e-Bay GT4

Car's bid is at $17K, 75K miles. Doesn't appear to be a scam. However, I still would go see the car, email him and see if you can drop by to see the car at a "neutral" site if he's concerned about security.

James in Denver

 

This car has been up on Ebay 3 times this year.

The seller made all kinds of wild claims about the car that were all untrue. Don't know if it is the same seller as before, sorry.
I'd approach this one very carefully.

 

That same car was on e-bay about 6 months ago. The seller had only 60% positive feedback at the time, he must have gotten a new ID. At the time he was willing to show the car, but he wouldn't allow people to test drive it.
The car looks decent, but something is definitively fishy with that guy.

 

Seller does have a new ID and I also emailed him with no response as yet, which has alerted my Scamadar 3000. The other thing I noticed was that the pictures are not very clear and mostly shaded. This also doesn't give one comfort.

Anyone getting a response should please post here.

 

I thought you said you were looking for a nice GT4 Vince.
What are you doing looking at this one?

 

Hey, it's in my backyard. I can't ignore it! LOL. Call it casual interest. Not serious due to flakiness.

 

This idiot barely uses 5 lines to sell a potential good car, either it is not his, or he is just plain dumb. My 4 year old could write a better ad than his.

Stephane
scaledetails

 

<sigh> You give them books, send them to school and they still don't learn.

 

The car doesn't *look* -- THAT -- bad... But pics can be deceiving! Definitely worth a look, Brian.

Aaron

PS - Sorry for my lack of email communication lately - been SUPER busy and/or out of town....

 

I eMailed the seller on Monday or Tuesday. He hasn't responded back to me either.

 

don't ever go by price of the bid... know nothing about this car or seller but there is something called shill bidding in this world of auctions...always was , always will be...

 

Very good point. I suspect that shill bidding happens on 99% (literally) of all "no reserve" auctions on Ebay.

James in Denver

 

Ya see what I mean? (see my above post)
This is NOT your future car.
.

 

"I just want to sell it, not show it" ...Hmmm, let me think of a scenario when a Seller would want to do that...

 

Ooh, wait, I know!!!

When u don't have anything to really sell?

My emails:

ME: I would like to come and look at the car. I am in LA area. Can u provide the chassis number please? Lastly, it does not look like there is a smog pump on the car - was it removed and do u have it?
Vince

SELLER: No, I don't have the time, I just want to get rid of it. It's not stolen and I don't know where to find that number. It has a smog kit in a separate box I will send with car.

 

This guy should be reported to eBay's fraud dept if any of you suspect that he's a scammer or ficticious seller. Changing ID's 5 times, being evasive with his answers, and not allowing the car to be seen or inspected prior to purchase are huge red flags.

Mel

 

I'll offer him $22K cash if he lets me pick it up tomorrow night, see what he says.

Stephane
Scaledetails

 

I can't wait to hear what he says.....

Mel

 

I offered him $23K cash but told him I would need the car picked up by my carrier no later than Saturday and the driver would have the cash in hand.

The flake did not reply at all, I think we all know why.

Stephane

 

Figures....