apples24

iTrader: (1)

selling a car on ebay bloley wants the car and wants to paypal me the full amount £1550 naturally i said no much better to meet and exchange there and end is in both interests.


i have had people buy from ireland with bacs etc but i can understand that as they arrange a courrier etc

but wreeks of scam to me especially with the way you can claim back on paypal

Luminous

iTrader: (3)

some people still believe paypal may actually be safe....

Freak

Simple....he wants to pay on credit card

apples24

iTrader: (1)

hmmn never thought of that ill see if i can work something out with him

davegtt

I accepted payment for £1750 via paypal over the weekend, to be fair the guy came and looked at the car, went away and thought about it before bidding so I trusted him. Cant see why you would be able to claim back via paypal after buying a car. Especially if he veiwed the car before buying as its a typical sold as seen second hand car, buyer has no rights etc....

Unless it was a stolen credit card etc then I cant see there being a prob

apples24

iTrader: (1)

becuase ppl can start an instant claim on paypal, lie though there teeth and end up with there money back, it happened to me last year with a mobile phone that i sold and posted i know he received it but i still ended up loosing the phone and £150 hence i dont use paypal no more

dubsport88

Same happened to me with mobile phone sale EBAY and pay pal refunding money to buyer

leemonkeh

i sold my nissan 200sx on ebay last year to a man from ireland, he bought the car without ever seeing it and pay'd me via paypal befor flying over to collect it. i thouht he was a bit mad but it ll worked out smooth. just a shame there are those few cheating scum who try ripping us off sometimes.

what would scooby do

I no longer use Paypal - too many people I know have been scammed and paypal have been useless as well as expensive.

apples24

iTrader: (1)

paypal is fookin great for buying but never sell ie recieve money as eventually you will get stung and it will leave you a couple hundred out of pocket

astraboy

Yeah I had the same. Some bloke flew over and bought my AE86 for cash after never seeing it apart from in pictures.
I think its safe to say that Irish petrolheads can be trusted in these circumstances.
astraboy.

Fantom

My brother runs a business from home and sells 99% of his stuff through ebay. Once someone bought something from him, paid by paypal and the item was despatched SPECIAL DELIVERY. The guy received the item and left GOOD feedback. A few months later he opened a paypal dispute and the money was taken back from my brother. My brother had to send his evidence of postage which he had the proper special delivery receipt for which shown it was delivered when tracked on the royal mail website. Paypal decided that the buyer was in the right and he won the case depite even leaving good feedback for the item. Also his email addy no longer worked. If my brother lost a clear cut case like this with paypal then what chance do other sellers have! Its CRAZY!!!!!!!!
However he has to continue using them or he would lose 99% of his sales.