Ninehigh
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| posted on 3/4/13 at 08:18 AM |
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Ebay idiots
I'm noticing a lot of people are advertising their cars as zero mileage, or something stupid like 183 ( on a R plate passat estate? Really?)
Leaves me wondering if I should contact them and let them remove the advert befote stating it's not as described. Tbh I wonder how many sales
would be rejected on that?
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T66
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| posted on 3/4/13 at 08:29 AM |
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Easy answer is dont touch an idiot advert, I am happy to buy on ebay, but will never sell anything on it again.
Happy to take your money, in all other aspects of customer service, absolutely $$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$.
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r1_pete
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| posted on 3/4/13 at 08:52 AM |
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The 0 miles I can understand, I think that is the default if you do not fill in that field.
I think you would have to assume 183,000, how many of us actually say thousand when we're talking car milage, if you're interested in the
car just drop them a message, I think rejecting sales on such is just adding to the problems with eBay.
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ReMan
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| posted on 3/4/13 at 08:55 AM |
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Looking for a new car as i am, I see this a lot
Put filtes on so that if mileage is not specifed it ignores them
Likewise if below 10, 000 ignore too.
Reality is tha poassat will be 183000 miles and any with 0 miles, too high to sell!
As said, I try to limit my purchases as from those who have the intelligence to complete a standard form
If they cant, or wont do that, would you risk any money with them?
www.plusnine.co.uk
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Slimy38
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| posted on 3/4/13 at 09:02 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by T66
Easy answer is dont touch an idiot advert, I am happy to buy on ebay, but will never sell anything on it again.
Happy to take your money, in all other aspects of customer service, absolutely $$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$.
The thing is the idiot adverts are where some of the bargains can be had. If someone is daft enough to not put the correct spelling so that it
doesn't come up on search results, then it's their own fault if they suddenly find themselves selling their car for 99p...
But I 100% agree about never selling, it just seems absolutely ridiculous the amount of restrictions on a seller and how much in favour of the buyer
it is. My wife was telling me about the stars, about if three people give her three stars then her selling options are restricted. When the stars came
out I was giving everyone three stars on the basis that the service was 'adequate' IE not exceptional but not poor. I didn't realise
I was penalising them for no reason. How can 5 out of 5 be considered 'average', it's just not possible.
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Barkalarr
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| posted on 3/4/13 at 09:14 AM |
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They're doing it so that it comes up when you filter on < 100,000 miles
...which is most frustrating but it does work - I see it all the time when window shopping for the next toy... it drives me nuts !
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mkeats02
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| posted on 3/4/13 at 11:20 AM |
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Traders do that a lot on Autotrader as well.
You often see VW's and Audi's advertised with 10,300 miles when it is 103,000 miles when you read the description
All about getting theirs ads seen.
This Monkey's gone to Heaven
Thruth does not exist, it is only Human Opinion
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zilspeed
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| posted on 3/4/13 at 11:54 AM |
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what annoys me more is traders putting an attention grabbing price in the heading of their advert.
Then when you look at the body of the advert, they reveal the actual price.
If I want to find something up to a certain price, your car at 3 or 4 times that price is not likely to interest me.
Put the real price in the heading. Doing anything else comes across as dishonest.
I most often see this in autotrader.
An example or two. What is the point ?
Passat
BMW
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morcus
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| posted on 3/4/13 at 12:22 PM |
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That used to really annoy me on auto trader, the reason they do it is the adds are cheaper if the car is below £1000 and if you report them they
disapear very quickly. The thing that gets me is they usually have some BS about it being a mistake when you can change it as much as you like and
then have the nerve to put no time wasters on the end of the ad.
Biggest problem on Ebay car wise is that every thing has not... infront of it so you end up going through a load of stuff your really not intrested
in.
At least its better than the old days where you had to get the paper and phone someone up only to find they'd missed something vital off the ad
so you weren't intrested, alot of people don't seem to grasp the importance of what engine and Gearbox a car has.
In a White Room, With Black Curtains, By the Station.
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 3/4/13 at 02:43 PM |
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Price too
2007 JEEP CHEROKEE 2.8 LIMITED CRD BLACK SPORT MANUAL (2007) | eBay
Apparently it's £5750, although I can't see that anywhere... I mean the guy's obviously made a mistake (you are bidding? nope, no
bidding on a classified listing) but what problems will it cause when someone pays the penny?
Also what's the point of an advert being seen when it only shows you to be a liar? There's a reason I never use gocompare....
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morcus
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| posted on 3/4/13 at 02:53 PM |
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Pay the penny and see what happens. You know you want to...
In a White Room, With Black Curtains, By the Station.
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 3/4/13 at 05:54 PM |
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I do want to but then I might end up with a jeep!
Maybe Scootz can try it, he can't sell that on for a loss 
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