This is why I will always love Mercedes Benz (pre 1998).Look at the last picture and paragraph.50+ miles an hour on the same side,driver not hurt.Just like mine did (RIP Oct,27,2004-will have update later),did her job and very very well.Just like the Mastercard commercial-being able to walk away from a hit like this to see family and friends-PRICELESS

That is one example of what eBay is BAD about!!!
Allowing stupid bidders to screw up a sale, there are bad people on eBay and that seller was so unlucky as to have one mess up his day. He paid for an auction, based on the selling prioce I guess it was $50, plus the cost to list the item in time and eBay advance fees, then a goof ball came along
Sad deal!
BTW heres the link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4521067015

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Not bad for a 20 year old car that was actually engineered 30 years ago!

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1988 Mercedes-Benz 560SEL, 89K miles - daily driver
2007 Hyundai Sonata Limited, 31K - daily driver

Im confused. the link above takes me to a sold for a thousand bucks a WRECKED 300sd. What the heck is bad about that. Seller did GOOD in my book

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My normal daily life; either SNAFUed- Situation Normal... All Fouled Up, or FUBARed- Fouled Up Beyond All Repair

62 UNIMOG Camper w/617 Turbo, 85 300SD daily driver- both powered by blended UCO fuels

I think its bad because the guy who won has severely negative feedback, and a cancelled account.

Hence, the guy will have to re-list the car, at his own expense. Since listing fees are based on your starting bid, his high starting bid means high listing fees, wasted by a bad ebay buyer.

peace,
sam

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2001 Aprilia SR50 Corsa Red w/ 5.5k (>100 MPG)

Not only did he have a -2 rating but all of his feedback was in german.

wow, I didn't know 123's had side impact airbags- looks like the black airbag went off just as it's supposed to.

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1983 230E W123 M102
1994 E300D S124 OM606 (x2)
1967 250SE W108 M129
1972 280se 3.5 W108 M116
1980 280SE W116 M110
1980 350SE W116 M116
1992 300E W124 M103
1994 E280 W124 M104
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It's not possible to stop all "nuisance bidders", but eBay does have some (limited) tools available to keep away a few of them. Sellers would be well advised to use those tools for what they're worth.

One can, for example, automatically:

1) block bidders with "net negative feedback"

2) block bidders who have received two or more "unpaid item strikes" within the past 30 days

(I use both of these.)


One can also automatically:

3) block bidders registered in countries to which one does not ship.

4) block bidders who don't have PayPal accounts

(I don't use these.)


If one has a "Buy it Now" option, then one can specify that immediate payment is required in order to exercise the BIN option. Until it's paid, the auction stays up, so the auction can't be killed by a "BIN bandit".

(I don't use this, either.)

Great advice......I need to post a few items for the first time and that helped me a lot.

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1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

The listing fees work like that for general items, but eBay Motors is a different deal - see the eBay Motors fee schedule. Fixed $40 listing fee, fixed $40 "Transaction Services Fee" if it sells, but that's it. Compared to regular eBay sales, this is a good deal if one is selling a car for a lot of money, and not such a good deal if one is selling a car for very little money. In particular, it's pricey (compared to regular eBay auctions) to keep something visible for a significant period of time while waiting for the "right buyer" to happen to find it.

Still a bum deal for the seller, of course. If the buyer is NARU (No longer A Registered User), then perhaps the seller could get eBay to refund the "Transaction Services Fee". I don't know how they handle it in eBay Motors. In regular eBay auctions, it's straightforward to get the "Final Value Fee" refunded in regular auctions if the winning bidder doesn't pay.

The deadbeat bidder did not mess up that sale, as there were no other bidders. The starting price of $999.00 messed up the sale.

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'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

It's simply a tough gig all the way around.

A fairly limited number of buyers would be really interested in the item, and the cost/hassle of collecting it increases with distance. If the car were local to me, I'd be trying to make a deal (and trying to figure out the least offensive place to park it at my house).

The other killer for this one is how much it costs in eBay motors to keep a car "on display" until the buyer with the right combination of need, location, gumption, etc. happens along. OK for a $10k car, not so good for a $1k car.

I don't know if one could float this car as "parts only" at regular eBay auction listing rates (with a final value fee upon sale) instead of at vehicle rates. If so, then that might be the way to go.

Again, the only ones I routinely use are the ones that block based on feedback and on unpaid item strikes.

The block on bidders based on location is something that would be useful if you don't want to deal with an international transaction. I don't use it because, for many items, I'm willing to deal with the additional inconvenience and/or risk to make the sale. It hasn't burned me yet.

The requirement for a PayPal account, and the requirement of instant payment by PayPal for Buy It Now purchases, well, I just think they'd do me more harm than good. No need for me to scare off a prospective buyer just because he'd like to pay me a different way (especially a way where PayPal doesn't take a cut).

Wher the bidder is from? How's he plan onm getting the car overseas?

First off I must apologize for setting off a fire storm of controversy.Since I personally know first hand (mine only at 31 mph against an unlicensed 17 yo female with a 16 year old female in a 2005 Nissan Frontier-but she was insured-the judge as well as myself had a good laugh) how well they hold up in mid speed impacts,it is VERY VERY NICE TO KNOW you can survive an impact of 50 plus mph on your side (fuel tank did not leak or rupture) and be able to sell the remains of the car.


My mistake-it wasn't a car.It was a Mercedes Benz.And yes they were engineered like NO OTHER CAR IN THE WORLD!!!!