Trade & VAT-Registered Buyers

The price that matters to you is the net price, because you reclaim the VAT. Compared with a seller who cannot issue a VAT invoice, our net cost is frequently the lower real price, even when the advertised price looks higher. A full VAT invoice is supplied with every order.

Price including VAT: £24.99 · Price excluding VAT: £20.82

Dropshippers and Trade Resellers - We Dispatch Under Your Name

We are a major supplier to many trade customers and online resellers who send our products directly to their own buyers. We are set up to make that process simple for you.

Ship direct to your customer: at the checkout, enter your customer's name and delivery address as the postage address (set this in your eBay delivery / postage address before you pay) and we will send the order directly to your customer. We will not send it to you first.

Nothing of ours inside the parcel: tell us when you order, and we will not put any invoice, paperwork or branding of ours inside the parcel.

We will include your own paperwork: send us your own invoice or delivery note, and we will put your paperwork in the parcel for your customer and leave our own paperwork out.

Your customer is in safe hands: your customer receives the same fast delivery that we give to every buyer. Every item is checked against what this page says before dispatch, to confirm that it is exactly as shown. You can therefore be confident that your customer receives what we advertise. If we ever find a difference, we will contact you before the parcel is sent.

Message us before or just after buying with your instructions and we will make sure the parcel goes out exactly as you need it.

Condition and Honest Appraisal

Where Our Parts Come From

The majority of the used parts sold on eBay come from vehicle dismantlers, who dismantle cars after accidents or at the end of their life. Our parts mostly come from a completely different source. We buy directly from professional bodyshops, where body panels and other parts are routinely replaced as part of the repair procedure. Very often there is nothing wrong with the part that is removed, apart from minor damage, cosmetic defects, or simply dirt. That is why so much of our inventory consists of genuine manufacturer parts, removed intact from nearly new vehicles and still in their first life. Almost everything we sell is the manufacturer's own genuine part: no copies, no imitation parts, no counterfeit parts. On the rare occasion that an item is not an original manufacturer part, the description says so clearly.

You may notice we do not carry eBay's VRAC badge (Vehicle Recyclers Accreditation Certification), and that is by design - we would never show a badge we are not entitled to. VRAC certifies recycled "green" parts reclaimed from end-of-life, scrapped vehicles by professional recyclers who pass the Vehicle Recyclers Association's annual independent audit and test every part. Here is the distinction that matters most: a VRAC recycler has to test precisely because their stock comes from old cars at the very end of their life. Ours is different: parts taken off vehicles still in service, removed during professional bodyshop repair, usually from far newer vehicles than those scrapped at the end of their life. The easiest way to judge it for yourself: check the manufacturer's date code stamped or moulded on the part and compare it against the same part from other sellers - ours is usually the newer one. So VRAC is simply not the standard that applies to the parts we sell. We grade every part honestly on its condition, and our parts come from a younger source than vehicles scrapped at the end of their life. And every order is covered by the eBay Money Back Guarantee exactly like any other purchase on eBay - that protection is not something VRAC adds or we take away.

Our condition grades - Painted body panels. Where you see our VRAC-inspired grading card photographed with the part, this is what each grade means:

There is one rule we never break: we never take parts that come from warranty work or safety recall work. Parts replaced under manufacturer warranty or safety recall are turned away before they reach us. They belong back with the manufacturer and they never enter our stock. What you buy from us has a clean history, every time.

We also carry brand new surplus inventory. In the UK, business-to-business purchases carry no legal right of return, because that protection belongs to consumers only. So when a garage orders the wrong part, the supplier will usually not take it back. One garage's ordering mistake becomes an unused part you buy at the price of a second-hand one.

It is also why so many of our customers are trade buyers, including buyers from franchised dealerships. They know that buying through eBay gives them the one thing the trade supply chain does not give them: if the part is not right, they can send it back. Newer parts, known history, nothing from recall work, and honest descriptions.

For the trade: we will come to you and pick up parts anywhere in the UK. We are based at the centre of the motorway network and we collect from anywhere the length of the country. Bodyshops and repairers from the South West of England to Scotland use us to take away the parts they remove, and we pay well for them. Wherever you are, if you have volume, send us a message through eBay. Distance has never yet stopped us from picking parts up.

Fixing a Audi?

One repair rarely needs just one part. We carry a deep stock of genuine Audi parts removed from vehicles: lights, body panels, wheels, trim and much more, taken off nearly new vehicles, with new stock arriving every week. If you do not see the part you need, send us a message. It may be removed from a vehicle this week.

Planning a bigger repair? Orders over GBP 250 save 5% and orders over GBP 500 save 10%, applied automatically at checkout. Bumpers, lights, body panels and wheels: buy everything for the job from one shop, in one parcel where possible, with one discount.

Why Buy From Us?

Anyone can put a part up for sale on eBay. You are also buying the judgement behind it: who selected the part, how it was checked, how it is packed, and what happens if something is wrong. Here is how we do it.

Four generations in the motor trade. The family firm C.E.J. Haime & Son supplied and repaired vehicles in the early 1900s, when motoring itself was new. Four generations later, the same family still trades in motor parts. This is not a hobby that somebody started last year. It is the family trade. You can read the full history in the "Our Story" section at the bottom of this page.

We have already solved the supply problems, so your order does not suffer them. Every parts business meets the same problems at the start. The spare part that looks identical but is not. Packaging that is too weak to protect a headlight. A carrier that is reliable with small parcels and careless with large body panels. A pallet left standing in a courier depot over a public holiday. A supplier whose stock turns out to be scrap from end-of-life vehicles. We have had all of these problems over the years, and every one of them changed the way we work: which bodyshops we buy from, how each type of part is packed, which carrier we use for which parcel, and delivering into the courier hubs ourselves instead of waiting for a collection. A seller who is new to this learns these lessons on your order. We already learned them years ago, at our own expense.

Packed to survive the journey. Headlights, painted panels, wheels and small electronic parts each have their own packing method, developed over many thousands of parcels. Fragile parts are boxed so that they withstand handling by couriers who do not know what is inside. This costs us more in materials and in time. It also prevents damage in transit.

We describe honestly and photograph properly. We photograph the marks as well as the good side, and we describe plainly what the part is and what it is not. If a part needs cosmetic repair before you fit it, we say so in the description, so that you do not discover it when you open the box. We would rather lose a sale by being honest than make a sale and then deal with a return.

A free fitment check before you buy. Send us your VIN (chassis number) in an eBay message, and we will check this part against your own vehicle, including the trim level, the factory options and the paint code. Those are exactly the details that eBay's own compatibility tool does not check. This service is free, you are under no obligation, and it takes only a few minutes.

We hold a real inventory, not one lucky find. Our supply comes directly from professional bodyshops and it arrives continuously, so this part is rarely the only one we will have. If you are rebuilding a vehicle, the next part you need is often already in stock, or arriving this week. Please ask us.

A registered UK company. C.E.J Haime Group Limited is registered in England and Wales, and it is VAT registered. Both numbers are printed at the bottom of this page, and and before you buy you can look us up on the UK register of companies, Companies House. Trade buyers and VAT-registered buyers receive a full VAT invoice with every order.

If something does go wrong. Every order is covered by the eBay Money Back Guarantee, exactly like any other purchase on eBay, and we accept returns. Send us a message and you will get a clear answer from the people who packed the part, not an automated reply from a call centre. Solving a problem quickly has always been cheaper for us than arguing about it.

Four generations later, this company still carries our family name. We intend to keep its reputation intact.

WHY YOUR PART NUMBER MIGHT NOT MATCH OURS - AND WHY THAT IS OFTEN FINE

A quick explanation of how manufacturer part numbers for car parts really work, because this costs buyers money every day:

The numbers change. The parts often do not. Manufacturers revise part numbers constantly. The reason can be a tiny production change, a new supplier, or sometimes just a new label, and each revision receives a new number. The old and new numbers together are called a supersession chain, and parts along that chain usually fit identically. By the time you search for it, the correct number for your vehicle may already be three revisions out of date.

The same part can carry several different numbers. There is one number stamped on the casting, another on the label, and another in the catalogue. On some makes there is even a different number for each colour. None of this means that the parts are different.

What this means for you: if our number does not match the number on your old part, that fact alone tells you almost nothing, in either direction. Do not buy simply because you hope it will fit, and do not walk away simply because you fear it will not. Send us your VIN. If you do not have it, send us the number from your old part instead. We will trace that number through the replacements, the revisions and the equivalent numbers. If it fits, we confirm that in writing and our guarantee applies. If it does not fit, we will say so clearly.

We cannot make the numbering system any simpler, but we can make it our problem instead of yours.

Your Own Parts Department - Free VIN Fitment Check

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