Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 07:54:15 -0800
Reply-To: dylan friedman <insyncro@YAHOO.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: dylan friedman <insyncro@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Buying Vans on e-Bay
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I have won 10 late model vans off eBay.
Most have been awesome deals.
I only give a $200 PayPal deposit moments after winning and have talked to the seller on the phone. Schedule pickup within 5 days.
I only trailer the vans home to do some testing and make sure they are road worthy and will pass NY inspection.
Out of the 10, 1 turned out to be a pile, so I parted it and made three times my money off it.
EBay has such a bad rap in some circles, but I have been very pleased with my buys and sells.
I have meet some really good people as well.
dylan
----- Original Message ----
From: David Etter <detter@MAIL.AURACOM.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Monday, December 3, 2007 9:31:15 AM
Subject: Buying Vans on e-Bay
I sat up in bed this morning in horror and turned the radio up..
The CBC (Cdn. Broadcasting Corp) aired an article about this
poor man who bought a car through e-Bay but ended up with no car and
was out $20,000.xx, AND he got less than no support from e-Bay
concerning his loss. He reported it to the RCMP who then contacted
e-Bay. The RCMP representative said that e-Bay refused to talk to
them and refused to acknowledge that "Criminal elements had figured
out a way to highjack e-Bay web-sites". He also said.."I guess they
don't want the public to know this is possible so they won't talk
about it."
The man in question said that he trys to contact e-Bay then
as soon as he gives them his I.D. name or password, he is
disconnected.. everytime..
Now, I'm sure that 'criminals' are not going to highjack the
site that sells a 1982 diesel radiator, but it does reinforce my own
experience of getting no support from e-Bay or Pay-Pal for a deal
gone bad even if it was a small transaction. Caveat Emptor !
I just thank my lucky stars that this VW forum and others
like it have enough savvy members who are aware of what's out there
for sale and whether or not it's a scam.
Several times I've read where members of our forum have
identified and warned others of a possible scam. I just feel sorry
for the poor fellow who lost $20,000.xx trying to buy a car on e-Bay.
I think every member of the various VW forums should be grateful for
the close support we get from one another. THANK YOU ALL !
David (dsl82westy)
P.S.:
Does anyone know how it is possible for "The Criminal
Element" to do such a thing. I thought that with a vehicle purchase
on e-Bay a buyer had the "Right" to retract a bid once he found out
that the vehicle wasn't as advertised.