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Old 09-01-2004, 02:21 PM
placo1 placo1 is offline
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Question was asked earlier what one should do when purchasing a car on ebay to insure they're not getting duped. Well my suggestion would be to purchase the car via escrow services offered by Ebay. Basically the buyer sends the amount owed to the escrow service and the seller sends the title to the escrow service. The seller then has the car shipped to the buyer and the buyer has a chance to look the car over in person. If the car is not as represented the buyer at his/her own expense ships the car back to the seller and cancels the deal. If the car is as represented the escrow company releases funds/title to the appropriate person. Charge for this transaction is typically .89% of transaction amount. If a seller is not willing to do this caveat emptor. The buyer can also come to an agreement with the seller offline and purchase the car outside of Ebay after a proper PPI, again if the seller doesn't want to do this caveat emptor.

Sometimes the reason something looks like a good deal is an underlying problem not easily visible through digital pictures or description.
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