Re: [Chrysler300] buying 300 parts on ebay

[Ray Jones <hurst300@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Christopher;
I am a regular buyer/seller on eBay. I have NO trouble with what I 
sell, as I give good pictures, many that are enlarge-able, very 
descriptive write-ups, and near instant shipping. I also package like 
I'd like to have it shipped to me. I have sent 5-6 items to Aus and NZ.

Feedback says it all! Read the sellers feedback, I find that the better 
attention the seller gave to details, the better their feedback is. Not 
all bad feedback is earned, there are a lot of sorry ass buyers out 
there also. They leave bad feedback because they think they paid too 
much, or missed something that was carefully described. I also will 
rarely send M/O or check, unless the feedback is perfect. Ask many 
questions!  When I answer, I have my answers appear on the item page. 
Saves having 4 people asking the same question. Never buy anything 
without photos, and if the photos do not show all sides and maybe some 
detail shots of described areas, pass. His "Nick" may be your "Gouge", 
his "scratch" may be a crack.

As to problems with just the Chrysler stuff, there's a lot less of it 
laying around to be sold than Chebbie or Ferd stuff. And some of the 
questionable sellers know this and think it's worth lots of money or 
they see it like it was when they threw it on a shelf 20 years ago, and 
think it will clean up to be NOS.

Pay attention to all the details and if it starts to nag you, move on.
Good Luck, Ray

As an aside, I recently had my first non-payer after 8+ years. I think 
that he finally realized that the shipping was $100, which was very 
prominently in the ad. I finally filed my first non-payment claim with 
eBay and after 3-4 weeks, his girlfriend responded to eBay and said he 
was in an accident and still in the hospital. So I had to re-list the 4 
Olds Rally Wheels. First sold for $61., the second sale was for $142.! 
Thanks!  And the new buyer left great feedback on them. Oh yes, I paid 
$5 for all 4 wheels!


On Sep 16, 2005, at 9:42 AM, christopher beilby wrote:

> I am in Australia, and one sees parts that will fit 300s on ebay, in 
> my case
>  for 300C. Otherwise, here in Australia, parts are near non existant, 
> unless
>  one flukes them, which with only two big national swaps each year, is 
> even
>  then not very often !
>
>  I now ask US 300 owners, and perhaps in particular, those around 
> mine's
>  year/era - 1957 plus or minus a couple of years perhaps - how have 
> you fared
>  re buying on ebay.
>  namely for starters I'll just ask three questions:
>  1) how honest have you found listings, and in particular re chrome 
> diecast
>  items, such as tailights, headlight surrounds/bezels, etc..
>  2) if you have had problems with items not as good as listing, what
>  results/means have you used to try and sort things out?
>  3) apart from advising ebay item not as described after trying to 
> resolve it
>  with seller, what other means are there?
>
>  I have a number of cars, from 1957 to 1971, that I have purchased 
> items
>  (from US/Canada) for on ebay, and yet it seems if I am to get
>  shafted/dudded, it is nearly always re 57 Chrysler stuff.
>
>  Some of other cars' results - 1971 El Camino tailights - arrived 
> better than
>  described. Numerous diecast and other things for my 69 428SJ and 
> 70455SJ
>  Grand Prix - no dramas. 57 T/Bird - some rare hard to find diecast 
> and
>  other - no dramas, often better than described. 67 GTO - one 
> straight out
>  con man/liar, others OK. 58 Cad - no dramas. Etc, etc..
>
>  But 57 Chrysler:Â chrome filler piece atop rear bumper rusted and 
> dinted (no
>  picture, so I learned from that one).ÂÂ Supposed 57 Chrysler 
> floorplan -
>  when it arrives after much extra cost above US $850 cost to shipping
>  container - never mind many things wrong re condition, where cut, etc 
> - it
>  has Plymouth ID tag still on it, despite me asking is out from a 
> Chrysler
>  length wheelbase before paying.ÂÂ A pair of headlight bezels - listing
>  mentioned one crack in top edge of one - picture didn't show it ran 
> near 6
>  inches, and plus seller pocketed extra airmail shipping money that 
> was near
>  price of one bezel, just got them surface mail 2 months later.ÂÂ And 
> the
>  best latest one, pair of diecast tailights - (deep) gouge in red lens
>  decsribed as intact, a (welded on) part of steel base not there, and 
> one of
>  diecast main bodies has deep scratches/gouge about halfway up outer 
> face.
>  Plus freckling is actually considerable pitting, that 90% does/did 
> not show
>  even when zoom in.
>
>  When I contact the seller of tailights that had to bid near US $350 
> for,
>  this before shipping an customs, he apologises for not listing 
> faults, but
>  says something to the effect that as he did not list some of things, 
> so he
>  did not misdescribe them, and it was my fault for not contacting him 
> and
>  asking questions.
>
>  In hindsight, I should have asked/thought why did he not picture 
> lights from
>  the side gouge was on, but my final question for 300 Members more
>  experienced with ebay, is can you take descriptions as given, or must 
> you
>  always contact seller and re-ask all they have given? (these 
> tailights the
>  seller has offered a part refund, but with my final costs of about 
> $600, to
>  end up with basically one light, I would rather have not spent a 
> cent, saved
>  my money for better ones.
>
>  Another experience was re 4 bolt exhaust manifolds, purchased at 
> xmas, when
>  un-arrived by June, seller said guess what, forget to mail package, 
> so
>  already in for few dollars, I took the punt and Paypalled Airmail 
> freight
>  price - got them couple of weeks ago - one not as good as 
> could/should have
>  been. And then someone seemingly well known to some Club Members sends
>  aftermarket upper suspension arm bushes that are not NOS Mopar that 
> were
>  listed, have Harris brand on them !!?? 57 Chrysler Owners Hanbook 
> (around
>  $40) just put in envelope with no board to protect it, yet every other
>  literature/advert, etc re other vehicles at cheaper prices sent way 
> better
>  packed.
>
>  Now against this mounting pile of Chrysler 'ebay misdescribers', 
> etc., have
>  been a few really good genuine sellers - eg another set of tailights 
> exactly
>  as listed, a rear numberplate surround I am rapt with - BUT THE 
> QUESTION IS
>  RE YOUR US MEMBERS' Experiences : 1) do they just dud dumb aussies 
> like me,
>  or 2) do they fairly regularly dud US 300 mid/late 50s Chrysler ebay 
> buyers
>  as well?
>
>  Sorry for the length of this, but ebay is great when it works, and if 
> there
>  were easier ways to pull dudders into line, never mind have them NOT 
> put
>  false feedback up if you tell the truth re them in feedback, it is the
>  greatest - and many of our 300s need better bits that ebay seems to 
> bring
>  up?
>
>  Gas prices hit minimum 140c a litre for unleaded about 10 days ago, 
> higher
>  octane over 150c a litre - have a good driving weekend, gas prices 
> don't
>  look like they are going to get cheaper ?! And locally Govt has 
> purchased
>  another approx 120 speed cameras they mount inside parked unmarked 
> cars,
>  plus have just boasted they seized 50 odd speeders' cars in last 
> couple of
>  months - welcome to the 21st Century Oz style !! ( SA has a 
> population just
>  over 1 million for the maybe 300 car mounted speed cameras, automatic 
> loss
>  of licence re speeding approx 20 mph over limits)
>
>  Christopher in Australia
>
>
>
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