selling a car on ebay

soolin

PLEASE...NO PAYPAL ON COLLECTED ITEMS.

It doesn't matter if you ask for receipts, get photos of the item being collected or do any other thing recommended by a friend, you WILL have the money taken back if the buyer claims he did not receive the car. No argument, no appeal you WILL lose.

As for bank details..perfectly safe for sellers as they cannot be recalled, disastrous for buyers as once paid they are lost for ever. When you give your bank details you are giving people less info that you do when you write a cheque..a cheque has all your bank details +plus+ your signature and the name on the account. To do a bank transfer you don't even need the name of the account holder. All that can happen is that people can fraudulently pay money into your account..if you are worried about the safety of this then obviously you need to give up cheques and debit cards as well..so all you are left with is money under your mattress.

carlos700

Cardata have just called they say they have buyers willing to pay full asking price for my car.They said they are a finance company and they will send buyers to my house to view car.He wanted me to pay £59 then he said i will get that back when car sells .

Thanks to someone on here who warned me to stay away i told him i was not interested.

How do cardata work ?

tomstickland

By charging you £59.

melliott1963

soolin wrote: »

As for bank details..perfectly safe for sellers as they cannot be recalled, disastrous for buyers as once paid they are lost for ever. When you give your bank details you are giving people less info that you do when you write a cheque..a cheque has all your bank details +plus+ your signature and the name on the account. To do a bank transfer you don't even need the name of the account holder. All that can happen is that people can fraudulently pay money into your account..if you are worried about the safety of this then obviously you need to give up cheques and debit cards as well..so all you are left with is money under your mattress.

Thanks for backing me up on this point. Some people just can't grasp this concept.

alant1000 and carlos700 - So neither of you have ever written a cheque to anyone? Or what about paying with a debit card? Every time you hand this over to a stranger in a shop, it contains your sort code and account number.