topic Re: Collection of a winning car in Member To Member Support

Collection of a winning car

lum6459 — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:24:45 GMT

Buyer won my car in January and still hasn’t picked it up, he has paid for half of it but still hasn’t collected it

Re: Collection of a winning car

**peaseblossom** — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:33:18 GMT

You can't force him to collect it but you should refund his money. If it's been more than 90 days you may have to send it as a payment.

Re: Collection of a winning car

*vyolla* — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:44:07 GMT

How did he pay, bank transfer?

Re: Collection of a winning car

lum6459 — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:57:21 GMT

He paid half bank transfer , but now the car has no tax on and no insurance as it’s been on a friends drive for a few weeks

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Re: Collection of a winning car

red_magpie — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:13:51 GMT

If you don't tell us what you've already done it's hard for us to suggest what you should do.

Why didn't you cancel the sale through eBay while you still could, to get your selling fees returned? What is the value of the car (a banger or a high end vehicle?) Have you tried to contact the buyer, with what result? Have you written to them with a deadline for collection? Have you taken legal advice, or consulted citizens advice?

If it's a banger the quick and easy answer could be just to refund the origInal payment. If there's money involved handing it back it may be more complicated. There could even be risks involved if their original payment was made from fraudulent funds - you could have been set up for a scam.

Take proper advice.