The E-Bay Experience

["John Gault" <Imperial@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good advice from Steve.

I have never seen a piece of equipment pulled from eBay, however, with
aircraft and automobiles it is different.

It is a little like running advertisements in two different newspapers and
selling the car from one of the ad's and the other one still runs for a
while.

The problem is that this is an AUCTION.  The Car is literally supposed to BE
IN THE AUCTION!   Sellers should not be pulling cars from eBay while an
auction is going on, any more than they could pull it off the floor of an
Auction Tent at the Pebble Beach Concours d' Elegance.

Maybe if enough of us complain, they will force the Sellers to digitally
acknowledge an agreement that they will not pull the car from the auction,
or that they will at least put a notice on the auction site that it is
"subject to sale from other sources (during the auction)."

John Gault
IMPERIALIST



----- Original Message -----
From: <IndyImp62@xxxxxxx>
To: <cdubya2000@xxxxxxxxx>; <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 6:20 AM
Subject: Re: IML: The E-Bay Experience


> Most of my transactions on Ebay have been just fine.  I have bought many
> items for my cars and have not been disappointed.
>
> However two recent experiences in Ebay motors have soured me on this area
of
> the auction site.  I had been bidding on a car, and the day of auction
found
> the car removed.  After questioning the seller in both instances, was
> informed that the car had been sold to a "dealer" outside of Ebay.  The
> "dealer" in question, not to mention any names, was in South Dakota.
>
> I complained to Ebay about this practice and got no where.  A word to the
> wise- don't get to excited about buying a car on Ebay, it might get yanked
> when you least expect.
>
> My 5 cents,
> Steve
>
>