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Replying to: sseale (Apr 30, 2006 7:47 am) Manual cars are funny things. Driven properly, clutches can easily last 100,000 plus miles. Or (as my wife proved when we were much younger) they can wear in 10K if misused. I've fooled around with ebay a bit (and went 500 miles last fall to buy my daughter the car of her dreams which, fortunately, worked out fine). It seems to me it is a place where ALOT of marginal cars are hawked by used car dealers (whether declared or not). I stay clear of such dealers in all circumstances because, in addition to the possibility of misrepresentation, there simply is little to assure me that their products are good. Better bets are new car dealers handling clean trades and private individuals. When I'm buying used from an individual, usually it is the seller I'm most interested in. If they bought it new, have the service records, and have already boughts another new one, it's highly likely to be a safe buy. |
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I've had my car up for sale for a month now. Its in great shape and I was listing it with craigslist and cars.com at a price that was less than everyone else for a comparable vehicle ... but no good leads. I finally bit the bullet and went on Ebay Thursday night. I received about 5 or 6 phone calls and emails within the first 36 hours and just took a paypal deposit on it. ALOT of folks say Ebay is no way to sell a car, and they could be right. HOWEVER, its a great way to advertise one. 10 days of a full-color nationwide ad on a site visited by millions of people a day, all for less than $50, is pretty effective.
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Replying to: qbrozen (May 06, 2006 9:31 am)
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Replying to: raybear (May 08, 2006 3:34 am) |
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Replying to: sseale (Apr 29, 2006 2:49 pm) |
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3-Yr-Old Boy Buys Car on E-Bay Could this have happened at a Dealership? 
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Replying to: larsb (Sep 26, 2006 2:06 pm) 
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Replying to: larsb (Sep 26, 2006 2:06 pm) I doubt it even happened on ebay.  tidester, host |
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I posted #39 in here with the 9 cars I previously bought on eBay... I bought a tenth one and ALMOST bought an eleventh. #10 1970 Ford F-100 pickup, rough as a cob, $406.00 #11 1996 Olds Ciera sedan, cop impound, $172.50 The truck ran fine for four months, required a steering bushing, a couple wheel cylinders for the rear brakes, a good brake bleeding, and two used tires. It was stolen from me in October 2004. Which really was sad because it wasn't worth stealing IMO. But what was sadder is the seller never gave me a title, disappeared from eBay, and there wasn't anything I could do with it other than drive it until the tags went out in December. But someone took it away before I got those last 2 months out of it and then I was going to try and bond a title. The Ciera was said to run and drive and I was standing in line at the Greyhound bus counter to go pick it up when the seller called and said he couldn't get it to start. He had walked back to it and was going to drive it up front and put the paper tag on it but it was locked up from sitting for 6 months I guess. He told me not to worry about it and I saved myself a big headache. The Caprice wagon I had got towed away by the city. Seems they decided one night to make the street a no parking zone and I couldn't afford to tow it around the corner to the apartment's parking lot. So it went away. The Ciera I gave to a mechanic in exchange for the brake work on the truck. And now I'm looking to buy two cars from a guy in Missouri. A 1988 Town Car for $275 and a 1977 Cutlass for $299. They both are said to run and drive. I missed out on bidding but I called him and he says he'll re-list them soon. I can't wait. My very first car was a 1975 Cutlass so I'm keeping it, and my wife likes the shade of blue on the Lincoln. |
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E-Bay car buyers robbed at gunpoint (doofus alert) What happened, according to court documents: Dewan Anthony Horne had invented a scam that was both cunning and criminal. He would advertise vintage "muscle cars" for sale on eBay and offer a good price. Once Horne struck up a conversation with a prospective buyer, he'd suggest coming to Indianapolis and paying for the car in cash or the equivalent. The hitch: the cars for sale didn't exist. When the would-be purchaser showed up at a garage on the east side of Indianapolis, Horne and at least one gun-toting accomplice would attempt to rob the eBay buyer of the cash and anything else of value. Horne didn't seem very good at his line of work. Beyond the detail of being nabbed by the police, court documents indicate that he managed to complete only one robbery. |
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