Hard-to-find auto parts on eBay, alerted in Telegram

When a rare used part finally shows up on eBay, the restorer who messages the seller first usually gets it, so let the new listings knock on your Telegram chat.

3 steps

Set up in a minute

Search on eBay, sort by newest

Describe the part so eBay finds it

Search the OEM number if you have it, or make, model, year and the part name, in the car parts category. Narrow by condition, price and item location or ships to. Where eBay lets you add your vehicle to check compatibility, do it. Sort by Newly listed and copy the address.
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Copy the link, paste it into mxsender

Send it to the MXSender bot

Paste the link into our Telegram bot, or on the website choosing Telegram. You can add email for a searchable record. Name it after the job, „Golf 4 door mirror right“.
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New listings land in your Telegram

Get a card for each new part

Every listing that appears in your search after you saved it arrives as a card with the title, the price, a button to eBay and the photo when the seller added one. Parts already listed are not sent.
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Start monitoring eBay →

Track a search on eBay right now

Paste the eBay search link you want watched — we’ll check we can read it, then set up your alerts.

Track this search →

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The mistake that hides half the parts

Searching only in words. A breaker yard listing fifty parts from one car will often write little more than the part number and the donor car. A private seller abroad may describe it in another language. Searching the number, and keeping a second search in plain words, catches both.

Keep the price ceiling realistic too. Too low and you only see damaged parts, too high and you pay more than needed.

A garage chat for the whole project

A restoration needs many parts over months. Give each one its own search; every card carries the search’s hashtag, so the bumper, the seats and the headlight stay separate in one Telegram chat. Mute the parts you are not in a hurry for and leave the critical one with sound on.

Forward a card to your mechanic and ask whether it fits before buying. The same chat is on your phone in the garage and on Telegram Desktop at home.

Before you buy a used part on eBay

Compare the part number in the photos with yours. Ask about mileage or the donor car for mechanical parts, and whether electronics need coding. Look at the mounting points and plugs in the pictures.

Read the seller’s feedback and the return policy. Shipping a heavy part from far away can cost more than the part, and goods from abroad may bring import duties or VAT. Pay on eBay so its buyer protection covers the deal.

Matching a plan to the size of the build

One missing part fits on Free: one search, checked every 30 minutes. A project with a list fits Starter, $5.99, with five searches every 10 minutes. A garage or a big restoration fits Pro, $14.99: twenty searches with the fastest checks. Telegram and email are on every plan.