Back on topic for the thread starter.

The reason is you're selling a car which will attract first time buyers and young people. They understand the anonymity of ebay and can hide behind an ebay pseudonym, sending off 100 offers like you got in 10 minutes.

Then they can show mummy or Carl's daddy who has replied in a positive way and how much they can get bought for £2k.

You also get the people as mentioned above who send speculative offers, I do it myself but always leave a number. No-one has ever rang back and abused me [yet] but I have bought some cars at the right price to go again with a profit in.

People that offer you silly money over the internet, 99 times out of a 100 have no intention of buying it. The ones that ring up or leave a number with their enquiry are likely to be more serious.

Honestly, if I had a £1 for every silly offer I've had on cars this week alone... well. I'd have about a tenner but you know what I mean