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Disco93

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Just thought I'd give you a bit of a warning if you're trying to sell you landy, or any other car for that matter.
Have mine for sale now and a man got in touch saying he wanted it as a present for his son, but is an oceanographer out at sea so can only pay via paypal...
Sound fishy? Well that's because it is, because of paypals buyer protection plan he pays you the money, collects your car, then files an unreceived item case, meaning they get the money back from you.
So then they have your car, and your money.
Don't think it's too well known about yet so is probably on the increase...
And I know a handful of people actually buy into this...
 
Exactly! But a few people wouldn't even see it was suspicious...
Re. proof, what sort of proof? He arranges for an 'agent' (in his own words) to collect the car, therefore giving no link between the buyer and collector...
 
and yu supply proof that he has collected the motor - and get your money back.
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I believe that pay pal will only accept official postal or courier tracking information as proof of receipt in cases where the buyer claims non delivery. It's not really safe to accept pay pal on collection only items. Ebay's rules mean you can't refuse it on most items but i think you can refuse to accept pay pal on motors listings.
 
Thanks for the warning Disco93, its worth knowing :)

Whenever I have sold a car, I have gone to my bank with the buyer. I let them hand the cash over to the cashier and as soon as they give us a receipt, I hand over the keys. I would never do it any other way. If they dont want to do the deal this way, I let them walk.

Otherwise there is always a risk of them giving you counterfeit money. And I would never accept a bankers draft, they are so easy to fake. And as for a cheque, absolutely no way!

I once bought the wife a Toyota Yaris for £7k. I handed over the cash that had come straight from the bank cahier earlier that day and still had the paper wraps around the £1k bundles. I asked the guy if he wanted to check the amount but he siad "Theres no need, the wraps all say £1k each, so why do I need to count it" :der:

How stupid can a person be?:5bbeatdeadhorse5:
 
Sean said:
think someones siggy on a V5 would be good proof
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well you'd think so, but not for pay pal, they would only accept 'proof of delivery' ie tracking info. they don't actually work on the basis of common sense, you're dealing with a semi automated system run by people who have no authority to use their initiative or common sense. It would make no difference if you have video footage of the vehicle being handed over to the buyer in the presence of the pope, pay pal wouldn't accept it. if you had a recorded delivery slip to say the car had been delivered to the buyer by the postman, then that would be fine.

this is a known problem with pay pal transactions, search the ebay boards and look for yourself. although the main reason for not wanting someone to pay via paypal for something valuable like a car would be the astronomical fees it would incur.

The OP is obviously a scam. Even if the guy was out of the country, if he could pay by pay pal he could pay via bank transfer. the scam could be to do a charge back or item not received dispute through pay pal, or perhaps to send out fake pay pal confirmation emails to make the seller think they've been paid when they haven't.
 
Cash or direct bank transfer is what we say if we sell a car on eBlag, if we're selling an item under about £300 then we accept paypal, any more than that and then their charge starts to add up.
 
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