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Ebay Auction

  • 12-02-2009 8:25pm
    #1
    DirtyOilBurner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 174 ✭✭


    Anybody ever used ebay auction to try sell their car? Thinking of giving it a go myself...


Comments

  • #2
    junkyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,575 ✭✭✭junkyard


    A waste of time in Ireland, tried it a few times and all you get bidding are muppets with no money.


  • #3
    Tipsy Mac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,559 ✭✭✭Tipsy Mac


    I'd say stick a decent reserve on it or otherwise someone might get it for €5 or something. If your having problems selling your car on the likes of autotrader and carzone the chances are the ebay route will bring in much less of a price.

    You will likely get lots of scam emails, be wise to these.


  • #4
    DirtyOilBurner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 174 ✭✭DirtyOilBurner


    Iv had it on carzone and autotrader before and and all i got was scam emails and timewasters with no money, and it was by far the cheapest on them so just thought id give this a go...


  • #5
    Tipsy Mac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,559 ✭✭✭Tipsy Mac


    Stick it up on www.adverts.ie


  • #6
    Barr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,023 ✭✭✭Barr


    tried it as well - not one person bid and it a very low starting price . I dont think its caught on in Ireland somehow


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  • #7
    Matt Simis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,718 ✭✭✭Matt Simis


    Tipsy Mac wrote: »
    Stick it up on www.adverts.ie

    I think Adverts is great, but the car section is prolly limited to models with low values (under EUR5k) in reality.


  • #8
    fugazied
    Closed Accounts Posts: 162 ✭✭fugazied


    I'd stay away from selling your car on ebay, I've heard stories of people buying the car then driving it home and not liking the way it drives and getting a refund via paypal. They have more ways to scam you compared to a standard cash, contract and handshake agreement e.gif


  • #9
    Captain Slow IRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,651 ✭✭✭Captain Slow IRL


    junkyard wrote: »
    A waste of time in Ireland, tried it a few times and all you get bidding are muppets with no money.

    Is it that bad?

    @ fuzagied - not a lot of people will purchase a car with paypal, most sellers seem to prefer cash or bankers draft.


  • #10
    green-blood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 610 ✭✭✭green-blood


    you know someone who bought a car on ebay and paid for it with paypal.....


  • #11
    Matt Simis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,718 ✭✭✭Matt Simis


    fugazied wrote: »
    I'd stay away from selling your car on ebay, I've heard stories of people buying the car then driving it home and not liking the way it drives and getting a refund via paypal. They have more ways to scam you compared to a standard cash, contract and handshake agreement e.gif

    green-blood wrote: »
    you know someone who bought a car on ebay and paid for it with paypal.....



    Yeah as green-blood says, selling a car on eBay is little more than an Advert, like Carzone. I doubt anyone was stupid enough to use (either send or receive) PayPal for car sales, the costs involved would be horrendous, worse than buying a car on a credit card.


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  • #12
    Kat1170
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,681 ✭✭✭Kat1170


    If selling on e-bay, you could use the 'Buy it now' feature. Just set it at a price you are happy with.


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