Whoops! Got an extra zero in there, I see. (And actually, that’s not right anyway. The beater’s got 245,000 on the clock.)
That eBay listing was awesome. I wish I had a howitzer…
Thanks for the humor.
Well, so far I’ve gotten two emails on the ad. First one
And the second one
This is from someone with a .uk addy, and the “Buy It Now” price is clearly visible on the ad.
FWIW, if you don’t get any takers from the eBay listing, an alternative would be to go to the website for Car Talk. They have a link where you can print out all of the forms necessary to donate your car. A local recovery person will come out and make it disappear, drivable or not. You’ll get a receipt to claim a charitable deduction on your tax return, and your local NPR affiliate station gets the proceeds.
I already thought of that, but they don’t want 20 year old cars, and neither do the scrapyards in this area.
Tuckerfan,
Years ago my (now) BIL had a car that he could not get rid of, we ripped off the VIN tags and plates, polka dotted it with whatever spray paint was laying around and pushed it into a “no parking” zone and it disappeared.
Unclviny
Well, the car has apparently sold to a legit buyer, though they’ve got some feedback saying that they’ve not paid people, so we’ll see. IAC, I’m not going to be pushing the issue with the guy. Why? It’s Michael Myers! :eek:
A friend from another board was recently the victim of an eBay scam – a woman was writing checks on a closed bank account and had accumulated dozens if not hundreds of angry sellers, many of whom had sent her the merchandise. But my friend got angry and did lots and lots of research on the woman, contacted as many of the the ripped-off sellers as she could, got names, dates, amounts, facts, figures, put it all up on the web, and contacted the woman’s local police department.
And then lo and behold, day before yesterday the cops raised her house and seized hundreds of illegal eBay purchases, and will be giving the sellers the chance to get their stuff back. Apparently sometimes there is justice in the world. And a nicer person it couldn’t have happened to, either.
The bastards have stiffed me! :eek: All the scammers promised me that I’d have the checks by now, but none of them have arrived! Both of them have sent me e-mails asking me if I’ve gotten the checks, with one of them promising me that he’ll send me the tracking number next week, if the check hasn’t arrived. I’ve told both of them to hurry because I’ve got several people wanting to buy the car, but I’m holding the car for the scammers because I told them that I’ll sell them the car first. 
Oh, and the winner of the auction hasn’t picked the car up yet, or paid me. Apparently his grandmother passed away, so he’s been tied up with that. Hopefully, he’ll show up and get the thing out of here soon.
Just as I was about to sign off and go to bed, I got an e-mail from one of the scammers. His check arrived while I was gone, and he’s wanting to know what’s happening
So, naturally, I gave him this as a reply
I hope that wasn’t too over the top.
Niiice. I doubt if you’ll hear anything more from or about this guy, but if you do, by all means keep us updated. Almost makes me wish somebody had tried to scam e…I’m missing out on all the fun.
Heheh I enjoyed this thread (and I know damn -all about cars). I think I’ll have to take up folowing E-Bay as an extra pastime for times like now, when I sti and procrwastinate over coffee.
Personally, I have never been able to work out how either the seller OR buyer can trust that the goods or cheque will be delivered, but I reckon now, I can use E-Bay for entertainment AND try to learn how it work along the way. I should learn to understand it really, 'cos recently I needed to replace my dead computer with a cheap one that was only half-dead and I did think of E-Bay but also thought I had better not risk something I did not understand.
Thanks for the laughs, Tuckerfan And, you know, I began to feel sorry for this sad, dead homeless car! 
Let us know if he responds, Tucker.
So did you actually give his check to authorities? If not, are you? I think you should.
I have a imilar problem in that I “sold” a Harley that I never owned, and never posted on EBay. Someone has found a way to hack accounts.
Heh, actually, I deposited in my account. I want to see how long it is before the bank catches that it’s fake. (No, I’m not going to be doing anything with the money.) The check looks real, but doesn’t feel real. I took some scans of it and will post links to them when I can get them uploaded. I’ve also saved all the paperwork that came with the check, so if the Feds want to track the bastard down, they’ll have everything I can give them.
According to ebay, the car went for $11.25? Damn, Tucker…I’d have taken it for $13!
Then again, there’s the matter of getting it here…and what to do with it once I had it…I’m sure I could’ve used the parts to pimp out my Integra though!
Well, you know, the “buyer” has yet to show up and get the car, and I haven’t heard from him in over a week, so I’m thinking that he’s not coming to get the thing, in which case, I’ll be parting the car out as best I can without attracting the attention of the landlord, so…
Most often it’s actually done by sending out emails forged to look like they are from eBay, telling you that you need to go to some webpage and update your account details. The same procedure is used for scamming creditcard details from people.
Are you serious? I would think that depositing a check that you have reason to believe is a forgery would put you on pretty shaky legal ground.