Previous Car being sold on Ebay

[tercelgold]

Jimmyarm said:

I sold a car a couple of months ago via ebay.

"reason for selling is that it is unfortunately surplus to requirements as I have 2 other cars."

He must go through cars quickly.

[Jimmyarm]

tercelgold said:

"reason for selling is that it is unfortunately surplus to requirements as I have 2 other cars."

He must go through cars quickly.

When he bought it he said he had been after a 75 for a while for his 50 (ish) mile commute every day as his RX8 was too juicy !

[Flintstone]

He's back.

I queried the cambelt, made up some fluff about recognising the car from the last time it sold and said I knew it hadn't been done. He asked how I knew it was the same car but tellingly didn't deny it. I'll tell him I zoomed in on the tax disc and read the registration, see if he's daft enough to believe me

[lawrence567]

Sorry to bother you, but it says the car has FSH, is this dealer or independant service history?
Could you also please tell me the date the last service was carried out & if you have receipts to back up the recent cambelt change etc.

Many Thanks

I'll let you know what he says.

[neiljohnson]

Timing belt is an expensive job due to there being 3 of them & the locking kit to do it is rather expensive although i have done a few without the kit.

Iirc the belt kit is over £200 just to buy it!

[c0ldpl4ya]

Haha, finding this thread very interesting! Rogue traders eat your heart out.

[Jimmyarm]

neiljohnson said:

Timing belt is an expensive job due to there being 3 of them & the locking kit to do it is rather expensive although i have done a few without the kit.

Iirc the belt kit is over £200 just to buy it!

Its a massive work up doing it as well which is why I didn't bother

[Bill]

Flintstone said:

Edit: Why is the italic formatting unreliable here? Sometimes it works, sometimes not...

Edited by Flintstone on Wednesday 11th May 20:38

It doesn't work over a paragraph break.

[Petrolize]

Jimmyarm said:

Its a massive work up doing it as well which is why I didn't bother

Hence why I specifically asked if the garage had done a proper job of it..waterpump..tensioner etc.

[NiceCupOfTea]

Jimmyarm said:

tercelgold said:

"reason for selling is that it is unfortunately surplus to requirements as I have 2 other cars."

He must go through cars quickly.

When he bought it he said he had been after a 75 for a while for his 50 (ish) mile commute every day as his RX8 was too juicy !

I got all excited and thought it was an Alfa 75 and then clicked on the link and .....oh.

[lawrence567]

lawrence567 said:

Sorry to bother you, but it says the car has FSH, is this dealer or independant service history?
Could you also please tell me the date the last service was carried out & if you have receipts to back up the recent cambelt change etc.

Many Thanks

I'll let you know what he says.

Completely dodging the cambelt question, his reply:

hello no its not daler ship s/h it is independant. last service was done at 1000632 miles it now has 107 so it will need a service soon. its stamped in the book on receipts sorry but i got the car about 2 months ago dont need car as my parkner cant drive any more so dont need 3 cars any more
yours simon

(Copy & Pasted).

[groovylee]

loving the 1 million, six hundred, and thirty two miles :lol:

and i thought my spelling was bad

ps, i get that it was the sellers reply, and not your typos

[carmonk]

No receipt of work = no work done. That's the way I look at it.

[rb5230]

I got this when i enquired about it:

"Hi

I don't have a receipt for it as I wasn't the owner when it was replaced. There is a note in the log book stating that the cam belt was changed & it was stamped by the garage that did the work. Nothing else has been replaced as far as I'm aware, except for the new battery that I put in last week.

Regards

Simon"

I think everyone should keep asking about it, he must smell a rat soon if not by now.

[TheLurker]

Just sent him an email. Wonder how long till he gets pissed off?

I bet he thinks he's going to get a really good price with all this interest .

[Adz The Rat]

"Hi there, interested in the car, can you please confirm at what mileage and which garage did the cambelt change please??
Just that this is an expensive and complicated job on these engines and some people advertise them as having it done when in fact it hasnt, the dodgy bds!!!
Thanks."

[Egg Chaser]

Adz The Rat said:

"Hi there, interested in the car, can you please confirm at what mileage and which garage did the cambelt change please??
Just that this is an expensive and complicated job on these engines and some people advertise them as having it done when in fact it hasnt, the dodgy bds!!!
Thanks."

Good work!

[soad]

TheLurker said:

I bet he thinks he's going to get a really good price with all this interest .

True. He's in for a fall

[mattdaniels]

Lanxx said:

It doesn't matter what you're selling, Ebay is really frustrating regarding lying buyers.

EFA

Since ebay changed its terms and conditions a while back, it's long been a place to avoid if you are genuinely trying to sell something.

[RZ1]

Just asked him about the cambelt too. Also asked him what his best possible price for cash would be.