Cash purchase from credit card

tlh858

phatpigeon wrote: »

You've forgetting the simple fact that I'm not actually a scammer... I'd happily sign a receipt on collection of the car

Signed receipts make absolutely no difference to PayPal - so while you are not a scammer, the seller of the car has no way to know this.

The reality is that for collection only items, PayPal is a totally unsafe method of payment.

phatpigeon

tlh858 wrote: »

Signed receipts make absolutely no difference to PayPal - so while you are not a scammer, the seller of the car has no way to know this.

The reality is that for collection only items, PayPal is a totally unsafe method of payment.

So an actual proper signature written in ink means nothing, but for delivered items a digital signature (which always come out looking garbled) held by the delivery company for a short period of time PayPal accept that as proof of receipt? I don't believe that for a second. Regardless of whether PP accept it a small claims court would and they would certainly accept what the DVLA have filed away as the registered keeper of the vehicle - this isn't an iPad or a Blackberry... But please, don't mind me. Feel free to speculate and hypothesize how I might try to scam this person out of a car when I asked for advice on how to pay them fair and square. :rotfl:

TadleyBaggie

phatpigeon wrote: »

You've forgetting the simple fact that I'm not actually a scammer...

I suspect every scammer would say that too, means not a jot I'm afraid.

ashleypride

phatpigeon wrote: »

So an actual proper signature written in ink means nothing, but for delivered items a digital signature (which always come out looking garbled) held by the delivery company for a short period of time PayPal accept that as proof of receipt? I don't believe that for a second.

tlh858 is absolutely correct.

phatpigeon wrote: »

Regardless of whether PP accept it a small claims court would

Correct.

phatpigeon wrote: »

and they would certainly accept what the DVLA have filed away as the registered keeper of the vehicle

Registered keeper means nothing for ownership.

phatpigeon wrote: »

But please, don't mind me. Feel free to speculate and hypothesize how I might try to scam this person out of a car when I asked for advice on how to pay them fair and square. :rotfl:

Wind your neck in. With cars you at this price you pay in cash, I'd tell anyone offering paypal to get stuffed.

sleeps

As you require a cash advance you can go into any large bank and get the money over the counter, this is how it works overseas and in the UK if you don't want to use a cash point machine.