I was bidding on a car the other day. I got outbid by about 8 quid. Gutted but my own fault as I left it to the last second to increase my bid by £10 and my connection went on a go slow. Anyway it's popped back on eBay yesterday with the seller with 0 feedback and what looks to be a new trader. No reserve auction but send him a message for the screen price. I did just that. £995. He paid £230 and all he has done is wash it. The same faults are listed as by the private seller and he has even given the wrong technical info..saying it has 250bhp when in fact it only has 230bhp. I don't know why it has annoyed me, maybe cause I lost but also I think partly that I feel sorry for the private seller as it was worth more than the £230 it sold for and even I felt guilty by bidding but he had it finishing at 17:25 on a Friday evening..when everyone is in their cars going home from work.

Either way...good markup I guess for basically just washing it.

... or with zero feedback he might just have borrowed the info and the photos and are now trying a scam ... It has happened before ...

 

All I say is "Bid with caution!".

 

Only my 5 cents ...

Nah the photos are all new (its clean) and it has moved about 15 miles from the original location.

You would have been happy to drive it away at £230.

Did you feel that guilty that if you have been the highest bidder you would have given him an extra £20 for Luck?

 

All on Ebay is not always as it appears.

 

george

A car is only worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it.  If it was only worth £230 in the first place (because that's what it sold for), then the new owner will probably be stuck with it for a long time if he's after £995 for it.  At the end of the day (to use that classic cliché), if the seller was happy to take £230 for and the buyer was happy to pay £230 for it, then everyone that matters in the deal is happy.

A car is only worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it.  If it was only worth £230 in the first place (because that's what it sold for), then the new owner will probably be stuck with it for a long time if he's after £995 for it.  At the end of the day (to use that classic cliché), if the seller was happy to take £230 for and the buyer was happy to pay £230 for it, then everyone that matters in the deal is happy.

Well Chris 1d isn't, as was outbid

Nah..I understand. Was a bit gutted and well..I dunno! Just dissapointed.

Happens all the time I was looking at a Baja Beetle last year with a buy it now price of £1995 and I was interested but someone got it first.

The next week it was back up 60 miles away with a price of £3995 or best offer.

I think this is called 'business'. Look for bargains, buy them cheap, sell them for more than you paid. As far as I can tell, nothing untoward has happened.

 

It's the same principle as trading your car in. Dealer gives you buttons for it, sells it for profit AND has already made profit on the car he's sold you. That's free market capitalism for you