Greg,
How was the feedback of the seller you were referring to? The few times I've
bid on something as large as a car on ebay I always scrutinized the
feedback. Even if the person had stellar feedback but none of his recent
auctions were vehicles, it still made me uncomfortable enough not to bid.
This might be a little over-cautious but when this kind of money is involved
it's better to be safe than sorry.
I actually did buy one vehicle on ebay site unseen. The seller had great
feedback, alot of it, and almost all of his auctions were motorcycles or
cars. Needless to say the transaction went great. They even picked me up at
the airport some 60 miles away and allowed me to use their facilities to
check over the car before the drive back. Moral of the story - if you are
thinking about buying a car on ebay, look for someone who has experience in
this kind of auction, otherwise skip it and save yourself alot of trouble.
~Mike Brooks
www.rustfreeroadsters.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <Greg_Hutmacher@i2.com>
To: <jays@paonline.com>
Cc: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 12:28 PM
Subject: E-bay games
> Jay,
>
> I had a related experience recently.... There was a 69 MGB/GT on ebay
> that was "restored". I have been kind of half heartedly looking for a
> restored MGB/GT for a while (since my project MG seems like it may never
> get finished!), so I was very interested in this one. In the ebay ad, the
> photos showed a STUNNINGLY restored MGB. The paint looked so deep and
> glossy, it was beautiful. The ad said the guy had stripped the body shell
> to bare metal and done everything correctly. By coincidence the car was
> local to me, so I made an appointment to see it. What I found was a home
> paint job with paint runs in it and even a couple of spots where the paint
> was raising up (presumably from rust repairs underneath). None of this
> was visible in the beautiful, concours photos in the ebay ad and the
> seller didn't mention these flaws in the ad. If I had bought that car
> sight unseen, I would have been horribly disappointed when I took delivery
> of the car. I did post a notice on the MG list offering to serve as a
> surrogate buyer for this particular car just in case any of the folks on
> the list might have been "taken in" by the photos and had bid on it. Turns
> out that apparently no one on the MG list was bidding but I did watch the
> auction to see where it ended ($6500) and I still imagine that some poor
> unsuspecting buyer is in for a BIG disappointment. It has also scared me
> about buying sight-unseen. Even the most detailed photos can hide a lot.
>
> Regards, Greg
> 1976 TR6
> 1968 MGB/GT
>
> >Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 21:48:40 -0500
> >From: "jay snavely" <jays@paonline.com>
> >Subject: E-bay games
> >
> >I have been watching TR's on E-bay for a while now, but I guess I still
> >don't understand all aspects of the game.
> >
> >Jay Snavely
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