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I am buying a vehicle and the person wants me to pay her through bitcoin, is this ok?

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@frst8740 

 

eBay does not support payment through bitcoin.

 

Never pay for a vehicle without inspecting it first.

 

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 or some other untraceable means 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.

 

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

 

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

 

https://www.fbi.gov/scams-and-safety/common-fraud-schemes/online-vehicle-sale-fraud

 

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.

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