Nissan Altima

It is a nice car, but it had been wrecked and not put together very well. We payed to have the car shipped as the ad stated and it was drove over 1250 miles. He lied in his add and ebay would do nothing to help us.We did talk with the ebay auto insurance but since it was not over 5,00 miles they could do nothing and the seller would not reply to them. Tired of being burned on ebay and getting to the point where it is not worth the hassle to buy things that are not what they say they are.

The Seller stated in his description: …Overall this altima is in good shape. Then over the phone told me that he was the owner of a body shop and assured me that the car was in a wreck however he fixed it and now it is safe, ready to go anywhere. Even told me I could come to CA. and drive it back to Michigan. He Lied about this car. It is totaled... the car is Junk. (I had him on speakerphone so I could have someone witness our conversation).

When I received the car on Tuesday, April 29, I knew something was wrong right away. I took the car (Nissan Altman) to the Nissan dealer have it inspection. That day, He took a quick look at the steering column and told me the car was not safe. He scheduled a inspection two days later on May 1st.

After the inspection, he submitted to me a list a mile long I will be glad to fax it to you. Now I will quote the cover letter to you ... (This car needs to go to a body shop, has very bad body damage on it. Front sub frame is bent. Radiator support is bent. Front bumper is not even bolted onto car; Just bumper cover is on it. Rear Sub frame is bent, both rear knuckles are bent. Right front knuckle is bent. Both rear sway bars links are bent. Right front lower ball joint is very loose. Right front hub bearing is making lots of noise. Both front struts left is leaking and mounts with bearing while turning, make's a lot of noise. Metal oil cooler line is bent. Air bag light is missing. Steering wheel airbag is missing, just cover on it. Passenger is air cover is not the right cover and no air bag. Both front outer tie rods are loose. Rack and pinion is leaking. Rear sub frame is bent. The toe bars are bent. Passenger side high beam is out. Needs diag time for column being loose [more cost to repair check engine light that was on when I received it]. Horn is inop. Front slide plate is missing. A/C belt is cracked. . The total cost to fix car is $8327.00 + tax and also a body inspection needs to be done (more cost to repair) another diagnostic will need to be done after car is fixed to determine why the service car light is on). end quote.

The Nissan dealership told me at the time of this inspection, there were too many code they could not make a determination of what was needed to repair engine until phase 1 was completed. And at the end of the inspection sheet (not cover letter) It end with (and I quote) … VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. end quote.


As you can see the sellers description on eBay and the car dealer’s inspector or the same vehicle have given two different very different descriptions of this car. I have saved ALL e-mails, in one;

EBay has taken him off line as a seller due to the fact that he has given a false phone number and contact name. Kathy Ruiz is the contact name and when you call the phone number on sheet for seller they say they never heard of Kathy Ruiz. He did at one time own the body shop called ROCKETEER AUTO BODY SHOP located at 4433 Firestone Blvd South Gate,CA. 90280. He still uses the email via eBay and said he was still the owner of this business.

I am asking to recover the total cost which I have occured. $7602.00 for car, $228.00 (3% fee) he charged me for going through PayPal (both paid through Pay Pal) and $1015 shipping charge paid to Able Auto Transports via my Master Card. Total of $8845.00.