Name that Scam!!

[eskiedude]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=220194965606

so whats the catch?

[KnuckleChucker]

Re: Name that Scam!!

Most of these are legit. If you pay attention it is the No Reserve auctions that usually end up fetching far more then those with reserves....

[Rayminator]

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Bah, IMO there are many things you just shouldn't buy online.

Cars are one of them. They need to be inspected up close, test driven, etc. I wouldn't buy a car online period. You can use it to research, but I would never buy.

[glenvb]

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If you click on "History", you'll see that this car has nine records. I'm too cheap to pony up the 8 bucks to see what they are, but I'll bet this car has a rather, um, colorful story to tell.

[Angelus]

Re: Name that Scam!!

Hundreds (maybe thousands) of cars are sold on eBay every day. No scam here.

[Muley69]

Re: Name that Scam!!

As someone who has never bought anything on Ebay, I sure as heck wouldn't be purchasing a car...


Takes a lot of balls to buy a car "as is" without a test drive or anything. If it turns out to be a lemon -- despite the "check marks" of excellent -- what recourse do you have? Little more than negative feedback I'm afraid.

[esks4life]

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Many people pride themselves on the feedback though. I buy stuff all the time but if they have less then 98% I stay away. Like Ang said, cars are bought and sold all the time on ebay.

[5goridersgo5]

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Many people pride themselves on the feedback though. I buy stuff all the time but if they have less then 98% I stay away. Like Ang said, cars are bought and sold all the time on ebay.

My wife also buys a tonne of stuff off of Ebay (clothes for the kids and cloth for quilts) and you're right, feedback is huge.

[5goridersgo5]

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As someone who has never bought anything on Ebay, I sure as heck wouldn't be purchasing a car...


Takes a lot of balls to buy a car "as is" without a test drive or anything. If it turns out to be a lemon -- despite the "check marks" of excellent -- what recourse do you have? Little more than negative feedback I'm afraid.

Agreed, I'm too way cautious to buy even a video game from E-bay let alone a car.

[esks4life]

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Agreed, I'm too way cautious to buy even a video game from E-bay let alone a car.

So you're to cautious but you let the wife buy away.

[5goridersgo5]

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So you're to cautious but you let the wife buy away.

Hell yeah, a happy wife is key to having a happier husband

[Diesel]

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62 000 MILES on a 3.5 yr old car? Pass....

[Muley69]

Re: Name that Scam!!

Okay...newby question.


Let's say that I sign up as a brand new user and there is a football jersey I want to buy. If you BID on an item for sale as a new user:

(a) do you have a reputation / feedback score?

(b) can the person selling the jersey refuse to sell to me BECAUSE I'm new?

(c) how does feedback work? I.e. when do you give / get feedback? How do they prevent abuse (read: what if everything went fine but I just want to be a dick and give the guy bad feedback)?

[5goridersgo5]

Re: Name that Scam!!

Okay...newby question.


Let's say that I sign up as a brand new user and there is a football jersey I want to buy. If you BID on an item for sale as a new user:

(a) do you have a reputation / feedback score?

(b) can the person selling the jersey refuse to sell to me BECAUSE I'm new?

(c) how does feedback work? I.e. when do you give / get feedback? How do they prevent abuse (read: what if everything went fine but I just want to be a dick and give the guy bad feedback)?

I'll tell you what, when you change your signature, I'll provide the answer
Actually, I have no idea on your questions. All I know is that we've never been refused a sale and have never been neg repped before.

One thing to keep in mind if you're looking at buying something, always e-mail the seller about the shipping price. Do not ever trust the shipping calculator. And do not be surprised to see ridiculous shipping charges.

[esks4life]

Re: Name that Scam!!

Okay...newby question.


Let's say that I sign up as a brand new user and there is a football jersey I want to buy. If you BID on an item for sale as a new user:

(a) do you have a reputation / feedback score?

(b) can the person selling the jersey refuse to sell to me BECAUSE I'm new?

(c) how does feedback work? I.e. when do you give / get feedback? How do they prevent abuse (read: what if everything went fine but I just want to be a dick and give the guy bad feedback)?

If you are a newbie, you will start at 0 and then sometimes a seller will state in their auction that they won't sell to 10 or less feedback for example. But as long as you pay promptly you shouldn't have a problem.

Always read the listing first to make sure they accept paypal, credit card, or chequq/money order. Because if you only have cheques and they only accept paypal things get tricky there.

As for giving feedback. You can be a dick even if things went 100% but why would you want to.