I saw a car on ebay located in the UK that I want to Purchase. I have been instructed by the seller to send?

Question

money via western union to Yahoo Finance agent Steve Sadler, 19 Midland Road, Bedford UK Yahoo Finance Invoice ID 738120065 Is this ligit? please advise if you know. Clayton Porter 912-635-9330 or [e-mail] Thanks

Answer 1

It's a scam man I buy and sell cars off ebay and I see those scams all the time, Dont buy anything out of this country or you

will be sorry.

Answer 2

Not a wise thing to do. Buy a car sight unseen ? And do you know how much it'd cost to ship a car from the UK ? $$$$'s....

Answer 3

If you can't go there and buy it in person then I wouldn't. Sending money to a stranger VIA Western Union is a DEFINITE 'NO NO'.

Answer 4

Not wise. eBay actually advises people against using Western Union to pay (in fact they might actually forbid it) and the one time I paid someone through Western Union - I had good reason to trust them and it all worked out - my bank gave me a friendly lecture about whether I was doing the right thing. You have no come-back if the seller reneges on the deal or the good turn out to be not as described.

eBay runs an 'escrow' service which is worth using for high-value purchases. Basically it means that you pay the money into an account that eBay holds, and eBay then releases it to the seller when you've taken delivery and find the goods to be as described. It ought to be well worth using this service in your case, and if the seller won't go along with it then this is good reason to suspect their motives.

Hope that helps.