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Sold my motorbike and the buyer is arranging transport as I am in Scotland and he is in south of England. I got an ebay email saying "sending payment shortly" and the buyer confirmed over the phone the transport/van will be arriving on Saturday. As the buyer himself will not be present at the pick up how will the payment be done? It is cash on collection and apparently he has a code already.  Does that mean he paid and ebay holds the money until I confirm pick up, or once the van shows up,...

4_bathrooms · Accepted Answer

@muzzie30671 wrote:Sold my motorbike and the buyer is arranging transport as I am in Scotland and he is in south of England. I got an ebay email saying "sending payment shortly" and the buyer confirmed over the phone the transport/van will be arriving on Saturday. Buyers cannot pay via eBay for vehicles listed as classified ads (which your motorbike was). You will not receive any payment notifications from eBay because the buyer cannot pay you through eBay. The only payments you c...