So, don't do it!

Or get readies paid to you at a bank and pay them in before releasing the car.

The amount of scams of this nature would make me run a mile.

Thanks Davey.

That sounds like the way it works. But do paypal simply pay up or do they discuss the refund with the seller ?

I don't accept PayPal or credit card payments both of which can be reversed for several reasons.

An interesting point - I'd always assumed that credit cards were often refused for larger items because of the commission paid by the retailer - but the potential reversal of credit card payments is clearly good reason not to accept them.

On the issue of cash, it's good practice to accompany the buyer to your bank where the money is paid into your account before handing the vehicle over - that way any fake notes are checked for properly by the bank.

Ive now heard that if the buyer pays by Pay pal they can lodge a dispute and effectively claim their monwy back from your Pay Pal account even if there is no money in there.

So it leaves a debit in the account which Pay Pal persue with bailiffs etc.

Is this correct?

Ive now heard that if the buyer pays by Pay pal they can lodge a dispute and effectively claim their monwy back from your Pay Pal account even if there is no money in there.

So it leaves a debit in the account which Pay Pal persue with bailiffs etc.

Is this correct?

Not entirely. Since your PayPal account is linked to either a credit or debit car (or both) all PayPal will do is to take the cash from you. No need for bailiffs unless your bank account is empty.

You cannot stop them, its in the T & C's.

If you close your account PP can get you through the legal system ie a CCJ as you have already agreed toPP terms and conditions

I have had a couple of claims though my business with con artists and moaners and with out fail PP always favour in the claim of the buyer no matter what .

Do not use PP for large payments

Let us know how it goes, if you can.

I have skimmed the agreement, and it does say that motor vehicles are excluded from "Buyer Protection". However, items that have been collected are not eligible for "Seller Protection". I'm not sure where that would leave a vendor if the payment had been made fraudulently (i.e. by someone other than the account holder).

If an account has been used fraudulently, then the account holder has up to 13 months to report it and unless he has acted fraudulently or negligently himself he is likley to be reimbursed by Pay Pal. Whether that could result in a clawback is not clear to me.