E-bay Motors

[bigD72]

E-bay Motors

I am in the market for a new car, and I have been searching for cars with the restriction of $.01 and $1000 (willing to go into the 5k range) and I have been finding the crap cars you would expect, but also very nice cars a few Mercedes here and there, a Dodge Ram, etc.

All these have tons of pictures with them, but then in the description (fine print almost) it says the pictures may or may not be accurate upon time of shipping and there is no guarntee or warranty of any kind most of the time. What do you think this means, could the pictures be of the car when it was brand new and then I'll get a rusty piece of junk?

Just wondering if any of you know anyone that has experience buying/selling cars over the internet and how it works out. Was everyone satisfied

As far as getting the car, my grandfather has an 18-wheeler he uses to haul farm equipment to auctions, so I would be fine getting the car from the seller.

Do you think its safe to buy a car that normally wouldn't go that cheap if it was sold at a dealership or on the side of the road?

 

[Yaboosh]

Never buy a car you have not seen yourself, checked the title on, and even taken to a mechanic if possible.

 

[adamfgt78]

I don't think I would do it, but a coworker of mine actually bought a car on Ebay and was happy with the transaction. But the seller provides very detailed information on the car. What you're talking about seems like some kind of scam to me and I would run away from it. If they're selling a car for way less than it should be, there must be something wrong with it that they're not disclosing. I might buy a car off ebay if it was something like a year old and only 12k miles on it. But a car in your price range is bound to come with a lot of baggage that would be best to have checked out by a mechanic and inspected in peson. Though, I think my coworker did get a mechanic at the seller's location to inspect his car.

 

[masterazn]

Please don't...it's just too...unsure.

Go to a car dealer, you'll see the cars and how they go and stuff.

 

[Jigga-Scrooge]

just make your own car. cant be that hard.

 

[Steve_Kow]

I know a guy named who sold his Dodge Intrepid over Ebay, if the guy had the opportunity to drive it, perhaps he would've realized the transmission was shot.