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> Buying a car from Ebay, am I stupid?
thomasotten
post Jul 24 2005, 07:25 PM
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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) ?
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post Jul 26 2005, 01:54 PM
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I've bought four items recently off of ebay.
One was a G prod 914 race car. It was a great buy and is still the best deal I've heard of on a 914. It's what caused me to join this group. I bought it from a seller who knew nothing about the car. I received more in spare parts than I paid for the car.
The other three items were all returned, with a lot of work, to the seller because they were junk. In all three cases, when I looked at the comments regarding the seller after the fact I found that the items had been purchased a short time earlier by the sellers and the description of the items in those sales basically pointed out that they were junk. In all three cases the sellers were power sellers who claimed in their ads that these items were items of theirs they were already personally using (BS).
I refused to pay for the 914 until I saw it. I drove up to Hayward, CA with a trailer and cash. I would never buy a car sight unseen. Ask yourself if you would buy an item from a classified ad in the newspaper without seeing it. If not, then why would you buy it on ebay that way?
ebay is just another medium but remember, if something does go wrong, lawsuits are much more difficult and expensive across state lines or even in different counties within the same state. How do I know that? I'm a lawyer and a lemon law arbitrator and mediator.
You are always better off buying from a reputable dealer or somebody close to home when possible. There is a reason why every state has a lemon law of some kind. But, that lemon law does not apply to used vehicles or cars purchased in other states for the most part.
I still read and follow the race ads on ebay and I'm starting to see the same cars over and over again. Really makes you think. Why is it the same cars keep showing up time amd time again? I doubt it's because they are truly wonderful..
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thomasotten   Buying a car from Ebay   Jul 24 2005, 07:25 PM
TimT   Its not crazy to buy a car from Ebay.. A friend of...   Jul 24 2005, 07:40 PM
Porsche Rescue   1. Get a phone number and speak to the seller dire...   Jul 24 2005, 07:42 PM
skline   I bought my 540I on Ebay. Bid on the car, won the ...   Jul 24 2005, 07:51 PM
jasons   Well, let me tell you my experience. I bought a 7...   Jul 24 2005, 09:56 PM
jasons   Not to be a total party-pooper but you should read...   Jul 24 2005, 10:07 PM
drew365   I bought my 914-6 on ebay. I got a good deal and t...   Jul 24 2005, 10:08 PM
Elliot Cannon   I bought my 914 off ebay for about $3,000. I...   Jul 24 2005, 10:37 PM
rick 918-S   Check these sites for a price comparision. www.au...   Jul 24 2005, 11:19 PM
neo914-6   eBay is just another media, just check the service...   Jul 25 2005, 12:01 AM
newto914s   To date, I've bought three cars off Ebay, and ...   Jul 25 2005, 01:36 AM
MecGen   Hi People... I was always wondering "why Ebay ? "...   Jul 25 2005, 05:12 AM
thomasotten   I was reading about escrows on ebay, and they clai...   Jul 25 2005, 06:20 AM
anthony   I've used escrow in the past with a seller tha...   Jul 25 2005, 10:42 AM
ArtechnikA   we bought J's '04 Subaru via Ebay. got a ...   Jul 25 2005, 12:03 PM
Loser_Cruiser   My father and I found our 914 on ebay. It was only...   Jul 25 2005, 03:12 PM
Lyressa Roberts     Jul 25 2005, 05:11 PM
jasons     Jul 26 2005, 01:38 PM
kart54   I've bought four items recently off of ebay. ...   Jul 26 2005, 01:54 PM


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