Scammer selling motorhome

[terry11*12]

Hi ive tried to contact ebay regarding the above selling a 2010 motorhome for £13000 willing to reduce to 12000

I was scammed by the same person in December last year selling a similar motorhome , i enquired regarding this one and as soon I spoke to him the memories came flooding back , same Irish accent , he was selling due to ill health , sent a muted video of the motorhome along with passport and logbook , was willing to bring down to £12000 

Without me  asking, 

I lost £1000 deposit and flew down to a house to be told I was the 3rd person that week to enquire about the van , the passport and logbook details are false 

Ebay has twice emailed back saying they didn’t find the content to be in violation of our policy. 

But on anther hand said if something is too good to be true or heavily discounted it is breach of violation 

[papso22]

Ebay does very basic checks on the content of the listing itself, they take no account of any background information. 

I don't understand your last sentence. 

[terry11*12]

Ebay own policy states ,if a item  that is heavily discounted or too good to be true they do not allow that 

[tressygirl]

@terry11*12  wrote:  Ebay own policy states ,if a item  that is heavily discounted or too good to be true they do not allow that 

That is not true,  eBay does not dictate a seller's prices,  but if you can find the actual written policy stating this,  always happy to learn !

@terry11*12 

[john1297576]

AI could not detect if a price is too good to be true.

However paying for or even paying a deposit on  something you have not even seen or which does not even exist is something under your control.

There is no protection, money back guarantee, on vehicles.

[terry11*12]

 this is from ebay 

[*vyolla*]

That's not an eBay policy page, it just a guide offering some sensible advice.

Nobody can determine whether a price is 'too good to be true', it's not possible to differentiate between a seller using an unrealistically low price as 'bait' and another who doesn't know the value of their item so heavily underprices it. 

Nobody should be scammed over a vehicle -  consumer sites and programmes have been advising for as long as I recall that you don't pay money to a stranger. You go and collect your vehicle, inspect it, check the paperwork and then pay.

[red_magpie]

Offering items for sale at prices that seem too good to be true, or are heavily discounted, is not a policy violation. This is just correctly suggested to buyers as a possible warning sign of fraud.

You haven't understood how eBay works. At any time there are literally millions of items for sale here, including probably thousands of obviously (or not obviously) fraudulent listings. eBay doesn't attempt, or even claim to attempt to scrutinise listings or prices - least of all for 16 year old motorhomes!

To understand the reality of eBay, read section 2 of the legal agreement. eBay specifically warns buyers that they do not guarantee the quality of items sold here, or that they will be truthfully described, safe or even legal. If anything should be a warning sign for buyers, this is it.

Motor vehicles are even excluded from their own, 30 day money back guarantee. The only safe way to buy is not to pay anything, not even a deposit, until you have seen and inspected the vehicle. Then pay by cash or other safe method. By the way, you are not the first buyer to be referred to an address where a confused householder has had multiple "buyers" turning up to collect the same, non-existent vehicle. One had so many that he produced an information sheet to explain how to report this fraud to the police.