Poor 480 on ebay

random_monkey · Post by **random_monkey** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:39 pm

This 480 has been going round and round ebay parts listing for weeks

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/480-Volvo-Parts_W ... dZViewItem

I feel like buying it, just to put it out of its misery...

Dan the 480 Man · Post by **Dan the 480 Man** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:45 pm

I've had a few contacts with the breakers yard-the bloke who owns it is actually a bit of a cock, so i'm not surprised it's still there...

Agwa Moose · Post by **Agwa Moose** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 2:43 am

Just a few miles from me...

This is the guy I got my replacement cylinder head from when my cambelt went

J

Ral · Post by **Ral** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 3:01 pm

I got a replacement doorlock for my faulty one from him. All excited-like, I ripped the lining off my door the weekend after I got it, fiddled around to get the lock out and after about an hour of that, found that...

drumroll...

my new lock had the exact same problem as my old one. Ayup, I got the lock sent to me, with the key inside and I could not turn it to get it out. Woohoo. Dunno about his other dealings, but he is less than scrupulous and never returned my calls or emails after.

Matthew Brennan · Post by **Matthew Brennan** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 10:58 am

Oh yeah this guy

He tried to sell me the full leather from it with massive dents in the leather, he sent tiny low res pictures of it to mask it, and was very difficult to get a straight answer out of.

http://volvo480.dragons.org.uk/forum/vi ... highlight=

Buyer Beware!

M

Big Brother · Post by **Big Brother** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 11:07 am

Hey its a scrap yard, what do you expect??

Matthew Brennan · Post by **Matthew Brennan** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 2:16 pm

spare parts. And an alsation on a chain.

Stuff like that.

Agwa Moose · Post by **Agwa Moose** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 3:12 pm

The alsatian runs free...

Bit odd really, there's only been once I've had any problems with him, and that was only a wrong inlet hose, and that soon got sorted, but I suppose that dealing face to face with someone is alot better than doing it all over the net, there's a big difference between pics and having the part there in front of you, as far as I'm concerned he's the first place I go when I'm looking for bit's and not bothered about having them new

But you could say the same sort of things as what we've all said about any breakers, there's a couple round here that I wont deal with, yet I know other people that swear by them and wont use anyone else, all down to personal experience I suppose

J

Ral · Post by **Ral** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 3:17 pm

volvo-bigbrother wrote:Hey its a scrap yard, what do you expect??

Second hand parts, at prices that don't make me wanna run off to Volvo to get them new after all, but allow him to make a living. That's all good. But I also expect said second hand parts to actually work when sold to me. At least once.