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.

[tsmgmd]

In spite of everything else that has been said I am totally amazed that in the middle of the Covid pandemic you are expecting people from abroad to come into the UK to inspect a car.

The words Foreign Travel, Essential Journey, Lives at risk, Heavy fines all spring to mind.

Even selling a vehicle to a UK buyer is risky.

The police are clamping down on non essential travel and your UK buyers face a hefty fine if caught.