Thread: E-Bay Can Work

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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.

Originally Posted by youther

Congrats!

I have similar stories. My first car, the '31 I found on ebay but did not buy it using ebay. I watched it til it's end and it didn't meet reserve, so I e-mailed the guy as soon as it was over and asked him what he wanted for it. We went back and forth for a few days and came to an agreement. So then came my long drive.

My uncle and I hit the road for Florida. Met the guy with the car, test drove it and loaded it on the trailer. We drove 21 hours straight and 2200 miles only stopping for fuel and food.

For the 66 Stang, I found it on ebay, watched til the end and bidded on it with 8 seconds to go and won it. It was located in Ohio. We met the guy in the middle. We drove 2 hours and he drove 2 hours and met on the exit in front of the State capitol building in Charleston, WV and and unloaded it from his trailer onto mine.

So I have had two very good experiences with car purchases. I would buy again from ebay if the opportunity presents itself. There are scams out there and you have to be careful, that's for sure. I would never send all of the money without seeing the car in person first.

If you drove 2200 miles in 21 hrs, you averaged 104.76 MPH,
And no speeding tickets?????

Originally Posted by DA34GUY

If you drove 2200 miles in 21 hrs, you averaged 104.76 MPH,
And no speeding tickets?????

LMAO! See what you can do when you drive a FORD? LOL! My Bad.....it should be 1100 miles. I thought I hit the 1 instead of the 2....LOL! I'm bad for not proof reading before I hit submit.

Real nice find on a great looking ford. for $8,000. You lucky guy

What does the interior look like? What needs to be done to the car?
Just Curious as for $8,000 - That looks like a gem!

I got my 69 chevelle nomad off ebay. The auction expired without meeting reserve, and we haggled some. I gave him an extra $100 to drive it to my door. The car met or beat my expectations, so I cut him a check.

I recently bought my Deuce coupe from a guy who's Ebay reserve wasn't met. I emailed and called him and we settled on a price and I had the car shipped from NJ to San Diego. Car is in as good as, if not better than, his Ebay description shape. I have also bought several other cars and one Harley Sportster on Ebay and, "knock on wood", they were all as described and in great conditon when they arrived. I sold my 1970 RoadRunner in less than 2 hours on Ebay with the "Buy It Now" feature. Guy drove all the way from San Fran to pick the car up. Ebay and Craig's List are the way to go if you're looking for something in the "rare" classification, IMO. Seems that no matter what you're after, one will show up on Ebay eventually (although you may have to be "creative" when entering your "search parameters" because sometimes I find stuff with weird "searches")

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

You look a little short to see over the steering wheel.

Don

No offense but the doll has to go.............LOL!

Originally Posted by youther

No offense but the doll has to go.............LOL!

Yep, and peeing dogs, and crybaby dolls.

Don

I don't know..........I like baby dolls.....
Oh.........wait.........you said CRY baby doll..................
Nevermind.