Thread: E-Bay Can Work

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Joanne took these as I was laying under it tying it down for the trip home. I almost never let anyone take my picture, seems she snuck these of my old wore out butt. Man I need to do something about all that grey no white hair. And guys the car looks every bit that good just standing right next to it. I am jazzed about this one.

Roland

I have sold many and bought many cars and trucks on Ebay...They keep changing the rules there...Now selling there(fee increased by over 50%) is not as good as it was but it's still a decent deal for buyers....Selling parts is still OK there..http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=160178406797 This is a hilarious protest of the current system there...Check it out

Originally Posted by Daffy427

...Now selling there(fee increased by over 50%) is not as good as it was but it's still a decent deal for buyers....

I think that depends in part on the car being sold, and in part on your expectations. I was pleased to see their new "flat rate" program. $125 fee only applies if the car sells. That wouldn't be too good on a $1000 clunker (but then why would you put that on ebay when craigslist exists with "free" ads.......other than it didn't sell on craigslist and now you're praying for some out of state buyer). It's possible to advertise your car for no insertion fee if you want the bare bones ad/picture format. I took every photo option except I had only 14 pictures instead of the max 24, and my insertion fee was $12...........pretty cheap for an "ad" that goes round the world. I also was posted in three more local car ad sites that only yielded one real interested potential buyer. With ebay I had many prospects, including one who asked most of the "right" real buyer questions and multiple emails, from Switzerland. The car ended up selling to a guy from California who wouldn't have likely (and actually didn't)have seen the ad otherwise. And if you think about it, in a situation like brother Youther describes, the seller would likely have not even paid the selling fee..........not exactly fair to ebay, but that's the gamble they take.

I wish I could afford to buy already built cars. That's a nice one.

Very nice car that you scored. For all the horror stories that I've heard about ebay, I must say that I have been quite pleased with anything that I have bought through it.---Brian

Roland, it looks like you hit the lottery on that Tudor. $8,000 really doesn't buy much any more, but you were in the right place at the right time. Enjoy your new hot rod.

As someone who was addicted to Ebay for the past four years or so, I have bought and sold a bunch of stuff ranging from small parts up to 3 or 4 or my own boats. In most cases I got waaaaaaaaaaay more than I ever dreamed I would get and ended up laughing hysterically when the auction ended....not believing people would actually pay THAT kind of money. I have also found some very hard to find car parts that I would have had to scour swap meet after swap meet to find otherwise, like the Olds oil filter relocators I bought that I needed for the starter switchover bellhousing I already had. I've never seen those at any swap meet I have gone to, but found two on Ebay and bought both.

These days I hardly ever go onto Ebay, maybe I have all the parts I need, or have cleaned out my stash of parts I want to sell. But I think it is more that I don't like what Ebay has turned into. I don't understand the new format, and find it hard to navigate. The fees are also getting to the point where 30-40 percent of what you get goes to them, not you.

However, your Tudor find goes to prove you can still meet nice people who have a legitimate deal to offer, and someone like you ends up with a good price on a fantastic car. Only a very small percentage of Ebay sellers are scammers, most are regular people like us.

Don

Well believe or not but the interior was also done. It's not the interior I would have put in this car but its pretty nice and serviceable. I think I have a picture of it.

I did take the car out for a little drive the other nite and it quite on me complettly. Turned out to be the HEI cap and Rotor took a dump so it was an easy fix I have a thread on that here as well.

I am very happy about this car, and I even feel a little quilty getting this nice of a car for this price. It's not always about the money, I have been screwed so many times on car deals its not even funny. Its really wierd to find a car deal that was waaaay behind my expectations, must be Karma or something like that Lord only knows I was due!!

Roland

Over the last two years I've made a very good living selling on Ebay,yes the rules change, but all it takes is a little education to evolve with it. The money spent on fees is still well worth the amount of people see your add, can't buy that even in Hemmings.