Bought an item in error seller now threatening legal action

shellsuit

Sarah-Jane wrote: »

But as he owns the car or is selling the car on behalf of somebody then it has 1 previous owner, the seller, as when you buy the car you will be the second owner. The car is not brand new from manufacturers so it has a previous owner.

My neighbour has a 15 year old car (and still mint it is too!). He owns it, but there have been no previous owners, so if you look anywhere to check the cars history, it will say '0 previous owners' as nobody has owned it prior to him.

Does that make sense now?

greenstreetprince

he changed the wording of the window listing so thats still on, the fridge is definitely gone.

its ebay removing them for sure as they appear as invalid item numbers now, if they were ended himself they would still appear with a small note near top saying item ended early

mo_rafiq

Grade_A_Reject wrote: »

He describes this one http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PEUGEOT-307-HDi-ESTATE-2003-2-0-DIESEL-LUXURY-AC-TURBO_W0QQitemZ140144895761QQihZ004QQcategoryZ9859QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
as having "[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]iMPERFECTIONS: FEW TINY BULLET DENTS & STONE CHIPS" [/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Maybe he *is* a gangsta [/FONT]

he offering to sell dat one for 8895 and he also sayin he will consider serious offers, is that offerin to sell outside ebay aswell? should i report it?

greenstreetprince

Yes & Yes !!!!

Cerenia

OUTRIGHT PURCHASE PRICE £8895

THE PHOTOS BRING THIS CAR TO LIFE AND YOU ARE WELCOME TO BUY IT OUTRIGHT FOR A MERE £4500

2 prices in the same auction XD

Sarah-Jane_2

shellsuit wrote: »

My neighbour has a 15 year old car (and still mint it is too!). He owns it, but there have been no previous owners, so if you look anywhere to check the cars history, it will say '0 previous owners' as nobody has owned it prior to him.

Does that make sense now?

I see what you're saying, but to me (and obviously a lot of other people on here who commented) 0 previous owners implies nobody has owned the car and that you're buying it from a show room brand new If there has only been one owner, surely it should be advertised as "1 owner from new"?

angelcake

Is this guy still trading?

greenstreetprince

Sarah-Jane wrote: »

I see what you're saying, but to me (and obviously a lot of other people on here who commented) 0 previous owners implies nobody has owned the car and that you're buying it from a show room brand new If there has only been one owner, surely it should be advertised as "1 owner from new"?

you don't seem to understand the word "previous", if i purchased a car from new 10 years back and sold it now, it would be perfectly OK for me to state 0 previous owners, as that is correct, there are no owners prior to me!

angelcake wrote: »

Is this guy still trading?

unfortunately yes, but he must be close to suspension surely!

tomstickland

I've not read the thread after the OP's intial posting.

The seller is probably rather annoyed about having their time wasted. Rightly or wrongly, that's how it appears. The bid should not have been placed unless the buyer was happy with the description and, ideally, saw the vehicle.

How often do we have posts on here moaning about late payers or people who pull out after the end?

Still, they could negotiate on the price.

FEW TINY BULLET DENTS & STONE CHIPS"

I think "bullet dents" is a descriptive term for the bigger dents that collect on the front edge of bonnets etc.

I've had a look at http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=140140636933&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=004
and it doesn't look too bad to me.
90,000 miles in 3 years means 30,000 per year which is no bad thing. Young cars with high mileage are better than old low mileage cars. Probably ex company or fleet etc.

If I saw that and quite liked the car then I'd go and see it before placing an offer on it.

Tyres are no big deal; you can have a set of performance tyres fitted for £200, so just add £200 to the total cost and see if it's still a good deal.

Grade_A_Reject

tomstickland wrote: »

I think "bullet dents" is a descriptive term for the bigger dents that collect on the front edge of bonnets etc.

Damn. In Manchester we prefer da real deal. :rolleyes: