[ROVERNET - UK] ebay sale

Glen Wilson glenwilson at cavtel.net
Sat Jul 1 16:37:03 BST 2006


> Glen, I have been an Oregon Licensed Dealer for twenty-five years. 

Thanks for enlightening me, Ted! Good info.

Glen


On Saturday 01 July 2006 11:27, Ted Holman wrote:
> Glen, I have been an Oregon Licensed Dealer for twenty-five years. The only
> form that is required by law is a secured odometer form if the vehicle
> being sold is less then ten years old, a bill of sale and an "As Is"
> disclaimer that must be posted on the vehicle. The dealer is not required
> to transfer title if the buyer demands it. The total cost of these forms is
> less then a dollar. As a dealer, you may charge a fee for processing
> documents which is what he is doing, even if it takes him five minutes to
> do so. I have sold over thirty bikes and cars on eBay in the past seven
> years, purchased another ten and have never charged or been charged this
> fee. This guys feedback reflects other's unhappiness with his business
> practices. If it had been announced clearly and not buried, there would be
> nothing to complain about.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Glen Wilson" <glenwilson at cavtel.net>
> To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
> Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 7:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] ebay sale
>
> > On Saturday 01 July 2006 08:42, Ali Al-Abbasi wrote:
> >> Dealers charge this, they may not say it but they will charge it.  I
> >> guess
> >> he disclosed it because he realized that whoever buys will probably buy
> >> it
> >> for a price low enough to make it hard for him to sneak it in.
> >
> > If you watch a lot of eBay auto auctions, you will see that almost every
> > DEALER selling on eBay will charge a similar fee. They may be just trying
> > to
> > sneak in a few extra bucks, but I suspect that they are required by law
> > to complete a certain set of papers and submit documents to the state to
> > formally transfer ownership. If you buy from a private seller, you
> > sometimes
> > find that a car has changed hands three times without being re-registered
> > with the state.
> >
> > I think you can filter the eBay search process to so that it only shows
> > sales
> > from private parties and excludes dealers.
> >
> > Glen
> > --
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