I had a car on auction the winner then appears to think it was an advert & could dictate his terms

[prluton]

Obviously we had some toing & froing before it became apparent the buyer was not prepared to even pay a deposit before seeing the car which I think he expected me to deliver to him. I should say he was in London and the car was to be collected from Alicante in Spain all made very clear in the original auction details eventually,  as I could not come to any reasonable solution with him I cancelled the deal. In the meantime the second highest bidder( a member in France) wrote to me, through ebay, offering to buy if the winner failed. We messaged through ebay and he offered a 20% deposit  via transfer and the balance on collection. All fine up to that point my reply to him accepting his offer and several messages since all seem to be being blocked by ebay because I have not had one single message from him or ebay can anybody explain to me what is happening and or suggest a way forward bearing in mind it is impossible to write to ebay direct for help in this matter. Ebay if you scan these messages your help would be much appreciated.

[*knight-rider*]

on top of the advice already given, the best way to sell a car on here is with a classified ad, it` around £15 for a month and is less hassle, the ad stays live till it`s paid for and removed by you, you can swap messages as much as you want and no non-payers or people that waste your time.

Have to agree as well, i would`nt pay a deposit to a complete stranger for a car i`ve never seen, because all of us on here have had loads of buyers come here who have paid deposits and never heard from the seller again, or the car is a pile of junk, the back out the sale and the seller won`t give the deposit back, so you have to put yourself in the buyers shoes and not ask them to do something YOU would`nt do 🙂