Dodgy eBay listing, what to do

[jrallye]

Keeping specifics to a minimum as I don't want to upset anyone

There's currently an eBay listing for a car

it's in half decent condition but is priced way way above market value 2.3x more than the car was bought for a month or two ago
the description is vague and doesn't cover any of the issues that are on the current MOT
nor does it list any of the issues the previous owner had listed on their ad before it changed hands
the current seller has not done any work on the car to make it worth 2.3x more

Whilst there's nothing wrong with what the current seller is doing is it wise to warn people about the ad as the car isn't worth what the seller is asking for it and none of the cars issues are disclosed

Or is this a case of leave it be and if someone buys it and feels slightly mugged off it's their fault for not looking into the car more carefully? (A google search of the reg brings up the old listing where more of the cars issues are disclosed)

Edited by jrallye on Tuesday 16th April 14:19

Edited by jrallye on Tuesday 16th April 14:25

Edited by jrallye on Tuesday 16th April 14:25

[Edible Roadkill]

So you’ve sold a car and someone’s trying to flip it for more than they gave for it!?

Just forget about it pal....nothing to do with you, the current owner could fill it with strawberry jelly or rent out the boot space to a family of Somalians if they wanted to.

[jrallye]

Edible Roadkill said:

So you’ve sold a car and someone’s trying to flip it for more than they gave for it!?

Just forget about it pal....nothing to do with you, the current owner could fill it with strawberry jelly or rent out the boot space to a family of Somalians if they wanted to.

No, I've never owned the car wanted to buy it the first time it came up

I just don't want anyone to get mugged off is all

[markyb_lcy]

jrallye said:

No, I've never owned the car wanted to buy it the first time it came up

I just don't want anyone to get mugged off is all

It's the sellers choice to provide or not provide information and it's the buyers choice whether it's a good deal or not based on what they know (and what they don't).

If the price is *that* far out, a simple search on the internet by the potential buyer is going to flag that up right away. If they don't do that as a matter of course, then if they don't get ripped off on the car above, they may well get ripped off elsewhere.

Personally unless a family member or friend was looking to buy this car, I'd forget about it and move on with your life. You can report them to ebay but I am not sure it's worth your time as they are unlikely to do anything. Ebay (and even amazon) is full of "overpriced listings", some vastly. A portion of these are setup for money laundering / fraud purposes. I'm not saying this is that, but personally I wouldn't get involved.

[jrallye]

markyb_lcy said:

It's the sellers choice to provide or not provide information and it's the buyers choice whether it's a good deal or not based on what they know (and what they don't).

If the price is *that* far out, a simple search on the internet by the potential buyer is going to flag that up right away. If they don't do that as a matter of course, then if they don't get ripped off on the car above, they may well get ripped off elsewhere.

Personally unless a family member or friend was looking to buy this car, I'd forget about it and move on with your life. You can report them to ebay but I am not sure it's worth your time as they are unlikely to do anything. Ebay (and even amazon) is full of "overpriced listings", some vastly. A portion of these are setup for money laundering / fraud purposes. I'm not saying this is that, but personally I wouldn't get involved.

That's what I was expecting, the accounts fairly new has a handful of cars for sale uses the old ads images so just seems like a minimal effort car flipper

Shame it happens but like you said not the end of the world best bet is to just ignore it and hope no one pays that much for it

[Jamescrs]

To be honest I'd say unless someone is asking for your opinion or you know someone personally who is thinking about buying it then its really not your business.

It's down to any potential buyer to do their own checks and research.

[jrallye]

Jamescrs said:

To be honest I'd say unless someone is asking for your opinion or you know someone personally who is thinking about buying it then its really not your business.

It's down to any potential buyer to do their own checks and research.

Yeah I agree

Annoying that stuff like that's just accepted though, it's wrong the seller isn't disclosing issues with the car but again down to the buyer I suppose

[M4cruiser]

Let the buyer do their own research.
It's not dissimilar to what traders do anyway, i.e. take a car in part exchange and then it's offered for sale quite soon at much more money. They let the warranty sort out any issues. They may do safety checks and fix some urgent items (that may have happened in this case, you don't really know).

[jrallye]

M4cruiser said:

Let the buyer do their own research.
It's not dissimilar to what traders do anyway, i.e. take a car in part exchange and then it's offered for sale quite soon at much more money. They let the warranty sort out any issues. They may do safety checks and fix some urgent items (that may have happened in this case, you don't really know).

I've dropped it at this point

I understand that flipping exists and that dealers mark up cars after part exchange blah blah blah

I wouldn't have had a problem if the new listing covered all the issues in the same way the old listing had but it doesn't, it's a dishonest ad and I can't image the seller will disclose any of these problems in person either

It's not a case of boycotting/ exposing the seller for me it's a case of protecting the buyers