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Replying to: irismg (Sep 14, 2007 7:19 am)   Now, granted, nothing is perfect... but it amazes me the idiot magnet that eBay has become. And in saying that, I mean that eBay appeals to the seemingly vast majority of people out there with Potato Buds for brains.. your garden variety imbecile. Someone puts a $120k muscle car up there for a $9500 BuyItNow with a insane story... someone always falls for it and gets hooked. Folks, nobody sells a cherry Shelby GT350 for $9500.. well, maybe they did 25 years ago...but these days it's more like $119,500. And they are SUPER easy to move too.. muscle cars are hotter than a Sauna in hell right now. "Hey, I sent the guy $3,000 deposit and he was supposed to fedex me the Shelby Cobra from Europe where he's stationed!" Yeah, right. Same people who buy a 150k mile 12-15 year old BMW/Benz/etc on the cheap and expect it to be problem free. I have a rocket scientist customer who did this with a 97 740iL.... One of my customers is a dealer and is selling a PERFECT one for about $11,500. Nitwit buys one on eBay for $7,500, it needs $4,000 worth of work and he's pissed off. he reads this board too because I told him too, but it's OK, I told him he was a fool and he knows it now. I told him they cost $11-12k to own one way or another... needs the usual, intake seals and oil separator, ball joints and bushings all over the place, brakes, a window regulator or two, new catalytic convertors, ad nauseum. Typical for one with 110k on it. Eh, I own one and own a BMW Indy shop as well, what the heck do I know?
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Replying to: im_brentwood (Sep 14, 2007 8:27 am)  I'm sorry your eBay selling experience has been, shall we say, less than pleasant. I've been both a buyer and a seller, and part of me wishes eBay would go back to that more pleasant "garage sale" atmosphere it had before it started allowing businesses to horn in. But, as you say, the careful and sensible person can probably still find a bargain, as long as they know beforehand that it's almost impossible to guarantee that cars, being machines, will never wear out some part of it!
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Replying to: irismg (Sep 14, 2007 8:51 pm) I've sold over 500 cars on eBay.. just that the past couple of years it's gone right down the tubes... all of a sudden people learned how to use feedback as extortion.
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Replying to: im_brentwood (Sep 14, 2007 10:36 pm) That works both ways. When I've bought something and paid immediately, I expect positive feedback right then. Most sellers won't give positive feedback until I've given them positive feedback. But I do agree that fee-bay has really gone down the tubes in recent years since they got away from being "America's garage sale". I don't even bother looking for something there unless it's something rare.
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Replying to: mikefm58 (Sep 15, 2007 9:09 am) >But I do agree that fee-bay has really gone down the tubes in recent Amen. 
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Hi, I was recently browsing through craigslist the other day and I came across an ad for a 2001 Lexus RX with 90,000 miles and a clean title for $3,800. Out of curiosity, as I have always wanted that particular car, I emailed the guy. He said that the car is only $3,800 but he is in Utah and I live near DC. His offer was that his brother works for a towing company and he would be able to ship the vehicle for me for free. The money would be transfered through a service such as Western Union. If I receive the car and am dissatisfied, I would be able to send it back and have my money fully refunded. Does this seem like a legitimate offer that I should pursue? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Replying to: dirdiggler (Jan 15, 2008 12:48 pm) Run away! Run away! Your money will probably go to Canada or Nigeria. The car doesn't exist. If it's too good to be true, it isn't true! |
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Replying to: dirdiggler (Jan 15, 2008 12:48 pm) There is only one proper course of action - flag the ad.
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