Yes this is where many people get caught out and from what I can see most of the serious crime happening on eBay involves the sale of cars and that is why we try to monitor and record all the activity at eBayMotors.

eBay don’t want you to know this but many of the members selling cars are actually motor dealers and are selling several cars a month so ensure you look at all the feedback when the seller says things like ‘She’s been a great car but has to go’ and remember it’s worth paying extra to buy a car from a motor dealers as you have the law to fall back on should things go wrong.

When it comes to pricing you can expect to pay a lot less for car in auction than you would pay in most cases for a similar car from auto-trader but be warned this does not apply to the classified adverts which are often more expensive than cars on auto-trader.

In the past eBuster has compared lists of 1000’s of car from eBay against the same models selling in auto trader and noticed many cars going at auction are Cat ‘C’ or ‘D’ with other cars being generally higher mileage for the year than the same cars on auto trader.

Do pay a bit extra for a HPI check since a high proportion of cars from eBay are insurance jobs regardless of what some of the sellers says and I have seen this for myself but it was well worth the loss of £4.20 thank you to the seller in Melton Mobary with the red Fiesta.

What ever you do don’t buy from a Birmingham scamster operating from the Oldbery area that has short ginger hair and weighs 20 plus stone, aged 35-40 with tattoos on his army’s even if he says he will meet you outside his house because he bums around outside old peoples houses and then pretends that it is his home address.

£100 reward for the name and address of this thief and you will be doing the public a good turn too. We have many fake names and addresses for this thug and he seems to swap between Garry Horton or Saint, Mark, Paul, Jamie but you will know if you see him.