Buying a automobile from eBay motors

Question

I have never bought a vehicle off of eBay and I'm thinking about buying a truck off of the lady that lives in Kansas I live in Florida it seems suspicious to me I don't even know if it's eBay that we are going through and I am reluctant to just send my money to an unknown person. Plus I was wondering if eBay tax on fees because the vehicle is fairly cheap that I am buying and I was wondering if there's any hidden fees from eBay?

evry1nositswindy · Answer

Make sure you are looking at eBay. There are SCAM ads on Marketplace, etc that look like you are dealing with eBay but you are not. If the seller asks to be paid in gift cards...RUN!

inceptions · Answer

This is a common scam, and you are dealing with a criminal who is trying to steal your money.

eBay has nothing to do with listings on other sites. If the item isn't listed on the eBay website and if you don't purchase it through the eBay listing, the transaction has nothing to do with eBay.

You can read eBay's warning here:
http://pages.motors.ebay.com/buy/security/index.html

You can read the FBI's warning here:
https://www.fbi.gov/scams-and-safety/common-scams-and-crimes/online-vehicle-sale-fraud

Read about eBay gift card scams here:
https://pages.ebay.com/ebaygiftcard/

You can report the listing to the site where you found it.

disneyshopper · Answer

If the vehicle is NOT listed on ebay, with a 12 digit number, that you either BID on or BUY IT NOW, it is probably a scam.

ebay has nothing to do with motor vehicles found on another website. ebay does not have a warehouse, does not ship to you for free to inspect and then ship it back if you don't like it. ebay does not accept ebay gift cards in payment for a motor vehicle.

If you don't find the motor vehicle listed ON ebay, with a 12 digit item number, that you either bid on or use the BUY IT NOW, the transaction is a SCAM. Stop communicating with the scammer. Report that "listing" to the website it is listed on.

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