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Offline modulater

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Ebay, anyone bought anything?
« on: 23 September 2003, 21:26 »
Anyone ever bought any car parts from ebay?

I've bought cd's but wondered if anyone has any experience of car bits, both good and bad.

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Re:Ebay, anyone bought anything?
« Reply #1 on: 23 September 2003, 23:04 »
bought a gearknob.  :) there are good deals on there. not sure i would buy anything big or expensive tho'

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Offline stevesmitMK2Gti16v

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Re:Ebay, anyone bought anything?
« Reply #2 on: 24 September 2003, 15:32 »
Bought a MK2 front grill with spotlights and upper/lower spoilers fitted and sprayed red (originally bought from from Dubwieser). Arrived well packaged and in excellent condition.
Straight swop for existing grill, so instant easy mod. for ?35!
Also bought Golf Haynes manual for ?7.50 and H&R lowering springs (-40mm) for ?40.
In my experience so far, there are definatly bargains to be had. ;)

Offline S11EPS

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Re:Ebay, anyone bought anything?
« Reply #3 on: 24 September 2003, 15:39 »
I haven't bought anything for my car, bit I've bought some bits for the missus's Bimmer (clear indicators, repeaters, light clusters etc).

All were spot on, no problems.

I would have no qualms at all about using ebay. My only advice is to keep an eye on the seller rating - try and stick to sellers who have sold to a decent number of people within the last 6 months, with a very high (95% plus) rating.

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Offline Justins145bhpMK1

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Re:Ebay, anyone bought anything?
« Reply #4 on: 24 September 2003, 15:46 »
Ive bought and sold a few bits on there, havent had any probs, good for trim bits etc!

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Re:Ebay, anyone bought anything?
« Reply #5 on: 24 September 2003, 19:53 »
i recently bought a fuel filler neck for my scirroco the
 dealers wanted ?160 i got it privately for ?48 i think so you can definately save some cash  :)

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Re:Ebay, anyone bought anything?
« Reply #6 on: 26 September 2003, 12:44 »
Hi,

bought everything from new seats (for that old Mk2 bolster problem) to cyl head, injectors, gear box, suspension kit.
No problems, except I still have to fit most of it :-(

Main thing is compare the price with a second hand place (e.gt. volks-apart)
as sometimes the bidding gets a bit too enthusiastic.

Bax

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Re:Ebay, anyone bought anything?
« Reply #7 on: 26 September 2003, 12:45 »
I bought my whole GTI cabrio off ebay!!

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Re:Ebay, anyone bought anything?
« Reply #8 on: 27 September 2003, 20:50 »
Nice cab  ;D

Offline modulater

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Re:Ebay, anyone bought anything?
« Reply #9 on: 28 September 2003, 01:30 »
How did you go about it though?

I mean I would be scared to bid on something that I cant see  properly.

Did you inspect the car before bidding on it?