[DeTomaso] NPC: Question about car buying on eBay

Garth Rodericks garth_rodericks at yahoo.com
Fri Dec 5 13:49:39 EST 2008


That may be true.
 
The point I'm trying to make is that the original message/offer posted to this forum for 
review is without a doubt an attempt to defraud someone out of their money!
 
ANY TIME a "seller" mentions the "ebay buyer protection program" or an escrow or trust 
account in the initial message or if they elaborate about how it's a safe transaction, 
especially if they're offering to ship the car for your "approval," run like hell because IT IS A SCAM!!!


--- On Fri, 12/5/08, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:

From: Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] NPC: Question about car buying on eBay
To: garth_rodericks at yahoo.com, "De Tomaso List" <detomaso at realbig.com>
Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 9:52 AM




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Ebay used to offer an escrow service, where you agreed terms with the seller and the money was held in a third party account until the car was delivered. They certainly never inspected anything and I think it was more a case of 'confirmed delivery' to release the funds, not a 100 point check list.
 
Ebay now recommends www.Escrow.com, which low and behold like Paypal is 100% owned by Ebay and (like Paypal) the distinction just puts more smoke and mirrors in the way of actually filing a claim. 
 
Julian
 
 
BEWARE!!!
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Ebay's buyer protection programs do NOT provide any kind of escrow services. They are to help you remedy a COMPLETED transaction that didn't meet your expectations.? 
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AND, scammers copy text and graphics from these pages to send you official-looking emails to lure you into sending money.
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BUT, THERE IS NO CAR !!!??? These scams are designed to lure you into parting with your money, often under the false imprsession that you haven't parted with it yet.
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+++ Original Message +++This is the Vehicle Protection Program Page:
http://pages.motors.ebay.com/buy/purchase-protection/index.html

The other auto protection they offer is listed here:
http://pages.motors.ebay.com/buy/condition-guarantee/index.html

Neither say anything about an escrow/inspection service.

You could always send his email to ebay and see what they say.




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