Buying on Ebay

[Joe B]

I found a beautiful 2003 S on eBay and was able to see it and test drive it before I purchased it with the Buy it Now option. For some reason people were making silly low-ball offers and it lasted for a week, long enough for me to get it. I was going to buy it after the auction ended, not on eBay, but when it went down to a ridiculously low price, I had to take it before someone else came to their senses and did. The guy had done a "mini-restoration" and it is a peach !

I used PayPal for the deposit, so I guess I was protected. He then mailed me the title, and I paid the balance with a cashier's check when I picked the car up.

Why can't the car be listed on both eBay and Kijiji?

[pony13ca]

Originally Posted by Joe B

I found a beautiful 2003 S on eBay and was able to see it and test drive it before I purchased it with the Buy it Now option. For some reason people were making silly low-ball offers and it lasted for a week, long enough for me to get it. I was going to buy it after the auction ended, not on eBay, but when it went down to a ridiculously low price, I had to take it before someone else came to their senses and did. The guy had done a "mini-restoration" and it is a peach !

I used PayPal for the deposit, so I guess I was protected. He then mailed me the title, and I paid the balance with a cashier's check when I picked the car up.

Why can't the car be listed on both eBay and Kijiji?

The listing showed up on Kijji after the car had sold on EBay. The EBay listing was for a car in Virginia, and the Kijji ad says the car is here in Toronto.

[OnFire]

A bit of a cautionary tale:

I was looking for a car that either had the IMS fix or needed a clutch I found a 2000 Boxster on eBay for $9500 that needed a clutch. I asked for a pre-purchase inspection. I got the IMS bearing, clutch done by the same shop as the PPI shop in Nor Cal. I flew in from Chicago to get the car and it's a decent quality repaint. Lots of orange peel and still had scratches and scuffs. I get 200 miles and the engine blows up. Turns out the maintenance records were fabricated by the shop and the pre-purchase inspection was poor at best. I got the engine replaced for $8,000. Plus another $2,000 to get me and the car back here. I'm in the process of trying to get it the money back from the shop. My recommendation is to buy local, get a good look at it in person before you buy it, and get a pre-purchase inspection at a factory Porsche dealership… I wish I had.