UPDATED, still available. The Mach1 is on eBay...NO reserve!

[kindersmach]

Well the buyer fell through, so his ebay account will be bye, bye.....if you know anyone looking, $22k buys it.

 

[cudak888]

Well the buyer fell through, so his ebay account will be bye, bye.....if you know anyone looking, $22k buys it.

Question - and I've always wondered this - was it a scam buyer, someone who failed to pay the deposit within time, or someone who forfeited the deposit?

It seems as if a HUGE number of old cars sell on eBay and return a week later. I'm curious if it's a pattern of scam artists or deadbeats - or if it's a big hodgepodge. Sure seems to be rampant, whatever it is.

-Kurt

 

[kindersmach]

Well the buyer fell through, so his ebay account will be bye, bye.....if you know anyone looking, $22k buys it.

Question - and I've always wondered this - was it a scam buyer, someone who failed to pay the deposit within time, or someone who forfeited the deposit?

It seems as if a HUGE number of old cars sell on eBay and return a week later. I'm curious if it's a pattern of scam artists or deadbeats - or if it's a big hodgepodge. Sure seems to be rampant, whatever it is.

-Kurt

That's a good question. I'm not to sure. In my case I emailed the buyer an hour after the auction ended. Never heard back. He had 48 hours to pay deposit and never did. So I submitted a claim stating I chose not to sell to him now because of that. He had been an eBay member for 5 years with good history, so I don't know what happened.

 

[Twins]

Well the buyer fell through, so his ebay account will be bye, bye.....if you know anyone looking, $22k buys it.

Question - and I've always wondered this - was it a scam buyer, someone who failed to pay the deposit within time, or someone who forfeited the deposit?

It seems as if a HUGE number of old cars sell on eBay and return a week later. I'm curious if it's a pattern of scam artists or deadbeats - or if it's a big hodgepodge. Sure seems to be rampant, whatever it is.

-Kurt

I had quite an interesting time buying a car on ebay but ultimately I contacted the seller personally and arranged to see the vehicle. I bought the car through ebay for their buyer protection but spoke with the seller many times and flew in to take a look at the vehicle before locking the deal down.

I would say that as a seller I would not take anyone too seriously who did not ask any questions about a car before spending this kind of money and I would prefer to talk with them and/or have them come see the vehicle before the auction ended.

Overall, it was not a bad experience on ebay but I can see how there are numerous BS buyers out there. Several sellers I spoke with (after they relisted their cars) told the same tale of the buyers backing out or they wanted to have them hold the car for six months with a $500 deposit!

Problem is it gives many sellers this artificial idea of what the car is worth - i.e. someone bids $10,000 more than the car is worth but falls through and the seller still thinks he had a "deal".

Good luck. Hopefully, someone comes along who appreciates that beautiful car of yours!

That's a good question. I'm not to sure. In my case I emailed the buyer an hour after the auction ended. Never heard back. He had 48 hours to pay deposit and never did. So I submitted a claim stating I chose not to sell to him now because of that. He had been an eBay member for 5 years with good history, so I don't know what happened.

 

[Jim and Jutta]

Sorry to hear about the buyer not honoring his bid, maybe he thought he overbid because he was the only one to bid on it? In any case I feel he would have got a good deal, had he followed through. Oddly Ebay is still showing him with Zero Bid Retractions.

 

[jbojo]

Question - and I've always wondered this - was it a scam buyer, someone who failed to pay the deposit within time, or someone who forfeited the deposit?

It seems as if a HUGE number of old cars sell on eBay and return a week later. I'm curious if it's a pattern of scam artists or deadbeats - or if it's a big hodgepodge. Sure seems to be rampant, whatever it is.

-Kurt

I had quite an interesting time buying a car on ebay but ultimately I contacted the seller personally and arranged to see the vehicle. I bought the car through ebay for their buyer protection but spoke with the seller many times and flew in to take a look at the vehicle before locking the deal down.

I would say that as a seller I would not take anyone too seriously who did not ask any questions about a car before spending this kind of money and I would prefer to talk with them and/or have them come see the vehicle before the auction ended.

Overall, it was not a bad experience on ebay but I can see how there are numerous BS buyers out there. Several sellers I spoke with (after they relisted their cars) told the same tale of the buyers backing out or they wanted to have them hold the car for six months with a $500 deposit!

Problem is it gives many sellers this artificial idea of what the car is worth - i.e. someone bids $10,000 more than the car is worth but falls through and the seller still thinks he had a "deal".

Good luck. Hopefully, someone comes along who appreciates that beautiful car of yours!

That's a good question. I'm not to sure. In my case I emailed the buyer an hour after the auction ended. Never heard back. He had 48 hours to pay deposit and never did. So I submitted a claim stating I chose not to sell to him now because of that. He had been an eBay member for 5 years with good history, so I don't know what happened.

Could have been that the persons E-bay acct was hacked by someone. I have seen instances of this before.

 

[cudak888]

Could have been that the persons E-bay acct was hacked by someone. I have seen instances of this before.

Had someone try to rip me off on a Canon 5D Mark II similarly. Buyer bid with a PayPal-created eBay account, and paid with a stolen credit card. Luckily, I was able to recover the box from the USPS before it shipped out.

-Kurt

 

[Qcode351mach]

It seems as if a HUGE number of old cars sell on eBay and return a week later. I'm curious if it's a pattern of scam artists or deadbeats - or if it's a big hodgepodge. Sure seems to be rampant, whatever it is.

-Kurt

Correct Kurt, flea bay is a huge cluster f*** for selling & buying cars don't ever expect a deal to go through if your selling ..& never ever buy a car on ebay without having someone physically touch inspect it before putting your cash in a sellers hand.

The sun needs to be aligned in the horizontal plane & the moon needs to be full at the same time if you expect a buyer to follow through, sometimes when the above criteria is met, you get lucky & a buyer pays..most of the time it's just a waste of your time as evidenced by your observations. Try Craigs list or racing junk..your odds of a sale are better

Heres some good info reading about ebay car sales

https://blog.ebaymotorssucks.com/9803/03/10-years-of-consumer-awareness-about-internet-car-scams/

 

[imusa76]

a few years ago, someone tried selling a few high end cars under my account, I found out because I had a few potential bidders asked questions about the cars I had listed, and I had no clue what they were talking about.

then my sister-in-law ran into an issue where her 3 yrs old daughter bid on things she had on watch, she didn't know what was going on, good thing the sellers were understanding.

 

[4Vforever]

Had someone try to rip me off on a Canon 5D Mark II similarly. Buyer bid with a PayPal-created eBay account, and paid with a stolen credit card. Luckily, I was able to recover the box from the USPS before it shipped out.

-Kurt

This one of the reasons why nothing leaves my possession until all monies are cleared. Also be very careful with bank cheques. A little while ago, a guy was selling a very desirable collector car here in Australia. The buyer went right over the car, like a true prospective buyer would, after a thorough inspection and the owner taking the guy for a test drive, the guy says would you take a bank cheque. The vehicle owner thought nothing of it, said no problem and the deal was done. The guy banks the cheque, then the next day his bank contacts him saying there is a problem with the cheque. He goes to the bank to sort it out, they tell him he needs to contact the police and give him the number of the detective to call. It turns out that the guy who bought the car was part of a gang that had been on a spending spree, buying cars and bikes mainly. The bank cheque itself started life as a legitimate $20 bank cheque, by the time these scumbags had finished their shopping spree, they had gotten away with over half a million dollars in goods.

As for ebay, I will never use them again, if you have a problem with a seller, they don't overly care and do next to nothing about it. All ebay care about is taking as many dollars off you as they can.

 

[cudak888]

This one of the reasons why nothing leaves my possession until all monies are cleared.

The funds cleared in PayPal. Then the fellow who had his card stolen put a stop to the payment, and the faker closed his eBay account. A nice little cluster, that was.

-Kurt

 

[eddyw]

No name, but:

I buy through ebay a power steering gear box and a power booster / master cylinder for the Mustang, have email contact with the person and this agrees with the sale through ebay and paypal.

After payment i get some unreadable emails from the seller and I receive 5 days later my money back through paypal.

After money return the seller ask me too make the payment again without ebay (also no ebay protection).

I denied this while I could use these parts .

Without reprimand may further seller on ebay !!

So much can through ebay ... but also much wrong.

By me is a word a word.

 

[Twins]

I cant say my ebay buying experience was all bad. I did fly across the country to look at one car that was misrepresented.

However, the second car was what I expected and the seller was easy to deal with. I would never buy a car without looking at it. Had a buddy who sent a mechanic to look at a vehicle. He liked the car but when my buddy got it he was disappointed. His expectations were higher than they should have been. That could have been avoided if he took a quick flight to check it out.

It is important to read ebays so called "buyers protection" on these older cars. They are not guaranteeing the condition of the car. Only that you get it. And even then I'm sure the buyer would be jumping through hoops to try and get paid on a ripoff!

Now, don't ask me about the delivery of my car which involved a large truck, a low power line and neighbors who are none to happy about being in the dark for six hours on a Friday evening after I received my car

 

[4Vforever]

The funds cleared in PayPal. Then the fellow who had his card stolen put a stop to the payment, and the faker closed his eBay account. A nice little cluster, that was.

-Kurt

That's why if it's done through PayPal then this becomes their problem to resolve. I know of someone who had basically the same thing happened, but the goods had already been sent. They informed him about the fraudulent payment, he told them that they are in charge of who's paying and that's why he uses PayPal, blah, blah. Well they didn't chase him for reimbursement and were apparently chasing up the crook. So if you're in that situation again, just put it back on them about how they're supposed to be running a secure sight and you should have no problems.