Ebay authorized shipping of vehicle

[marcad8778]

I was recently informed by the seller of a vehicle I am interested in that eBAY offers this type of service:

"Hello,

The Rv is in Sioux City at the shipping company. Due to the nature of my job and location, I will not be able to come down and handle this sale, so I prearranged the deal with eBay and my presence won't be necessary. The deal includes free delivery and it will arrive at your address in 3-5 days. You will have 5 days to try out prior to making any purchase and if by any reason you find something you don't like about it you can send it back at my expense.

If you are interested in knowing more info about how it works, I can ask eBay to send you an email with more information on how to purchase it. eBay will contact you shortly after they have the details with all the confirmation that you need to complete the deal. 

If you would like to receive the email from eBay with all the transaction information please reply with your full name, shipping address and phone # and they will contact you right away.

Thank you"

Is this a service provided by eBAY or a possible scam.

Thanks

[victorjunkman55]

This is a SCAM and eBay offers no such service. Keep your money. Good Luck to you.

[a_c_green]

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@marcad8778 wrote:

Is this a service provided by eBAY or a possible scam? 

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It's an old, complete and utter scam. 

Was this a listing that you found on eBay? If so, report it to eBay.

Don't buy a vehicle that you have not inspected in person.

[thatsallfolks]

@marcad8778

As others have said, this is a scam. If you want to buy a vehicle through eBay, buy it from an eBay listing, not through emails. And inspect it BEFORE you pay for it.

[southern*sweet*tea]

Big, fat, stinkin' SCAM.

There is NO vehicle. This is a clever scam to use Ebay's name to sucker people into sending cash or gift cards to the scammer via a very real looking but totally fake Ebay invoice.

• There is NO Ebay shipping company
• There is NO Ebay "try before you buy" plan
• There is NO vehicle whatsoever

Do not contact these scammers. Do not send any money or gift card numbers. Don't send them your phone number or email address.

In short...RUN AWAY

[fashionsandbeauty4u]

This from the eBay website:

http://pages.motors.ebay.com/buy/security/

Everything you're saying this thief is telling you is in there.

This is not a possible scam: it is a bonafide, certified, unjustified scam, plain and simple.

[xgoblazersx]

One way to tell a scam is the complete lack of information they give, but asks for all of yours.  They say, "the shipping company"; which one?  Also, why would eBay email the info to you, and not the seller?  Another is with how complicated the setup sounds.  Nobody legit tells this person to contact you, you contact them, they relay the information to the "seller", they magically have expensive things already in place like storage, etc.