The car is on e-bay, it's an auction, bid what you think it is worth and leave it at that.
wot she said!!!
Many inexperienced buyers get diverted by trivia when attempting to purchase a car.
buying a car is a commodity transaction. Two things matter. Price and condition of item.
Thats it. Nothing more to it.
The people , personalities, circumstances, reasons etc are all irrelevant. Those who dwell on all the trivia seldom if ever make a purchase, in my experience.
Heres how Ive done it this week...
Saw Ebay ad. Read it carefully and decided on a price.
Contacted seller once as a VITAL piece of information was missing.
Seller gave satisfactory answer and at the same time disclosed the reserve(fool!)
Placed bid.
Sit back and watch.
Auction ended.
Im the winner.
One more call to advise collection and cash payment.
Pick up soon.
Job done(well nearly)
Just note .. I have no idea of reason for sale, name of sellers cat, or what he does for a living. i havent even seen the car or a picture(its a breaker so who cares what it looks like.)
All I have is a printed description of what the car is and what is good/not working. So long as the car fits that description then I will hand over the money.
So carry on wasting yer time chatting about this car and its story if you have nothing better to do or as Suzy says... if you want it ...place a bid.