im noticed that ebay sells cars, everyone is telling me that its a bad idea but the ones im looking at are from used car dealerships and they have a 100.00% rating and have had all good commments. is this something i should just forget about or do you think it would be okay?
Ebay is safe to use, IF you use it SAFELY.
If it sounds sketchy, it probably is.
If you can contact the person through messages or email, thats good, it helps you get a better feel for how trustworthy they are.
Ratings are very important, the higher, the better. Personally I never buy anything from someone with a rating lower than 95%.
You can also look at a sellers feedback and comments, those are very helpfull.
Another great feature about Ebay motors is that you can have insurance on the purchase, so that if something DOES go wrong, you dont lose any money.
But yes, craigslist is also a good option, you should try both places.
christina answered Saturday August 8 2009, 5:55 pm: I wouldn't trust it. Sometimes E-Bay does not have legit sellers & that makes it very easy to get scams. Sometimes scams are easy to point out and sometimes they're not. Most of the time when you send a person your money (when it's a scam) they take it & send you nothing. So you don't get whatever you think you're paying for.
I'd say www.craigslist.org would be a better deal because the exchanges are in person, but even that's not safe because you never know who you're going to meet & whether they're dangerous or not. I would suggest that you go to an actual dealership & purchase a vehicle. That way you know that the person is legit & that you're actually getting the car before you hand over any money.
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