Rusty/mouldy +2 on eBay

[draenog]

The fibreglass body may not corrode but everything else does. A +2 on eBay that has obviously been stored in very wet conditions. At first it looks like the rear bumper is missing, but it's completely rusted away apart from one corner Three hours to go and it's over £5,500 (26 bids). Somebody either wants a challenge, or doesn't realise how much it will cost to restore. It does have new tyres!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176665614991

[draenog]

It sold for £5,523 (there were no other bids). I guess it will be broken for parts (big valve engine).

[alanr]

Not sold. It obviously didn't make what they wanted for it!
Now relisted....
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176678710783


Alan

[jono]

...a tough resto in the current market - the hard to get, and expensive, nose trim and rear bumpers missing but otherwise looks fairly complete. But no one does a resto of a GRP car with the intention of making money.

[Timb]

Have a quick look at the seller's feedback from previous sale.

[steveh]

The ebay auction did run to the end and was marked as sold, so something is amiss . Either the buyer or seller defaulted or it was a shill final bid.The last bid placed was 3 days prior to the end which was outbid by an existing bid.

[Sadbrewer]

The bunch of wires in the engine bay looks interesting.

[512BB]

The problem with Ebay's new policy 'no fees for sellers', excluding motors, is that it can, and will lead to huge abuse.

This is the senario. Joe Bloggs has a Chapman steering wheel for sale. He thinks it will fetch circa £500 and he lists it on Ebay with no reserve. 5 minutes to go and the bidding is only up to £300. JB gets his mate to bid £480. Maybe there is another bidder who wins it for £490. Happy days for JB. If JB's mate wins it for £480, no money changes hands and they exchange details for a collection, and JB brings the wheel back to market in a years time.

What, you don't think that happened when seller fees were £1, and now there are NO fees. JB's name has been changed to protect the guilty.

Be careful out there when bidding on Ebay.

Leslie

[NickWilmshurst]

I once bought a car on ebay with photos taken in the dark.
It took me 5 months to get my money back (including taking the guy to court).
Beware!

[Timb]

Yes eBay is a minefield of potential problems with auto sales. I recently had an episode with a seller (not of a Lotus) being evasive, not answering questions and having a wrong address on his eBay details. He suggested I went to collect with cash, meet at a close location and he would then take me to where the car is, yeh sure!!! So I dropped out.

[alanr]

Re-listed once again. It made the same sort of money as last time. Says timewaster again:-
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176694573417?_


Alan

[SimonH]

More likely it’s just not making the big bucks someone expected. It’d be a good project but not at the £5k it’s getting to let alone more.

[alanr]

Well, Hmmm....
It says it has now Sold....Mysteriously it seems for some £2000 less than it made previously?
Some schill bidding trotting it up in the previously listings maybe?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176694573417 ... &recoPos=1

Anyway, If genuinely now sold at that price I personally think somone as got themselves a cheap buy. A big expensive project ahead though!

Alan.

[SimonH]

Seems a more realistic price compared to the white one out there currently that they want £6k when almost nothing is probably recoverable. Probably see it for sale again without the engine in a few months. Early type bug valve cam cover so it’s probably the original one too