Buying a car off of Ebay.
#1
Buying a car off of Ebay.
Has anyone done this before? I have been considering doing that since the used car market around here just sucks. Just wanna hear some of the experiences people have went through before I make a decision.
#2
never did.. I'm a little leery of it myself. I almost bought a BMW through eBay, but it was only a hour drive or so away, I would have went to look first. Bought had to put a security dep. and rent on the house, so my plans went down pretty quick.
#3
One more thing I should clarify is that this would be for long distance buying. Basically buy the car and have it shipped to me. If I could drive out and test drive the car myself I would not be worried but using E-bay for long distance purchases makes me nervous. But on the other hand people do it everyday and are happy with the results.
#5
Originally Posted by Rockford Fosgate Fan
One more thing I should clarify is that this would be for long distance buying. Basically buy the car and have it shipped to me. If I could drive out and test drive the car myself I would not be worried but using E-bay for long distance purchases makes me nervous. But on the other hand people do it everyday and are happy with the results.
I understood what you meant.. I'm just saying that the only way I would do it was if I could see the car before hand, or had about 1000 pics, video, and audio of the thing. Other than that, I probably would never do it. Too easy to lie.
Lady I work with, her son(who is on his 20s) bought a quad off eBay. he checked the guys feedback, it was great, took some precautions before bidding, then decided to do it, and won the auction. Sent the money, and guess what? No quad. Someone had stolen the guys username and all that, and was running a scam through it. He'll never see that $$$ again.
Also, some poor girl contacted me a while back, saying that she had bought a 94 Camaro on eBay, turns out the guy running the auction was using a picture of MY car for her to bid on.
#7
Originally Posted by camaro94
Also, some poor girl contacted me a while back, saying that she had bought a 94 Camaro on eBay, turns out the guy running the auction was using a picture of MY car for her to bid on.
by the way, got the dimensions
#8
Originally Posted by NoRiceInside
i remember that
by the way, got the dimensions
by the way, got the dimensions
took me a minute to figure that one out.. Iwas like why does he need to know my 'dimensions' and then, duh! it dawned on me. No I haven't got them yet, seeing as it has been pouring outside the last couple of days, an di haven't ventured out into no mans land.
#9
i bought my bronco off ebay, hehe i got it for 1 grand the guys said the engine was allmost blown but i wanted it anyway here i get it trailered home and the only thing that was wrong with it was a clogged up cat converter and one of the plug wires wasnt even hooked up, now it runs like a raped ape, i made out like a bandit
#10
if you can find someone in the area to check it you'd be better off, it's a crap shoot, and you'd have to trust the seller quite a bit, sometimes you get lucky sometimes you get a guy from the dealership that's selling the junk the dealer doesn't want associated with them
#11
I bought my 626 off Ebay and have been happy. I also bought my new Z off there too. Both times I think I made out ok- did a little better on the Mazda but I can't complain about the Z either.
Its a toss up, but its up to you..
Its a toss up, but its up to you..
#12
Originally Posted by camaro94
took me a minute to figure that one out.. Iwas like why does he need to know my 'dimensions' and then, duh! it dawned on me. No I haven't got them yet, seeing as it has been pouring outside the last couple of days, an di haven't ventured out into no mans land.
#14
Omg i never heard about that guy doing that...thats ****** up...so howd the girl find out it was ur car? about buying a car off ebay thats far away.. i dont know, i would talk to the seller and ask him alot of questions b4 bidding...
#15
Originally Posted by 1hottcamaro
Omg i never heard about that guy doing that...thats ****** up...so howd the girl find out it was ur car? about buying a car off ebay thats far away.. i dont know, i would talk to the seller and ask him alot of questions b4 bidding...