2007 motorhome

Question

I have a potential seller that says if I’m interested in her motor home that she wants to sell it through eBay to protect both of us so if I’m interested to let her know and she will contact eBay and let them know and then eBay will contact me and tell me the details on how to purchase. Is this a true statement or does it have SCAM written all over it?
Thank You in advance!

lady_madonna · Answer

SCAM!!! If it's not listed for sale on Ebay, it's not real. Do not respond! Report it to the site where you found the vehicle advertised.

momtoabeautifuldaughter · Answer

@37diamonddan wrote:
I have a potential seller that says if I’m interested in her motor home that she wants to sell it through eBay to protect both of us so if I’m interested to let her know and she will contact eBay and let them know and then eBay will contact me and tell me the details on how to purchase. Is this a true statement or does it have SCAM written all over it?
Thank You in advance!

NOPE, if you didn't find it on eBay then they have nothing to do with it. This has SCAM written all over it. There is no motorhome

eburtonlab · Answer

@37diamonddan

Beware scammers who advertise on other sites and tell you that the transaction will be handled through eBay.

That is not how eBay works. eBay does not rely on users finding ads on Facebook or other sites and sending contact information to a seller. Likely the seller will send a phony "invoice" that appears to be from eBay but is not, asking you to pay with gift cards to have the vehicle shipped to you for a free evaluation period.

eBay has no warehouse and does not ship vehicles. eBay does not handle such transactions or provide "vehicle protection orders". Scammers often promise those things, though. Any phone number you may receive on such an "invoice" does not connect to eBay, but to the scammer.

Anyone that asks you to purchase gift cards or to send card codes to them to complete a transaction is trying to take advantage of you. Anyone asking for a gift card is looking for a gift at your expense. Once anyone else knows the code, your money will be gone and you will have no recourse.

See here for some info about avoiding such scams (US links):

https://pages.motors.ebay.com/buy/security/index.html

The only way to purchase a vehicle on eBay is to sign in to eBay, find the vehicle on eBay and complete the checkout process on eBay, so that the item appears in your Purchase History. Then you typically meet the seller to inspect the vehicle, pay the seller, and collect the keys, title and vehicle.

If you encountered an ad on another site, contact that site to have the ad removed. eBay is not involved with any ads listed on sites other than eBay itself.