Can Ebay be a third party company to complete a payment?

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I want to buy a car which is in UK. The seller says the money will be handled with ebay as a third party. Suppously I will deposit the money with ebay an they'll hold it until I receive the car, if everything is as agreed only by then the seller will receive the money from ebay. If i delcide that Im not happy with what Im getting then Ebay will refund me the money and the seller will take care of the shipping back to the UK. since he is a Col. in the Air Force. Suppously...I guess the question is this true? I dont want to played and end up paying to something I dont know for sure. Everything sounds scketchy but at the same he is selling a 2007 Acura TL for only $5000 which normally they cost about $30 Ks or maybe a littl emore...with 37,000 millage...I never heard about Ebay being a third party...I know there is people that scam into ebay and take peoples money...so i just want to be sure before i make any decissions.

peterthegreat

This is a common scam. Guess everyone hasn't heard about it. Here's the details:
http://www.used-car-advisor.com/car-seller-scam.htm

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Marc

SCAM!!! Do NOT send anything to these people. This is one of the oldest cons around. They have no car. Ebay does not EVER act as an "escrow" company or have anything to do with sales "off site". "MIKE" is one of the people scammers love. He can't tell this whole thing is phony.

Mike

Well, if you list it on ebay and complete a transaction, you will have something to fall back on if the transaction goes awry. You should have any specific details you want fulfilled listed specifically in the auction so that if it is not the way you wanted it, there is written proof in the auction that it was supposed to be this way. Ebay doesn't actually handle the money, you would have to go through paypal or a money order, but paypal will make sure there is a clean transaction, and if you complete the order through ebay, you can send a money order with some sort of tracking or confirmation that can confirm you are sending it which would give you some peace of mind. It is pretty safe, but make sure specifics are listed in the auction so that you do not get a product that is less than your standards. By the way, it does sound very sketchy...almost too good to be true.

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