Selling a bike to a non-uk resident? / Ebay buyer dodginess

Smooth · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 21 Apr 2008 Karma :

I attempted to sell my bike via Ebay (-never again)

The auction winner/'buyer' turned up eventually yesterday. The 2 people in question were non-English speakers(!) who tried to haggle by writing the price down -which I refused-, then mimed to me (with the aid of their associate via a mobile phone) that I should fill in the export notification on the V5 before me giving them the entire V5.

Needless to say, not wishing to export a vehicle or be responsible for a bike I no longer owned, I turned down this 'ever-so-tempting' invitation and, all being well, I still have the bike (I guess I'll find out when I get home again later Rolling Eyes

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Had they given me a UK address, that would have been fine, but the only address they had written down was in Warsaw, and wouldn't let me write that on the V5 Smile

1 What is the correct procedure for selling to foreign national?

2 Is everyone on Ebay slightly dubious?

AngelGrinder · World Chat Champion Joined: 09 Jun 2007 Karma :

They were Polish?

I sold my R6 to them.

I did the 'export' signature, and gave them the V5.

You send of the slip with the signature, that's as good as getting rid of the bike from the DVLA's website - it's no longer a UK vehicle.

The V5 that the guys have, is proof when they go through borders, that they have the logbook.

If they are foreign, they would have to register the bike here, wait for their new V5, then tell DVLA they are exporting it.

Alot of these foreign buyers are probably less dodgy than most of the guys here. I've sold 5 bikes in the last year, 4 went to Poland, every single one of these went smoothly, they are bad at haggling becuase they can't speak English, and they don't seem to look the bikes over that thouroughly, they just chuck them on the van!
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t121anf · World Chat Champion Joined: 23 Feb 2007 Karma :

alternatively change your eBay settings to not allow bids from countries you won't ship to.

no more poles, frogs, or anything else for that matter

Smooth · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 21 Apr 2008 Karma :

gmanxiii · World Chat Champion Joined: 20 Nov 2006 Karma :

I sold a scooter to a polish guy last year, all done same as above. He worked somewhere in Manchester as a mechanic, turned up in a rover, had a quick look around it, deal done and chucked into the boot. Cheaper to buy here and just drive them to Poland apparently.
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Itchy · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Karma :

No real problem at all a polish guy turned up with a van to buy my Africa , he had no negotiation skills at all , dropped a lump of cash signed the form and off it went.

Got the letter few weeks later and job's a gud 'un
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Pie-Roe · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 Feb 2007 Karma :

I agree, sold 2 bikes to poles, they just want to give you the money, get the bike abroad as soon as possible.

To be honest, one of them I just got him to sign a receipt saying where he lived and that he'd paid me, and gave him the whole v5 untouched.

Got the letter through 2 weeks later.

Pyro
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