So I'm new to ebay purchasing. 3 purchases total, ever. Made my first bid 3 days ago. Loss the bid. Came in 2nd. Seller sent email today saying the guy who bought the rear end can't get it. Fastenal doesn't transport into CA, only outbound. Sent my number in an email so we could talk. We talked 15min or so explaining things. I'm just weary. Had bad vibes about it. Did my research and he has 1,793 transactions and 100% positive feedback. He seems ok but I offered to pick it up in person and he said he doesnt care but at the same time mentioned several times how far I am from him. Anyone know him or ever purchased from him?
Ebay Contact: allolds
Erie Pennsylvania
Name: Brian

 

I have no info on your eBay seller, but I do use eBay all the time. The secret to winning an auction is to not bid at all until it is within about 15 seconds of the end of the listing. You will win a good portion of them that way.

 

Brian Trick is standup guy he is registered here. 507OLDS

 

I use them all the time. Both of my cars came from Ebay. I won the bid on my 72 but did not win the bid on the 68. After about a month I sent the seller an inquiry to find out if the transaction was completed by the winning bidder and he said they failed to pay. I think that does happen from time to time.

We exchanged phone #s and I ended up buying the car for what I had bid although he tried to get me to agree to the price of the winning bid. He took the amount I had bidded. When it came time to pay he wanted me to wire transfer him and I told him the only way I would pay him was thru PayPal. He did not want to do it and I told him there was no way I was wire transferring my money to him. The next day he called back and said he would accept PayPal.

So far I have had only one problem with my Ebay purchases and I got my money back.

 

Thanks I appreciate it. I'm in the process now if trying to complete a transaction with him now. Decided to go with it. References are always welcomed

 

I bought my 68 this exact way about 10 years ago. Ebay works well.

 

If the seller is indeed Brian Trick, I can absolutely attest to his honesty and his work. I currently have two posi rear ends that he built for me and couldn't be more satisfied with them.

 

Yea it seems like everyone has nothing but good things to say about him so I'm going through with the purchase. Definitely appreciate you sharing your experience with him

 

I hope your transaction goes well. That's cool that others can vouch for the seller. I've done a few transactions on E-bay and I am still undecided.

 

https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums...d-w-parts.html

 

Brian is a really good honest guy. I have bought several items from him on the site and never had a problem. Cant go wrong with him.

 

Ebay is a great place to buy and sell stuff, but there are a couple things I would note for new users.

• Look at that email rating. Overall, avoid buying anything expensive from people with less then 10 transactions completed (sorry new users). There are tons of scammers out there making fake accounts
• Always have a paper trail. Pay / Buy through eBay unless you can meet in person.
• Watch out for scam messages. I've received a couple scam messages with a link that looks like it goes to an ebay page, but its a scam to just get your ebay username and password. It uses APIs to actually make it look like you are logged in after as well. Pretty clever method.
• Ebay now supports Max bidding so it makes waiting until the last 15 seconds less crucial. This means you can bid $5 with a max bid of $100. Ebay will auto bid the minimum amount up until your max.

Cool tool, but like everything else on the internet now, you just have to be careful.

 

No.

 

I buy many items off of EBay and have not had a problem although I usually stick with NOS items as they are not subject to overstated condition. It is a great place to find rare items.

 

Brian's a good dude in my book.

 

Heard nothing but good things. Glad to see such good reviews on someone. It's getting harder and harder to find good people in this world these days lol.

 

Everything seems fine so far. Seems like a real honest guy. Glad he is known for that and people can vouch for him as well. Def makes you feel better about the whole process now

 

Thanks for responding bc it helps. Glad to hear all the good responses about him

 

kinda off the subject but a FYI. Something I did a along time ago is set up a separate checking account at the bank for eBay. I keep less than $200 in the account, just in case someone hacks my account.