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Hello just wanted to warn people about a seller on ebay whom i bought my van from. He is a lying toad and is not to be trusted!!! he goes by the name of ******. At the moment he has an Abbey spectrum on there, i doubt very much anything he says about it is true.....he fed me a line with my van and all sorts was wrong with it .

****** Edited as it transpires the seller was not at fault,

You don't have much luck with buying vans Stephysue.  If I was you I would be a little more discerning, grab a damp meter, avoid fleabay like the plague and find a nice little number from somebody that is giving up perhaps?

Ali

he must have a job lot of fabric to re-upholster with.nearly all his vans are fitted with it.

somebody on here as shown an interest in what i believe to be this spectrum,hope he either reads this or has a good poke around before parting with the hard earned !!!!

Quote: Originally posted by motley on 30/11/2009

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He has first class feedback, so I wonder who is lying?

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Quote: Originally posted by bruno69 on 30/11/2009

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did you not check the van yourself before you bought it, or did you just bid and hope ? I would never buy a caravan off ebay without checking over first, then my bid would reflect what I thought the van was worth, not the read up written by the seller. I always remember "Byer Beware"

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He does have good feedback but he sells quite a lot of vans. Everyone else seems happy but I would guess he is taking older dealer PX's and selling them on. I would question just how much he knows about each van he has selling.

If you are selling it on no doubt you are being honest about it.

Quote: Originally posted by millermicm on 30/11/2009

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He does have good feedback but he sells quite a lot of vans. Everyone else seems happy but I would guess he is taking older dealer PX's and selling them on. I would question just how much he knows about each van he has selling.

If you are selling it on no doubt you are being honest about it.

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Very honest about it steve! I wouldn't dream of ripping off an innocent family....unlike some!!!  It really upsets me when i think about how i've been conned and i wouldn't wish that on someone else. I love caravanning and just wish we could afford a decent van.

Quote: Originally posted by ArtJackson on 30/11/2009

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You didn't get the seller ID quite right so I couldn't find him in seller search, but this is the caravan he is selling. Looking at your other thread most of the faults you list could have been spotted at the time you bought the caravan. If you buy a caravan nearly 20 yrs old you can expect it to need a bit of work, no curtains or blinds, did you not notice that when you bought it?

Personally I would'nt be buying caravan off what appears to be a part time dealer off ebay or anywhere else. Stick to caravans being sold by sellers who have owned & used the caravan for some time.

If you are buying an old caravan, its fairly irrelevant what the seller says, its what you can see with your own eyes.

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I think you have just got to admit you didn't get it right this time.  Had you taken time to look the van over you would have run a mile, or if you didn't applied for a guide dog at the very least!

Ebay and indeed private ads are a case of buyer beware, the onus is on you to check it out and make sure the product meets the description.

Put it down to experience but if you ever part with hard earned money again, take your time to check everything out and don't part with money until you have seen everything working.

Ali

Not off Ebay but I bought my first van off one of these dealer resellers. He was honest about what he was doing and had 3 vans around his house but I took his word that it was a good van. I looked around it and believed him when he said it all worked.

I was fortunate and I got away with it and had a reasonable van which we toured france and spain. However, I think stephysue is giving a reasonable warning to all novices - beware. Especially as he appears to be doing the decent thing about how he is selling it on.