is it safe to spend thousands of dollars to buy a quad off ebay

 

only if you can look at it first!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dont get on any preapproved buyers list !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
if its not in the US its a scam
free shipping is BS

 

HELL NO i wouldnt u never know u may be out thousands and takeing a fake person to court that dosent exsist!

 

I have had friends buy cars and other expensive stuff from eBay and it has turned out fine. However, I would never spend thousands of dollars over eBay. Unless it is near enough for me to drive and take a look at. 450ss has the right idea. But most of the time I would agree with DarkMan. lol, thats pretty confusing huh?

 

yea i would use ebay as a source and see if there is any in my state then go look at them in person and then deal! u dunno how the bike preforms or whats missing or how old the pics are! the bike could be broken in half and u would buy it because it looks good! thats when i would say take a pic of it with u in front of it holding a glass and a bottle of coke! lol then u know its new pics! (hope that wasnt to confusing!)

 

I just sold my Mule on Ebay, no problems. I have bought and sold many things on Ebay. If I was going to buy a atv on Ebay I would:

1) Look at the Sellers Location and when He/She created a account on ebay. If they are overseas or recently created account stay away.

2)Look at the Sellers feedback and other items bought/sold and date of last transaction.

3) I would only buy a high dollar item that I can pick up myself, so I would only consider items relativly close to me. If you buy something close to you then you can pay the whole amount when you pick it up. Don't pay anything if they offer to ship it to you. There are some dealers on there that say they will ship. Those might be ok, but I would crosscheck there name through Switchboard.com to ensure the dealer really exists.

Also never bid until the end.

 

i agree with everything except stay away if it has just been created!

im about to use ebay to sell my 250X thats the only reason i will use ebay so i can sell my quad so like me im just creating an account to sell it but i understand what your saying to a certain extent

 

i bought my warrior off of ebay....

 

I got both my Dirt Bikes off ebay.
My rule is make sure it's within driving distance and I will not pay for it untill pickup.
This rule has always worked well for me on big ebay purchases

 

I agree with what everyone has said here. DarkMan, it's always hard to tell. See I always avoid buying from people who have just registered with hardley any feedback. Cause you just don't know when some a$$ hole shows up to try and steal your money. But they the good people like you that are actually trying to be fair and honest get screwed. So that just goes back to the theory of buying something within driving distance.