I sold my 1966 Pontiac to a guy in Sweden throught eBay Motors. He paid in full almost immediately, but he has never collected the car! The auction told him he had 30 days to remove it, but it has now been nearly 60 days.
I have sent many emails but he never responds to them (apparantly never looks at them either because I attach a return receipt to them and they never come back).
I have spoken to him several times on the phone and each time he gives the same story about his shipping company is going to call blah blah blah but they never do, and he won’t give me THEIR phone number (apparantly they also operate out of Sweden).
In the meantime the car is still in the garage I rent, now uninsured. I still have the title and registration. I have also, expecting the Pontiac to be gone, spent the money on a nice 1969 Lincoln which must sit outside until the Pontiac leaves. This makes me mad. I will not be refunding any money.
I sent an email (which he did not read) and followed up with a phone call indicating that he had until today to remove the car or I will start charging $10.00 a day storage. He said he will pay this and that he was going to call the transport company again - this was Wednesday and thay have yet to call. The storage fee starts tomorrow.
How can I get this guy to pick up his car? And failing that, how long should I wait before I tell him he’s forfeited it and sell it to someone else?
Contact eBay, they’ll send you to dispute resolution first, but at least you’ll have a record of initiating the complaint, just in case the guy tries to flame your rating and flakes out. Beleive it or not, eBay is pretty good at resolving these things.
Good luck. There are alot of flakes out there. I bet the guy didn’t realize how much the shipping would be for that, and now finds himself unable to afford the cost.
I’ll give you fifty bucks for it (cash!) and pick it up on Sunday :). It’ll look good next to the '65 Barracuda!
Seriously, you’ve done everything right so far. TELL HIM you are moving it outside this week to make room for your new car, and then park it somewhere. You have worked hard enough for this guy already. Sounds like the ball is securely in his court at this point.
IMHO it sounds like the buyer broke the contract. An Ebay complaint sounds good, but it seems like you can keep the money and sell it again. But you might want to check with an attorney.
Anyway, my opinion with ebay is generally you RETURN the money & then put up some
feedback & keep your car.
The real pros about ebay & there are a few ebay topics on the board lately, are located in
the newsgroup: alt.marketing.online.ebay thats where to ask really.