Positive eBay experience

[Pothole]

sold my gti6 the other day. Buyer turned up this morning. Handed over the cash and drove away. I haven't had any contact moaning and demanding money yet. I am shocked!

[Escort3500]

Have you checked to see if the notes are counterfeit?

[AlexRS2782]

Same thing happened in December when I sold my track Saxo VTS. Advertised it with a detailed description, 2 hours later guy calls & asks when he can collect. 48hours later and he turns up with a trailer, loads the car, hands over the asking price on the advert and heads off

Only thing he hasn't done yet is re-declare the SORN since the car was transferred into his name, so I assume he's going to be getting a fine from the DVLA sometime soon, as tehe DVLA have already sent back the paperwork to me confirming it's no longer my car.

[Pothole]

Escort3500 said:

Have you checked to see if the notes are counterfeit?

No. Not seen them yet, my mate did the deal in my absence.

[anonymous-user]

Looks legit

[0llie]

I've bought 5 and sold 3 cars on eBay in the last 3 years, I've not had a single problem with any of the transactions, maybe I'm due an absolute nightmare on the next one

Hope it stays this way for you

[anonymous-user]

To be fair I've had less hassle from eBay than I have had from PH, at least on eBay you can keep all the communication over email.

I will never, ever, ever again try to sell a cheap VAG diesel via any method where people can phone me. Pond scum doesn't even begin to cover it.

[Pothole]

We exchanged a few texts, but he didn't phone me. It's all been quite disturbing!

[Countdown]

Well known scam I'm afraid.

After about 7-14 days the bank where he withdrew the cash from realises it wasn't his money. They then come round to your house and take it out of your wallet

[Pothole]

Countdown said:

Well known scam I'm afraid.

After about 7-14 days the bank where he withdrew the cash from realises it wasn't his money. They then come round to your house and take it out of your wallet

I bloody knew it!

[datum77]

My part-time job is to peruse the internet looking for car stock for a car site I am connected to financially, either from private sellers or dealers. I then go all over the country picking up the cars. In EVERY case we pay by bank transfer, (BACS). The first thing I say to the seller is that I don't leave with the car and they don't hand over the keys until they are happy that the money is in their account. They can check this either via the internet, ringing their bank or actually going to the bank. Although some private sellers are very suspicious that this system could be so simple, I have NEVER failed to do the deal and drive away in the vehicle.