X5 on Ebay

[christmc]

Hi Guys currently a Cerby owner but m looking at buying an X5 , just saw a black 2001 3.0 diesel with custom hide interior ,front an rear Tv's 22" alloys and only 53,000 miles ,auto too.
I emailed the seller to ask how much he would accept to end auction early he said £20,000 ,,thats got to be too cheap for that model surely,strangley he said he would only accept a pay pal payment,,

advice guys?

[dick dastardly]

got a link to the auction?

[fidgits]

i'd never buy a car off ebay without giving it a proper inspection first.. (before bidding)

[christmc]

Here is the link,

it sounds dodgy to me but if its at all legit, its a good deal

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=9837&item=4545617519&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

[dick dastardly]

I'd stay well clear. He's got a zero rating and wants to do PayPal only? sounds like a right chancer. Plus the car has been Chavved up with OTT wheels and TV screens

[christmc]

I agree with you, but due to the procedure of setting up an Ebay account i didnt think you could easily set up a dodgy sale,

I quite like the wheels and Tv's but id be more concerned it was cat d or just simply not his!

[tvr crazy]

the guy might be a fantastic ebayer but you still need to be warie of these people, nice car

[bigandclever]

Phone him up... Leon 07855066027. Instead of looking at it as an Ebay auction, treat it as if you saw the ad in Autotrader.

Personally, I'd be a bit suss of a brand new member, but everyone has to start somewhere. I bought my 205gti from a 0 rated member, and I signed up for ebay specifically for that car, so 0 feedback isn't necessarily the end of the world. We both did a couple of emails and phone calls to determine we were both legit (as far as you can anyway), and then were both happy using Ebay as the mechanism.

[christmc]

Fair comments, iv asked him for a pic of the V5 and no of owners, he has yet to get back to me, but i will call him , an il let you guys know what happens

[z3stu]

Its a skam! That car has been on there before and he is a new user that is from essex and if you take a look at his standard postage arangements it says he will post to UK.

Will only release the car after full payment my pay pal.

Just report the skammer.

Stu

[christmc]

The stupid things is that 2 people have bid on it, iv actually emailed them to ask them what they were playing at,,,,but then it occured that they may well be in on it too.