My boyfriend sold his car on ebay. He asked for a £150 deposit at the end of the auction from the winner. The guy couldn't pay for whatever reason, and then when he could he said he'd be around at the weekend anyway to pick the car up so could he just pay in full then. We said sure. He turned up at the weekend and then started checking the car out like he was buying it normally. He left without taking it saying he needed to have a think, we were stupidly too nice and said ok. He has since delayed even more and now it looks like he won't buy it. Surely he entered into a contract..is the worse we can do really just to leave bad feedback?! The car is a bargain as it's a soft top being sold in the winter. We just picked up our new car today and now have noinsurance for the other, or parking space. Any advice?!
2006-11-28 08:10:58 · 21 answers · asked by DS12221 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Buying & Selling
That really is too bad...sorry for your troubles. Follow this link to ebay which says what to do with a non-paying bidder:
http://pages.ebay.com/help/tp/questions/nonpaying-buyer.html
Ebay will let you relist the car on their site for free. Still a hassle, but hopefully you will get a decent buyer this time. One thing you can do is to require feedback of 10 or more or even 50 or more and to cancel bids of people who don't meet those requirements. Ensure you get the down payment this time.
Good Luck!!
MikeC
2006-11-28 08:16:24 · answer #1 · answered by MikeC 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He made the effort and came to see the car .that indicates he wanted to buy the car ..I think he didn't like what he seen ..could this be your fault ..ie omitting to list some things that would ruin the sale of the car..like the item described on listing ..is not the same ..some times people do forget to point out the essential points that would or wouldn't sell a car ..after all it is 100's of pounds or thousands of £ the buyer has to part with..
It is a trust between the seller.. and the buyer ..and that
all it is ..buying on ebey most of the time means ..saving
to the buyer ..but it wont be a saving if the buyer has to take time off from work. and travel expenses and other expenses to view the item and hope it is what the buyer wanted.. and then hope the buyer will be the winner ..
then those expenses reoccur when collecting the car
that is why the buyer has to put a lot of trust in the seller.
to tell the truth and list all the important points regarding the item ..so there be no disappointments on aether side..
2006-11-28 10:12:31 · answer #2 · answered by JJ 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes he would have been enterted into a contract but if he doesnt pay, he doesnt pay, all u can really do is leave bad feedback, and also do a dispute on ebay, cus as you have sold the car you will have to pay a percentage for that, if you do the dispute thru ebay, you will have the option to choose buyer will not pay, and then ebay wil send an email to them. It wnt make the person buy the car, but you will get your money back for selling it, and he will be reported to ebay, then you can relist the item for free.
I will advise that you can only do a dispute about 8 days after the buyer has not responded/paid.
If you then decide to relist it, i would advise to add to your listing that if they are interested in the car for them to come and have a look first before bidding.
2006-11-28 08:15:48 · answer #3 · answered by linzi_parkes 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This guy is jerking your chain. Report him to eBay. Give him a negative feedback. Relist the car if you want, or just sell it out right to a private party. You could take it to a used car lot and see what they would give you. Also you could contact the second highest bidder with a second chance offer.
If you want to keep it for a second car. Put it back on your insurance policy. Then drive it around with a "For Sale" sign on it.
2006-11-28 08:20:58 · answer #4 · answered by keijo47 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IMO i really think ebay need to restructure how they deal with the auction of cars, committing people to buy when they probably haven't even seen it is such a bad idea. The winning bid should just be the setting of the price not a legally binding contract to buy.
2006-11-28 21:55:37 · answer #5 · answered by skyhigh007a 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm a broking service on Ebay, and ive encountered this problem many cases. at the start DONOT deliver something until eventually the price has reached your paypal account and has cleared so supply it some better days earlier even taking into consideration posting it. in case you probably did state that it change into uk submit in straight forward words then this transformation right into a time period that the shopper must have said and realised at the same time as they agreed to purchase the object. you are able to both state this back inquiring for an option uk address or in case you want to regulate your postage words and expenses and then proceed to submit the object after price has reached you. In my personal opinion this shopper sounds somewhat dodgey!!! i might want to take this merchandise off and relist it back, and likewise supply this shopper VERY undesirable feedback caution different of their dirty antics!!!. time will tell and that i'm hoping you kind it out. wish my suggestion facilitates :)
2016-10-07 22:23:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get your car listed again ASAP, forget trying to get him to pay for it no point in wasting even more of your own time, but this time when you re-list it make sure you state that you don't want anyone to bid who has not got the means to leave a deposit (paypal) and they must understand they bid to buy not to look if they want to look there more than welcome before the auction ends
2006-11-28 08:52:50 · answer #7 · answered by tom2764 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
report him to ebay,bidding on an auction is a legal and binding contract and you could if you want to spend the money sue him.
small claims court may be a better route
you can also offer it to the next highest bidder as well
2006-11-28 08:16:10 · answer #8 · answered by doug b 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah, report him to ebay, so you get your listing fee back, leave him bad feedback, chalk it up to experience, and sell it again.
Recently there was a car sold on ebay, and when the people went to buy it, they were robbed of their money at gunpoint, £5 grand. perhaps you are lucky you were not robbed of your car.
email him and tell him the deal is off.
and when you sell it again, insist on payment by paypal before telling anyone where you live.
2006-11-28 08:30:10 · answer #9 · answered by Jan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Give negative feedback and re-list it. Happens all the time. It's probably not worth pursuing any legal remedies. All he has to say is that it wasn't up to his expectations.
Put it back on the insurance policy! Keep it there until it's sold.
2006-11-28 08:19:12 · answer #10 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋