Here is another crappy deal that went down on eBay Motors.
A Curbstoner AKA Title Jumper is an unlicensed person peddling cars with open titles. eBay Motors has had a problem with curbstoners for a long time.
On the leading automotive website, autotrader.com sellers can list 3 cars in a 12 month period, when they try to list a 4th car the system boots them off and gives them a link to become a registered dealer on the site.
eBay Motors still don’t care if someone gets stuck with a title they can’t transfer. But they do have a Curbstoner Exclusion on their Vehicle Purchase Protection program (VPP) Under Situations that are not covered by VPP: #13 = Receiving a title that is not signed, is improperly assigned, or receiving a title but not being able to register the vehicle. eBay INC is only interested in one thing, collecting fees. So you can peddle as many open titled cars on their site as long as you pay your fees!
Meg Whitmans Successor, CEO John Donahoe is really concerned about the buyers experience on eBay, but here on eBay Motors crappy deals like this one seem to go down regularly. It looks like Donahoe isn’t the slightest bit concerned about eBay Motors. And for a fact, a few years ago was the biggest income earner for eBay USA. Since then It’s turned into a smelly turd!
So here is a guy that bought a bargain car on eBay motors but can’t title it in his name because the curbstoner printed his name on the buyers line, but didn’t pay the taxes and register it in his name. Buyer is up the creek without a paddle.
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It's NOT Such A Bargain - If You Can't Transfer The Title!
Another Curbstoner Ruining The eBay Motors Buying Experience!
Another Title Jumping Curbstoner Ruining The eBay Motors Buying Experience!