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> Selling a car on Ebay, anybody done it?
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post Apr 18 2018, 06:08 PM
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I have a car I want to sell on ebay and wondered if anyone here has done it? I've been an ebay member since January 1999 and 95% of my activity is selling so I'm no stranger to listing stuff, I've just never auctioned a car before.

My question is how do you accept payment and not get burned. I get most of my payments through Paypal but what is to keep someone from "paying", picking up the car and then 45 days later disputing it through Paypal? At that point, they have the car and potentially the money.

I want to sell it on ebay as I think I'll get a little more for it and selling on craigslist seems so sketchy these days. The car I'm wanting to sell is a 1970's exact "splash" of a Meyers Manx with an aftermarket tube frame. Titled in my name for the last 30 years and through a California certificate of sequence, currently non-oped.

Any insight? TIA
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post Apr 18 2018, 09:37 PM
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Try bringatrailer.com. A friend here just sold an Aston Martin on BAT and had a very good experience. Just a forewarning- be prepared to spend an hour or more just looking through the various cars!!
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post Apr 20 2018, 10:13 PM
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QUOTE(SKL1 @ Apr 18 2018, 08:37 PM) *

Try bringatrailer.com. A friend here just sold an Aston Martin on BAT and had a very good experience. Just a forewarning- be prepared to spend an hour or more just looking through the various cars!!

I'm familiar with BAT and your right, I could spend days,.... or stay married! Thanks to everyone who gave advice. I'm going to sell it and update this thread once I do. Once I sell the cars I need to I will hopefully get back to the 914!
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post Apr 21 2018, 09:53 AM
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QUOTE(914bub @ Apr 20 2018, 10:13 PM) *

QUOTE(SKL1 @ Apr 18 2018, 08:37 PM) *

Try bringatrailer.com. A friend here just sold an Aston Martin on BAT and had a very good experience. Just a forewarning- be prepared to spend an hour or more just looking through the various cars!!

I'm familiar with BAT and your right, I could spend days,.... or stay married! Thanks to everyone who gave advice. I'm going to sell it and update this thread once I do. Once I sell the cars I need to I will hopefully get back to the 914!


I'd recommend joining the Porsche Club of America and listing the car in their online magazine. It's worth the nominal initiation fee. The buyers are standup people that know Porsches and they won't be scam artists. I have had two very good experiences selling Porsches this way.
Good luck,
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post Apr 23 2018, 12:38 PM
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QUOTE(SKL1 @ Apr 18 2018, 08:37 PM) *

Try bringatrailer.com. A friend here just sold an Aston Martin on BAT and had a very good experience. Just a forewarning- be prepared to spend an hour or more just looking through the various cars!!

I'm familiar with BAT and your right, I could spend days,.... or stay married! Thanks to everyone who gave advice. I'm going to sell it and update this thread once I do. Once I sell the cars I need to I will hopefully get back to the 914!


I'd recommend joining the Porsche Club of America and listing the car in their online magazine. It's worth the nominal initiation fee. The buyers are standup people that know Porsches and they won't be scam artists. I have had two very good experiences selling Porsches this way.
Good luck,
Dan

Dan. It's a fiberglass buggy so I think the PCA crowd would laugh at me! Otherwise, I think that is a great idea
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914bub   Selling a car on Ebay, anybody done it?   Apr 18 2018, 06:08 PM
stevend914   Require small deposit via PayPal (state non-refund...   Apr 18 2018, 06:15 PM
914bub   Require small deposit via PayPal (state non-refun...   Apr 18 2018, 06:27 PM
stevend914   Require small deposit via PayPal (state non-refu...   Apr 18 2018, 06:33 PM
914bub   [quote name='914bub' post='2600631' date='Apr 18 ...   Apr 18 2018, 06:37 PM
windforfun   I bought my 914 on eBay. I had the seller send me...   Apr 18 2018, 06:19 PM
Cracker   I certainly would have never done that as a seller...   Apr 18 2018, 06:50 PM
injunmort   biggest problem with ebay is you have a riskless s...   Apr 18 2018, 06:22 PM
914bub   biggest problem with ebay is you have a riskless ...   Apr 18 2018, 06:31 PM
era vulgaris   biggest problem with ebay is you have a riskless...   Apr 21 2018, 11:30 AM
914bub   [quote name='914bub' post='2600633' date='Apr 18 ...   Apr 23 2018, 12:49 PM
era vulgaris   [quote name='914bub' post='2600633' date='Apr 18...   Apr 23 2018, 02:27 PM
mepstein   I’ve done a couple ebay car sales. The listing f...   Apr 18 2018, 06:46 PM
mihai914   I sold a car to a dealer in England. It was a buy ...   Apr 18 2018, 06:57 PM
Unobtanium-inc   I've sold 100's of Porsches on eBay and ha...   Apr 18 2018, 07:54 PM
cuddy_k   :agree: I’ve had good experiences with escrow....   Apr 18 2018, 09:21 PM
SKL1   Try bringatrailer.com. A friend here just sold an...   Apr 18 2018, 09:37 PM
914bub   Try bringatrailer.com. A friend here just sold a...   Apr 20 2018, 10:13 PM
dgraves   Try bringatrailer.com. A friend here just sold ...   Apr 21 2018, 09:53 AM
914bub   [quote name='914bub' post='2601343' date='Apr 20 ...   Apr 23 2018, 12:38 PM
mlindner   Same, PayPal down payment....then wired bank to ba...   Apr 21 2018, 09:56 AM
Amphicar770   I've sold a few cars on eBay, bought others, g...   Apr 21 2018, 07:31 PM
Unobtanium-inc   I've sold a few cars on eBay, bought others, ...   Apr 23 2018, 09:48 PM
mepstein   I’ve done a couple cars on Craigslist but I’m ...   Apr 23 2018, 01:16 PM

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