Since Feburary 2008 I have noticed some seemingly great bargains on ebay motors. The cars are usually highly in demand or the most desirable mid-range luxury cars deliberately tempting even the most experienced ebayer.
Typical cars are Audi TT/RS range, BMW M3,new shapeBMW 3 series conv, Mini Cooper Works, Range Rover Sport, latest Merc C class, SLK, CLS, Lotus Elise, VW Golf R32, anything convertibleand many many others. They are advertised with a low 'Buy it Now' or more lately a classified ad format of usually between 6500 to 12000 dependant on model. Usually 25% of the true retail value so you can see how tempted you might be (and I was!)
As with other similar guides published here - the seller normally CLONES a real e-bayer to appear legit (I think they have software to guess your password) In most cases they state that "My ebay contact the seller facility is full so please contact me attheir stated gmail or yahoo or bt email address" and similar. They are increasingly insistant (almost rude) on the listing that if you don't contact them prior to bidding your offer will be cancelled. In ALL cases the adveryised price is too good to be true and usually (but not always) is quoted as X,000 gbp - a clue of the seller's not in the UK.
First mayI say DO NOT contact them directlyto their stated personal email address! My Norton 360 virus software blocks when I tried so heavens knows what you might be committing to just by sending an e-mail! When I have entered into dialogue (via the safe 'contact seller' way although I made sure I ticked the box to hide my e-mail address) you get spun the usual lies like:
"The car is in Spain/Portugal/Germany and a RHD car has no value here (boll*cks!) They say theyneed the cash for house purchase/wedding/divorce....or all three!" They want a deposit via Moneygram or Western Union and they say "the whole transaction will be through e-bay for your protection" (yeah, right) "car will be shipped to England and can pay balance on delivery" (yeah, right)
The daft tw*ts have used 'library' publicity photos of the car model over
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