Is buying a car on eBay distance selling?
Is buying a car on eBay distance selling?
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Sterillium

Original Poster:

22,371 posts

253 months

Saturday 21st November 2020
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As per title, is buying a car on eBay "automatically" distance selling?

AngryPartsBloke

1,439 posts

179 months

Saturday 21st November 2020
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What's the context?

It could be distance selling or an off site sale depending on more details.

TooLateForAName

4,924 posts

212 months

Saturday 21st November 2020
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No.

There are a variety of issues, you could be buying from a private individual so no consumer protection n those cases.

ebay policies do apply - they specifically say that car sales are non-binding

Sterillium

Original Poster:

22,371 posts

253 months

Saturday 21st November 2020
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Oops, I meant to be clearer!

I mean when you're buying from a trader via eBay.

mcflurry

9,188 posts

281 months

Saturday 21st November 2020
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Did you see the car prior to paying?
Or did the trader deliver it after you paid?

Sterillium

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22,371 posts

253 months

Saturday 21st November 2020
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mcflurry said:
Did you see the car prior to paying?
Or did the trader deliver it after you paid?
Neither, I was just thinking about a car I bought a few years back, from an eBay trader, which was bought and paid for in full before it was delivered. (It then turned out to be a stter)