Advice for buying a car on ebay

polkfarmboy
polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
edited August 2013 in The Clubhouse
If I wanted to buy a car on ebay is that a good idea? Is there any things to look out for etc? I know that last statement is a broad one but advice is needed for buying safely the right way
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  • Oldfatdogs
    Oldfatdogs Posts: 1,874
    edited August 2013
    Bad idea,if you cant see it drive it and hear it find something local.
    Just my 2 cents.
    Dan
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited August 2013
    Bad idea and with your luck on ebay it's a terrible idea.
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,114
    edited August 2013
    Don't .
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  • Thorton
    Thorton Posts: 1,324
    edited August 2013
    Oldfatdogs wrote: »
    Bad idea,if you cant see it drive it and hear it find something local.
    Just my 2 cents.
    Dan

    +1. Not without seeing it and a test drive.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited August 2013
    If I am correct there is no protection against things going bad if you buy from ebay?
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,958
    edited August 2013
    Why would you even entertain such an idea that goes against the common sense of buying a used car....from anyone ?
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,756
    edited August 2013
    My advice is don't do it. Unless it is some semi-rare car that can't be found locally. Prices are usually not that great once you factor in shipping the car, or travelling to get it.
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
    edited August 2013
    EBAY and cars. Bad idea. CL is bad enough.
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited August 2013
    chumlie wrote: »
    Bad idea and with your luck on ebay it's a terrible idea.

    Exactly what I was thinking.
    If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited August 2013
    You can't even negotiate reduced shipping properly on EBAY, absolutely not!!!!

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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
    edited August 2013
    On second thought, go ahead. We need the cheap amusement.
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
    edited August 2013
    When's there's nothing on cable, you surf EBAY.
    When you surf EBAY, you buy a car sight unseen.
    When you buy a car sight unseen, you get Jimmy Hoffa in the trunk.
    When you have Jimmy Hoffa in the trunk, you get a visit from the FBI.
    Don't get a visit from the FBI, go listen to some tunes.
    "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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  • Moose68Bash
    Moose68Bash Posts: 3,843
    edited August 2013
    gudnoyez wrote: »
    Don't .

    Ditto to the nth degree!
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  • Polkie2009
    Polkie2009 Posts: 3,834
    edited August 2013
    I remember a local man was selling a car on Ebay. He lived within 2 miles of me so I was able to go check it out thoroughly and test drive it. I bid on it, but was outbid at the end by a man who lived up in Montana or Wyoming?. I guess if the seller is local, why not give it a go and check the vehicle out?
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  • GospelTruth
    GospelTruth Posts: 403
    edited August 2013
    I bought a car that was ON eBay, but I didn't use eBay to buy it. The car was an hour away, and the seller was asking way to much on eBay. Once the auction ended with no bids, I contacted the guy, went down to check out the car and made him a cash offer on the spot. I got the car.

    With that said, I would never buy a car without being able to check it out first. Pictures never give an idea of how a car actually runs, just some view of how it looks - and even then the pictures are only what the seller wants you to see.
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