EBay non-payers taken to court??

[cantstopbuyingcars]

I’ve just read an ad for an auction of a Porsche Boxster on eBay which states in the description:
“All non payers will be perused through the County Court ( I have had to do this before and been successful )”

Can anyone shed some light on this? I’m no fan of time wasters at all but I wouldn’t have thought in a million years that any legal action could be taken against non-paying buyers.

Is it just words to put off timewasters or can this actually happen if you have time and money?

[cobra kid]

Perused??

[Deranged Rover]

Ironicall,y what he's actually saying is that he's going to look at you through the County Courts, not actually make you pay!

[Nickbrapp]

When you buy something on eBay it’s a legally binding contract to pay, so if you don’t then of
Course you can be perused for the money you’re owed

It’s very easy to do a money claim online, weather a judge will rule in your favour is another matter, you’ve still got the goods but maybe they might cover your costs.

It takes a while to get there though, letter before action, mediation and a court case 73 years in the future due to backlogs

[deggles]

Complete bks.

Seller's attitude and inability to spell would be enough to put me off even placing a bid.

BTW, ignoring the fact he would get laughed out of court, eBay's policy on vehicle sales is below

eBay said:

For items listed in Property and eBay Motors classified listings, bids are considered non-binding. When you bid on an item in these categories, you're expressing a strong interest in buying the seller's item, but no formal purchase contract is created if you're the winning bidder.

[sixor8]

There's also a fee on a sliding scale. It's relatively cheap to use MCO up to a max of £10k:

https://www.gov.uk/make-court-claim-for-money/cour...

Any more and it gets pricey and can't be done online. I always consider this a desperate attempt by a seller not to receive bids from timewasters who don't follow through on the purchase. 2 hopes I'd have thought and one of them is Bob!

[jeremyh1]

When somebody brags that they have done this before they have not !

Imagine if you had done it before and you were confident you would be successful again . Would you be printing it

[Jimmy No Hands]

Fantasist hoping it will put false bidders off, that's about it.

[Fore Left]

deggles said:

Complete bks.

Seller's attitude and inability to spell would be enough to put me off even placing a bid.

BTW, ignoring the fact he would get laughed out of court, eBay's policy on vehicle sales is below

eBay said:

For items listed in Property and eBay Motors classified listings, bids are considered non-binding. When you bid on an item in these categories, you're expressing a strong interest in buying the seller's item, but no formal purchase contract is created if you're the winning bidder.

It's not an eBay Motors sale. It's an auction so any purchase is legally binding.

There's only 7 for sale and it's the only auction. It's spares and repair. Do you feel lucky...

eBay seller said:

Pulled car out of garage after a week away and could hear a small metallic tap turned it off now won’t start! (Oil and water level fine)