Sorry but Paypal are a NOGO area on car sales.

The buyer can get Paypal to refund him if he claims there is a fault - and you can do little to stop it.

And a really unscrupulous buyer can hack your account if you are careless. or unlucky .

So you can end up sans car and money... and a false buyer name with an empty Paypal address.

Strangley, many start in Liverpool...

Been there, had it done for £hundreds (PC not car), got my money back.. But hassle.

(and a Livepudlian as well)

Edited by madf on 05/11/2010 at 17:03

Ref the payment issue,

im a small time car dealer and regularly take in cash.about 4 years ago i took two thousand pounds to my local bank, included in which were a couple of forged twenties.the bank seized them .b***** annoying. i had no idea.

They were watermarked and had a broken foil strip.

that same day i bought from e bay, for £20, an ultra violet forged note detector.its battery operated and is simple to use.forged notes show a bright reflection ,proper bank notes dont reflect the light and remain dull.

Since then i reckon that i have saved about two hundred pounds a year by picking out the forgeries. ive not had any more notes confiscated by the bank.

i beleive that 99% of my buyers dont know they are offering forged notes ,the really worrying thing is that on 4 occasions i have found forged notes that i firmly beleive my customer has collected from his bank to pay me with.

i understand banks rely on the tellers being able to detect forgeries by feel and dont check notes by ultra violet light.

so ,until the forgers find a way to stop ultra violet reflecting off thier notes ,which they surely will , i recommend any one who has to take in cash to use one of these detectors.

tony g