I advertised that it runs beautifully (for a 33 year old car) and that I don’t know much about the history. I had the alternator replaced less than 200 miles ago by a Jeep-only mechanic, and he checked EVERYTHING before letting me leave with it, it truly was in perfect condition as far as he could tell, except that it does lose oil. I told the buyer to have the oil topped off often.
It was shipped from California to Florida. The shipper sent a tow truck driver who drove it up onto the tow truck, and commented on how nicely it runs, and my brother is a mechanic and says that it sounded really good and certainly wasn’t making any kind of knocking sound that would suggest it was about to throw a rod.
The buyer received the car 5 days after signing the bill of sale and 12 days after the Ebay auction ended. He claims that after driving 5 miles on the day he received the car, the engine threw a rod and now the engine has to be replaced.
He is making a claim through PayPal to have the entire purchase price of $4500 refunded, while keeping the car and title, lol! I do feel terrible if that really happened, but honestly I’ve had a weird feeling about this transaction all along. He insisted on paying via PayPal so he would be protected if anything was wrong, but didn’t want to use escrow.com.
It’s a Chevy 304 V8 engine. I have a feeling he is either lying or it had no oil. It certainly will not cost anywhere near $4500 to replace. My brother said he could get a used engine in good condition for $100 or a rebuilt engine for $350.
I would like to be able to show Paypal and Ebay the specific laws that show that I am not liable if possible.
thanks for your help!
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