle

Selling to a motor trader

If you sell the vehicle to a motor trader you must:

1. Complete the V5C/3 section.
2. Get the details and signature of the motor trader.
3. Post it to DVLA, Swansea, SA99 1BD.
4. Give the V5C and uncompleted V5C/2 section to the trader.

Don’t rely on anyone else to send the V5C or V5C/3 to DVLA.

marlot

JustAnotherSaver wrote: »

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nothing can come back on my brother due to this?

Only the speeding and parking fines, and the DVLA charges for failing to tax, etc.

ILW

marlot wrote: »

Only the speeding and parking fines, and the DVLA charges for failing to tax, etc.

As he said.
I would try to get it sorted.

goonarmy

JustAnotherSaver wrote: »

Well, it's all done & dusted (sort of).

Chap turned up, chap paid & left happy as you like.

Buyer owns a couple of garages & will no doubt then be able to repair the car at no cost to himself other than time & a turbo. He might even be able to source a turbo cheaper than what we could (on eBay), so he stands to make about a £500 profit, maybe more depending.

I've not sold many cars, but every time i've bought/sold one, the current owner has always sent off the left side of the V5C & i've always been given or given the new keeper part to the new keeper.

This buyer told my brother that he'll take all of the logbook because he owns garages & he's not sure what details he's going to put on it yet.

All sounds a bit bizzare to me, but may well not be as it may be perfectly normal practice.

So is this (the buyer keeping the ENTIRE v5c) perfectly fine & nothing can come back on my brother due to this?

The v5 is pretty clear on what you should do wether your selling or scrapping the car. I wouldnt have let him leave with the whole form. What if he drove home at 50(cos the motor wont go any quicker) in a 30 zone through every red light and continues to do so and not send off the form?

zappahey

JustAnotherSaver wrote: »

This buyer told my brother that he'll take all of the logbook because he owns garages & he's not sure what details he's going to put on it yet.

Translation: I'm a trader posing as a private seller and I'll be selling this car "for my cousin"

Quentin

Next time when selling at the very least (apart from complying with the v5) get the buyer to sign an acceptance of the sale both dated and timed. (Cash buyers also cannot be relied on to have taken out insurance apart from the other dangers of speeding etc already mentioned coming back to bite)

TrickyWicky

londonTiger wrote: »

all cars in that price bracket have some problems. That's why they're cheap

Not really mate. I've bought several well researched cars on ebay that are cheap and they've been very reliable runarounds. Granted they tend to be those that have depreciated like a stone but thats the whole point - you can find cars that are cheap and decent if you do your research.

As for buying blind on ebay, I did once back in 2010. I knew what it was, what it's weak points where, what its strengths were and it came up, not even a photo - i rang the seller and offered him cash for next day collection. I then went over 300 miles to collect it and then the same distance back - not so much as a hiccup from the engine either.

It also lasted longer than many of our cars too. I only broke it up this year because I had nowhere to keep it and no work to pay for it to remain road legal.

Again, I'd never seen so much as a photo of the car, it came with no service history, only one key, and just the V5 and most recent MOT.