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Is eBay motors a scam? I found a trailer I want and the seller tells me to purchase it through eBay motors. Is this legit or a scam?

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Scam. They will tell you that they are using an eBay warehouse to store the vehicle, you will have a Five Day Test Drive before the funds are released to the seller, and they will ask you to pay using gift cards. There are no eBay warehouses and there is no Five Day Test Drive. Only pay for a vehicle after you have inspected it, and remember eBay has no involvement in the delivery or final payment of a vehicle, boat, or trailer.

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@jessm5293 

 

If you found the trailer on another site, it's a scam and has nothing to do with Ebay.

Have a great day.
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Did you find the item on ebay.com?

 

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:

 

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.com, find the vehicle on eBay and complete the checkout process on eBay. You may have to pay a deposit. Then you typically meet the seller to inspect the vehicle and pay the seller.

 

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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@jessm5293 wrote:

Is eBay motors a scam? I found a trailer I want and the seller tells me to purchase it through eBay motors. Is this legit or a scam?


eBay motors is 100% legit. That said it sounds like your situation is a scam that is using ebay motors to try to make it seem legit

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Is it the Prince of Zumundi that is selling it?

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Yes THAT is a SCAM.    eBay motors is for real. However, it's for in person sales. The buyer goes and inspects the item and only then pays for it. Also such items have to be listed on eBay.   eBay never assists in sales or payments of items listed on other sites.

 

Many scammers say they will "use" eBay motors to make the sale.  All LIES.  

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Is the trailer listed on eBay motors?  If not, it is definitely a scam.

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It sounds like scam, and if you have to pay before you see that motors, I'm sure it's scam.

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