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Sold Car on eBay - How long is reasonableto wait?

Sold my car, by auction listing on eBay - Finished last Sunday (24) at 9pm.

Since then one message from the buyer requesting address, have sent him several messages asking him to confirm collection day/time as the car will need to be collected from work and dropped home for collection.

They live some 50 miles away, have 247 feedback - most as buyer and all good.

How long is reasonable to wait? Don't want to keep nagging at them but need it gone ASAP and their lack of communication is worrying me :(

Whats the etiquette? usually my ebay items are paid before I've even had chance to send an invoice

TIA :)

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  • Stoke
    Stoke Posts: 3,182 Forumite
    Sold my car, by auction listing on eBay - Finished last Sunday (24) at 9pm.

    Since then one message from the buyer requesting address, have sent him several messages asking him to confirm collection day/time as the car will need to be collected from work and dropped home for collection.

    They live some 50 miles away, have 247 feedback - most as buyer and all good.

    How long is reasonable to wait? Don't want to keep nagging at them but need it gone ASAP and their lack of communication is worrying me :(

    Whats the etiquette? usually my ebay items are paid before I've even had chance to send an invoice

    TIA :)

    Weekend in my opinion. People work and might not be able to make it, so the weekend is standard imo for car buying.

    Also, expect cash on collection. I would never pay for a car via PayPal, because while many car sellers like to put the whole gem "Bid to Buy, Not View" at the bottom, I bid to buy the item in the listing, as described, so when I turn up and it's got over £600 worth of damage (at least from my estimate) that wasn't the car I bid on. I bid on the working one, in good condition one, as described in the listing ;)
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