While looking at the private adds on Autotrader for a Cooper S I was struck by one advertised for £4801, it being a 2003 with 30k miles and supposedly in excellent condition. It turned out that the seller had bought the car in the UK but was now selling it from Switzerland. The price was low I was told because the owner had tried to sell it to Swiss dealers but they were not interested in it because it was RHD. I was further told that the owner would go halves on the shipping and insurance charge, this being about £600. The payment method I found puzzling. It was suggested to me I should use eBay's Protected Payment system which I was told would involve sending the payment to Ebay, who would then hold this until the car arrived at my address with the full logbook etc. Only after I was fully satisfied with the car would I then instruct eBay to make payment to the seller. I am registered with eBay but was only aware of the PayPal method.
I would welcome further comments
Edited by Dynamic Dave on 01/04/2008 at 14:48
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