Please be VERY careful if considering buying a vehicle through eBay. There is NO BUYER PROTECTION WHATSOEVER for vehicles bought here, however you pay.
Don't believe anyone who claims otherwise, or that eBay will hold your payment safe until you have approved the vehicle. These promises are faked, and do not come from eBay. In one morning alone three buyers each lost over £6,000 to this scam when the cars they paid for turned out not to exist.
There are scams everywhere. In a recent TV programme abour organised crime a senior police officer reported that one criminal gang alone had registered "multiple hundreds" of fake accounts on eBay specifically to place fraudulent listings for motor vehicles.
The golden rule is not to pay anything, not even a deposit, until you have seen the vehicle, inspected it thoroughly, including the paperwork, and had an HPI check. Then pay in cash, which is the only method of payment that is safe for both buyer and seller.
If a seller comes up with excuses not to accept these conditions walk away from it.
