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Buying a car from Ebay, am I stupid? |
thomasotten |
Jul 24 2005, 07:25 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,553 Joined: 16-November 03 From: San Antonio, Texas Member No.: 1,349 |
Going against my gut instincts, I am actually considering buying a car off of Ebay. Particularly, I am looking at Audi Avants - they are not that common in the local paper. Is this a bad idea? Has anyone ever bought a car, say between 12k-20k over ebay, and having it shipped?
It's funny, I would feel more confident buying a teener than a modern car. Any advice? Are there any safeguards that help one not to get screwed? Don't do it? Am I (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/screwy.gif) ? |
anthony |
Jul 25 2005, 10:42 AM
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2270 club Group: Benefactors Posts: 3,107 Joined: 1-February 03 From: SF Bay Area, CA Member No.: 218 |
I've used escrow in the past with a seller that only had a handfull of feedbacks. Normally, I wouldn't even deal with a low feedback seller but he had exactly what I wanted.
The problem will be trying to find a seller that will accept escrow for a car. I wouldn't accept escrow. There are too many potential problems like who would eat the shipping and return shipping fees if there was a problem. Personally, I wouldn't spend thousands of dollars on a car unless I could test drive it ahead of time and have it checked out by a mechanic. So contact the seller, work a deal, fly out and check the car out and drive it back or have it shipped back. If that's too much trouble just be patient and find one locally. One will turn up sooner or later. |
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