I bought mine from ebay, seller was local, spoke to him on the phone and all sounded genuine.
1st time the car did not reach his reserve but gave me an indication of what it was worth to the buyers.
2nd sale it went higher but still did not hit the reserve, but he accepted my offer, but agreed to wait as I was in a cash flow situation waiting for a cheque to clear.
Rather than ring me, and I wasnt bugging him as we had an agreement he paniked and put the car up for sale a 3rd time.
This time I bid and won for £300 lower than we agreed. He was popping the car over to me on my birthday (I allways treat myself to something nice) and we arranged for 1pm at my brothers as it was to stay parked there till I reinsured under multi car when my current insurance ran out a month later.
He didnt turn up till 7pm after chassing him with a few calls and getting a few promiced.
I will admit, that I thought he was pissed off and wanted out of the deal, I knew he was a roofer and worked away, he had spend the day at meadowhell, took the kids to the pictures and had a shopping spree. Thinking he was pissed off at the lower price he got after his original auction I was expecting some shite, plus I knew he was 6'10" and was physically fit.
Well how wrong was I, when the guy turned up, he was really genuine and was chuffed to bits as he knew it was going to someone who really wanted the Elite. Was it about the value of the car, well he knew what the car was like, I knew I wanted it, 3 attempts on ebay lost him his money. He took my money without any hassle whatso ever, and during the chat he showed me the watch he had just paid £1700 for which had caused a rift between him and his wife and the real reason he was delayed that after noon.
After owning the car, allthough Omega prices were plumeting due to Tax disc hikes and the cost of petrol I would still have been happy at what we originally agreed to pay, his loss my gain, his fault not mine.
It is a buyers market, but not allways is the case with the high spec cars with low mileage.