01-03-2007, 05:15 PM
I bought an '03 PT Cruiser from eBay a little less than a year ago. It was a local car and I saw it before I bid on it.
I got a decent price but there were some issues with it that negated most of the price advantage so I ended up satisfied but not thrilled. The description was a little off, not misleadingly so but a bit inaccurate, and the previous owner, who was not the seller, had not taken particularly good care of the car.
I would never buy an eBay car sight unseen. I would be very careful buying from a car dealer who moves a lot of stuff on eBay--that's a high volume game for him, and as a low-volume buyer you have to question/verify every single thing you see or read that you think is important.
I got a decent price but there were some issues with it that negated most of the price advantage so I ended up satisfied but not thrilled. The description was a little off, not misleadingly so but a bit inaccurate, and the previous owner, who was not the seller, had not taken particularly good care of the car.
I would never buy an eBay car sight unseen. I would be very careful buying from a car dealer who moves a lot of stuff on eBay--that's a high volume game for him, and as a low-volume buyer you have to question/verify every single thing you see or read that you think is important.