Ebay Motors UK www.ebaymotors.co.uk Reviews

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Good Points: Always had a good response for selling.

Bad Points: Not really E-bay's fault, but several cars I've won the bidding on have not been 'as described' at all.

General comments: I have used E-bay quite extensively for buying and selling cars over a number of years. I'm not a dealer, just a private enthusiast. I have to say on the selling side of things, it has been very successful indeed; Huge amounts of exposure over the whole country. I've had people travel a long way to collect cars. I've found the way you sell on E-bay is very important to the end result - the best for me has been making sure you have a very detailed and honest description, excellent photos (NOT from a camera phone), and price wise all my auctions start at next to nothing with no reserve. This way, only 1 out of about 20 cars has not reached what I saw as a fair price (it was really worth a lot more, but as I say that was the only one I was disappointed in). Keep it honest, look out for the obvious scammers and all should go well.
As far as buying goes, 65% of the cars I've won the bidding on have been great - as described or even better, genuine cars and decent, honest sellers. These have pretty much all been a real bargain too, winning the bidding for a lot less than the average Auto trader asking prices. However this leaves 35% of cars I've won the bidding on which have been a problem one way or another. Mostly, I've traveled to collect the car, only to discover that a sparsely detailed advert was for a reason - the seller didn't have anything good to say about the car they were selling. I look at it that significant information being withheld from the description still deems the car as 'not as described'. All the ones like this I've simply told the seller I'm not willing to complete the purchase on these grounds, and every time if they had been honest about the car, it wouldn't ave made the money it did in the auction. More worryingly, quite a number I've won the bidding on have come up as having been written off previously in their lives - none of them stated this in their adverts. Again, on discovering this I simply contacted the seller and explained I was not willing to go through with the sale. All denied knowledge of the writing off. So, make sure you HPI check car you 'win'.
Finally, people stating in their adverts 'if you win the bid, you win the car no excuses' and such like... rubbish. They cannot re-write the sale of goods act or E-bay rules. You are obliged to purchase the car ONLY if it is 'as described'. When I sell, I state on my ads that if the car is not as described, the winning bidder should walk away and I'll be perfectly happy for them to do so. Any truly honest seller should feel the same.

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Whilst we did sell our motorhome under classified ads fairly quickly, the actual site is terrible to use, and I don't understand why it's so popular.

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I bought my BMW off Ebay Motors a few months ago. I was happy because I found a 1 Series Beemer available froma seller across town.
I like the layout of Ebay Motors. I've used some other ebay sites for buying things like a nintendo wii and a digital camera, so I understood the layout OK enough.

I'd recommend the site and will go back.

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I've been using eBay Motors for a while now. Mostly I use it to look for car accessories, like sat navs or car stereos.Searching can take a but of time, which can be really annoying. But with the amount of money people spend on cars and mods, I guess you'll be prepared to take the time finding what you need.

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Whenever I go on the Internet, I think I will see what's on Ebay Motors UK, but after 5 minutes, I've had enough as I cannot get the search to pinpoint what I want.
I'm fed up of spending hours trying to find one car. I race cars for a hobby, so Ebay could have a great deal of commission from me (as in this sport, you total a few cars) but their web page setup just means you can't find anything.

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I used Ebay motors once and paid lots of money to advertise my car for 10 days only! It was a horrible experience from the begining to end. I found Super Auctions and sold my car within 2 days. Free car listings and great looking website. I think Ebay has lots to learn from them

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I have bought and sold cars on Ebay Motors UK. Buying I have always got in touch with the seller and actually gone and viewed the car first. Selling, sold one within 24hours on a sensible 'buy it now' price. Another didn't sell on the site, but the eventual buyer had seen it advertised on ebay.
I don't find navigation around the site a problem.

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Personally I wouldn't advertise another car with Ebay Motors UK. The process of placing an ad was long and complicated (especially for the first-timer) and many 'buyers' were unwilling to bid as I was a first time seller. This kind of snobbery isn't very helpful.
Their customer support is slow and it is impossible to talk to someone on the helpdesk. Their 'contact form' is not at all intuitive as you need to select your comments from a series of menus.
Overall, it's not the selling (or buying) ...