We are selling of one our babys on e-bay. Does anyone have any do's and dont's to suggest? I don't want any unpleasant surprises after the sale, if you know what I mean. My auction expires tonite and the current high bidder is in Australia. I wanted maximum exposure, and by golly, I got it! HAHA Item number: 230043799570

 

Beautiful car..and the right colors too. Everyone wants Red.

Connie kit and skirts...correct engine details.

Did you research and see where it was made...a CA (Van Nuys) car adds to the value.


From my youth...

"Slip and slide...with Power Glide!"

I had an all black one once.

 

Dont take this the wrong way, BUT! Your current high bidder has a 15 day old account and 0 feedback.

ALOT of folks I know will automatically STOP bidding on something when they see this... Im one of those people. It looks like shill bidding to some. I'm not saying this is the case, just pointing out that unfortunately it can really kill an auction.

Nice looking car! Best of luck!

 

I bought an old car on ebay ...I had zero feedback..and had been a member only a few days....

Car was in NY...I did a wire transfer..and Passport brought it out in a week.

So not all first timers are bad.

 

I concur, I typically don't trust Ebay, but I did buy one thing on there(frame charts). I used paypal. However, how many cars/trucks does one have to buy to get acceptable rating/feedback? I don't look at anything else to buy on Ebay, so I'm limited to dreaming...especially the 47 1/2 ton pickup on there now. I'm relatively new to Ebay, so....

 

I've got around 270 positive feedback on ebait...no negs...I buy old Ford and other brand old car parts...easier than hemmings....only been stung once...part arrived...but it was hardly NOS

 

I try to sell on ebay ,A buyer click buy now and never pay ,he stop the bidding, and ebay kick me off ebay

 

I handle all of the fleet sales for the company I work for (along with four or five other job titles lol) and I thought I might post the newest scam. For years the only way I would accept payment was a certified check but that has come to an end. I had two bad certified check passed to the company in the first part of this year. I got lucky in both cases and the trucks had not been picked up by the transport companys before this was caught. I was contacted by the FBI about these and was told this is the new big scam so anyone taking payment by cerified check BEWARE. Both the checks I rcieved were from the west coast but I was told they are everywhere. Some of the checks are VERY good counterfit (water marks included)and some are stolen checks. The way the scam worked was I had a customer contact me about purchasing a 2001 379 Peterbilt and was not going to be able to pick it up himself and needed a transport company to bring it to him. We agreed on a price of $47,000 and he told me a certified funds check would be in the mail the same day for the amount of $51,000. The extra $4,000 was to be sent to a transport company he had used before on the east coast to pay for transporting. I called the number for transport company and set up the pick up and was given there address to send the money but they would not set a pick up until they recieved payment. A couple days latter the check was at the office and I made a deposit. I got lucky, I had to be out of the office for a few days taking care of other business for the company and the deal got delayed a few days. The check cleared in three days and the funds could have been used. Eight days after the deposit the bank contacted my company and told use the check was no good and were pulling the funds back out of the account. Thats where the FBI got in the picture. I went to the bank and they had a stack of these checks 3" thick from all over the country. Come to find out even the transport company was part of the scam, not only were they going to get the truck for free but if I had sent the $4,000 for shipping I was paying them to take it. The FBI agent told me that since the deal fell thru before we lost anything they would put the case on a list but they to busy working on cases were people had lost cars, trucks, cash and other things this would be low on the list. A wire fund is the only way to go!

 

Rule of thumb...be VERY cautious...stay away from overseas deals...and never refund a portion of the check (Nigeria Scam) or wire transfers back to the buyer.

Wire scam...
What some are doing is this: They are contacting some of the losing bidders...stating "the deal fell through" and then offering the item cheaper.

So a wire transfer is made...the guy closes the account...and you are left with nothing.

 

428 + ND, THAT'S what I'm talking about. The kind of info that will protect me scams, or the buyer wanting to nitpick about some minor detail and stopping payment, or experiencing buyers remorse, or whatever. So how would you guys accept payment, if it were you? I'm thinking only wiring the $$, tho I have other methods listed as acceptable. I also intend to insist that the buyer come look at the car, or have some outfit inspect it prior to loading it on a car hauler. What is shilling?? Thanx very much. Jim

 

I agree, not all 1st timers are bad. My point was this. Ebay isnt new, and the number of folks "Just discovering ebay" is probably near zero. New ebay accounts make the hair on the back of my neck stand-up. Its been my expierience that its usually someone who got booted from ebay or had such bad feed back they just said "screw it" and started a new account.
The guys in another forum I belong to caught a scammer with 9 different accounts. They busted him by his digital camera. It tinted everything with a distinct geenish-blue color. Ebay should be a great thing for this hobby, sadly, you have to watch yourself.
Shill bidding is like this. "Bob, I'm selling that P.O.S. steering column I bought at the swap meet. Only 1 guy has bid. Go to the library, start a new ebay account and bid the price up, would ya buddy? Thanks!" If Bob is high bidder, he doesnt have to buy.... if someone out bids him, great for the seller.
Again, Im not saying this is what happened, just that it DOES happen.

 

to the top!!

 

Shilling occurs in real time too...especially in antique, car and gun auctions.

Either the auctioneer or the seller (or both) will have "shills" in the audience...bidding the item up...same results...if someone jumps in and it sells...OK...otherwise item is re-listed and run through again.

If you hear..."sold to bidder number 1" ..that usually means the auction house "bought" it.

 

btw...It's the buyers responsibility to have vehicle inspected...you might offer to pay for this service.

I hired a guy out of a Hemmings ad to look at a car in CT...the charge to me was a hundred bucks.

The savings were in the $1000's! The car had a nasty title problem...and the undercarriage was swiss cheese.

Caveat Emptor

 

You are safe taking a wire fund when selling something. The money has to be in the account before the tranfer will be done and once it has reached your account they can not remove it. Just don't release the title or the car until you confirm with you bank that the money has been recieved. This usually takes three to four hours but I have had it take as long as six.