Would you buy a car from ebay ?

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

Would you buy a car from ebay without test driving it first ? I am not doing this but I know someone who did.

[Midlodemocrat]

1. I've known someone who did it. Older cars that needed to be

restored.

[AlCzervik]

2. no but i wouldn't buy any car without test driving it.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

3. I ask because someone I know did that ...

and she is shelling out a lot of money for a car in Florida.We think the dealer is giving her a run-around. I never heard of $300.00 for paperwork .She is paying $1000.00 to have it shipped here in North Carolina. I told her for $100.00 she could buy a plane ticket and drive it up herself.

[AlCzervik]

6. is this some super special car she can't get somewhere a little closer?

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

8. No she could have gotten it here in town.

[Arkansas Granny]

4. I know someone who did. The car was exactly what he wanted

and was exactly as advertised. I don't know that I would do that myself, but his experience was good.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

5. That's cool.

I was hoping that she gets her car and not get swindled.Thanks for the responses.

[Ryano42]

7. I did...pretty much got what I was expecting...

As others stated, it is an olde car in need of resto.

Very happy with the purchase and made a new friend :) Always Caveat Emptor tho!

[pitohui]

9. i know two people who did back in the day (the 90s)

both were happy, however, now that ebay is really all about powersellers and "big" businesses rather than a person to person thing, i would not be comfortable with it

both folks got plane tix to pick up their vehicles and drove them back, there were no bogus delivery fees or questionable paperwork done out of sight, these were actual real people selling vehicles they no longer needed

[AZBlue]

10. Probably would depend on the seller.

If it was a highly rated, legitimate business with many transactions and I'd already test driven the same model/year, I might. But that's a lot of "ifs."

[triguy46]

11. I have to see it....

and have done so. A boxster that was for sale about 75 miles from here. Ended up with a Miata.

[IdaBriggs]

12. No. It seems foolish to me. Enough problems w/used cars you can

actually test drive to make this a silly thing to do. My opinion, anyway.

:shrug: