locoboy
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| posted on 7/6/11 at 12:39 PM |
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I run my works ebay shop and we sell between 100 and 150 items each week, we probably only ever get paid for 100-120 of them.
I currently have 8 cases open in the resolution centre worth £550.
I am likely never to get this money and complete the sale.
We turn over £15-20K per month on ebay and regularly have 2-3-4K of unpaid items outstanding.
Non paying bidders are the bain of my working life.
The decision to stop sellers leaving negative feedback is absolutely disgusting from a sellers perspective.
I always tell the bidder that it is a legally binding contract and they should just pay for the item and recuop their moneis by reselling it.
If i win the case ebay do no make them pay they just issue them with a non paying bidder strike, which is pretty well useless unless all sellers are
aware that they can limit who is elegable to bid on their items based upon the number of unpaid item strikes a buyer has, most are not aare of this so
the process goes on and on and on..............
I would feel compelled to go and get the car and resell it to recoup your fees.
ATB
Locoboy
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eddie99
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| posted on 7/6/11 at 12:41 PM |
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Sorry maybe im missing something but why doesnt she just get insured with another company? theres no issues with being insured with different
companies etc.. etc.. She'll easily get insurance with another company on that car and if you bid for it, you should get it. Its not the buyers
fault and i would be pissed off if i was the seller.
Cancel your current insurance and you'll get what you haven't used back.
[Edited on 7/6/11 by eddie99]
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Irony
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| posted on 7/6/11 at 01:02 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by eddie99
Sorry maybe im missing something but why doesnt she just get insured with another company? theres no issues with being insured with different
companies etc.. etc.. She'll easily get insurance with another company on that car and if you bid for it, you should get it. Its not the buyers
fault and i would be pissed off if i was the seller.
Cancel your current insurance and you'll get what you haven't used back.
[Edited on 7/6/11 by eddie99]
I have a GOLF GT TDI 150, which I cannot put my girlfriend on as a second driver as the insurance won't allow it. I bought the above Seat Ibiza
thinking the SDI being non Turbo'd and half the power would be less insurance. But it's not, give or take a few pounds its the same. I
assume because both are 1.9 diesels. This means I am paying the same insurance for a car which essentially half the power. Half the reason for me
doing this is to save money because my girlfriend cannot get a job and is seemingly vastly over qualified for everything.
I could cancel my insurance and get reinsured with another company then put my girlfriend on the new policy but I have never cancelled insurance
before and I have a feeling it would end up costing me cash. She could of course get insurance on the SEAT on a separate policy but instead of a
reasonable quote for a car of roughly 65hp she will get a quote for a car with a 1.9litre engine which is the same as my Golf GT which will very high
indeed.
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indykid
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| posted on 7/6/11 at 01:47 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Irony
car swapping stuff
So are you keeping both cars, or is this Seat replacing your Golf? If it's replacing the golf, I now understand, but from your previous posts, I
assumed (as most others it seems) it was to be a second car.
If it is a second car, 'fronting' (insuring a driver as a named driver that's really the main driver to reduce costs) is naughty
(though it of course would not have been how the first few years of my driving history got by......ahem!) and the insurance companies are getting keen
on it now.
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 7/6/11 at 06:52 PM |
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I'd tell swiftcover they're talking the urine, a 27 year old woman with a mid-sized DIESEL car? Jeez I was driving an Astra diesel at that
age and it was about £850-900 for the year AND I had points!
Yeah remind them it's diesel and thus about as powerful as a 1.4
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Irony
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| posted on 7/6/11 at 07:35 PM |
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It is a replacement for the Golf. I was hoping to sell that and recoup some cash.
Just received a reply from the Seller and he's not a happy bunny (unsurprisingly) and even though I offered double the money of the re-listing
fee or to pay the difference between the top bids he is now insisting I own the car and wants to know when I intend to pick it up.
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BigFaceDave
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| posted on 7/6/11 at 07:44 PM |
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Im in he oppossite position at the minute, I sold my passat TDI estate on ebay saturday before last next day the guy came to pick it up took one look
at it and told me it wasnt worth what he had bid on it! He said that it wasnt very clean inside (1997 car thats just had a full valet not
immaculate but was put in the description) and also said it had too many miles despite the milage being listed in the listing very clearly he then
started to suck in through his teeth as if to make me a lower offer when I pointed out it was a auction not a invite to come and haggle, to cutr a
long story short he walked away leaving me massivley out of pocket and woudlnt you just know it ebay are on HIS side! I tried to cancel the transation
so that I dont have to pay the commsion and guess what the idiot declined my cancelation so now I have to pay the commision and have had to pay to
relist it!
I understand your predicament but lets put it another way at this point in the auction first time I had 55 watchers now I have relisted it poeple
think there is something wrong with it and now I have 14 watchers, Sorry but the right thing to do is get the car and sell on not leave him with the
hassle, not what you wanted to hear I know but I can understand where he is coming from
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 7/6/11 at 07:50 PM |
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I take it you put in the advert that it's being re-listed because the original winner misunderstood the concepts of "auction" and
"reading the advert". I'd have put in complaints too, and then one about ebay when they sided with him that the car isn't as
described (you come down and point out where it's not as described!)
Looks like you're going to have to bite the bullet, and sell it right back with a "bought for missus but she thinks it's fugly *joke
about marital disagreement*"
Who knows you might make a few quid
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mookaloid
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| posted on 7/6/11 at 07:53 PM |
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I think it's time to bite the bullet and go and pick up your purchase.
Give it a good polish then re-list it - you should get most of your money back.
Potentially you could end up in the small claims court if the seller knows his legals so if you don't want to risk that ......
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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BigFaceDave
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| posted on 7/6/11 at 07:57 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Ninehigh
I take it you put in the advert that it's being re-listed because the original winner misunderstood the concepts of "auction" and
"reading the advert". I'd have put in complaints too, and then one about ebay when they sided with him that the car isn't as
described (you come down and point out where it's not as described!)
Yes I was a bit sarky in my comments at the end, its a shame you can only say uk bidders only but cant say if your hungarian and struggle to speak
english please dont bid! but I suspect I would get into a lot of trouble saying that!
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Irony
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| posted on 7/6/11 at 08:03 PM |
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I completely understand where the guy is coming from. I feel really bad, which is why I offered him double the fees etc. To be honest the cars worth
more than the winning bid. If it wasn't a five hour round trip I would buy it and resell and make a couple of quid. But with the fuel and
insurance I probably wouldn't make anything. I might as well just send him £40 quid. Looks like he won't be happy though
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mookaloid
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| posted on 7/6/11 at 08:29 PM |
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I wonder if there's anyone left on here that will be prepared to sell you anything in the future?  
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 7/6/11 at 08:39 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
I wonder if there's anyone left on here that will be prepared to sell you anything in the future?
I've not even looked at the site since I found paypal's security absolutely shocking.
Where's the seller based?
On the other hand if you don't give a carp just don't pay like the other gits, being that way inclined appears to be the best way
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Irony
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| posted on 7/6/11 at 08:39 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
I wonder if there's anyone left on here that will be prepared to sell you anything in the future?
True, generally I either turn up with the cash or send payment first however.
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scootz
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| posted on 7/6/11 at 08:45 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
I wonder if there's anyone left on here that will be prepared to sell you anything in the future?
I will...
It's Evolution Baby!
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scootz
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| posted on 7/6/11 at 08:45 PM |
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... but I suppose that went without saying!
It's Evolution Baby!
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eddie99
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| posted on 7/6/11 at 08:46 PM |
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You can get temporary insurance cheap just for the day that you go pick it up. If its worth it and you have the money, go and get it and stick it up
for more.
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Irony
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| posted on 7/6/11 at 08:54 PM |
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The blokes just emailed me and he's in a right grump. I will probably get some day insurance and go and pick it up then relist it.
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robinj66
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| posted on 7/6/11 at 09:15 PM |
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Hope the car is as described when you get there.....
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 7/6/11 at 09:21 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by robinj66
Hope the car is as described when you get there.....
Or nowhere near
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 7/6/11 at 09:45 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Irony
I cannot get different insurance. My policy with Swiftcover already exists and I will need to transfer it over to the new car.
Can I ask why you must transfer?? You have an insurance requirement that they seemingly cant help you with at sensible cost (until you call to cancel
and then often they suddenly find a way to drop the price). I've cancelled a policy part way through the year and bit the bullet on paying the
admin fee / not getting as much of a refund as hoped - but it has always been worth it to move elsewhere to get insurance at a sensible cost.
Try Moneysupermarket.com - they always seem to come out cheapest for me. £212 currently on an MR2 mk1 though Esure using that comparison site
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norfolkluego
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| posted on 7/6/11 at 10:16 PM |
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As said, shop around, there's always one of the companies who are putting new business volume above profitability, you will get a better deal,
try the comparison sites first then brokers such as Sureterm
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 7/6/11 at 11:34 PM |
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Actually good point, if you both actually want to keep the car tell them they're going to do it or you want your money back and you'll go
to someone that will... They know you will and if they make you they know you'll never go back with them.
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