Internet web sites, online auctions and classified postings, along with email, has caused the world of classic and collector car owners to shrink tremendously. Now, locating and paying for a car, a part, or accessory across oceans is only a 'click' away. This goes for selling your 'pride-and-joy', or surplus parts, too.

Unfortunately, this convenience, and possibly 'too-good-to-be-true' prices or 'deals', are sometimes accompanied with unwanted problems that could prove to be very costly. Remember the old addage "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is."

If you have any doubts about an Internet or email transaction, play it safe before you commit your hard-earned dollars, or particularly before you divulge your credit card or banking information, or commit funds.

CHECK OUT THE LATEST INFORMATION ON INTERNET SCHEMES AT THE INTERNET CRIME COMPLAINT CENTER (IC3) AT THE LINK SHOWN BELOW. ALSO, IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN VICTIMIZED, FOLLOW THE LINK ON THE IC3 SITE TO FILE A COMPLAINT.

D.A. Gillespie
1986 XJ6 Sovereign

Submitted by silver007@shaw.ca on Mon, 02/06/2006 - 19:14

Art Dickenson.
1983 XJS GT "Silver"
Pacific Jaguar.ca

Personally I do not wish to pay an extra charge that paypal appear to levy on their customers, I prefer to use my Visa.If they do not accept Visa I go elsewhere.

Submitted by stuross41@eart… on Mon, 02/06/2006 - 13:07

1974 XKE OTS
Last year I sold my E-Type on Ebay with the help of an experienced friend. It was bought by a Canadian real estate salesman from Montreal. He did ask some questions and we strongly suggested that he have the car inspected. He did not inspect the car but bought it and wire transferred the money to my account except for $2k through PayPal. His transporters did inspect the car and phoned him to say the car was OK and appeared as represented in the photos. But once he got the car, he protested to PayPal that it was misrepresented and demanded $5k returned. The car was sold "as is" and he refused a pre-sale inspection, but PayPal made me give him $2k. Since it was my friend's account and my refusal to refund the money would have impacted his sales on Ebay, I had to comply. I told the PayPal representative that I felt the buyer was using PayPal to get the car at a reduced price and since he had the car and it was his mechanic's post sale inspection that they believed (plus his refusal to inspect the car before the sale)that there was somethinmg wrong with this picture. A small claims court would have upheld me based on his refusal of my offer of a pre-sale inspection and the fact that the sale was "as is". While your situation with the broker may be different than my experience, I want people to be aware of the dangers of dealing with both EBay and especially with PayPal.
Just be careful when dealing with "remote" buyers.It seems that "as is" sales do not have much weight at least with PayPal. Since then, I have heard other similar stories of sellers getting the short end of the deal from PayPal.

2000 S-Type V8

Submitted by gdilliard@disc… on Mon, 02/06/2006 - 11:34

Has anybody had any dealings with a LAWRENZO PENEROH regarding the potential purchase of their vehicle posted in the classifieds. He is supposedly a broker and wants to buy the vehicle for a client. He has agreed to pay via bank to bank wire transfer and has not asked for any money back, etc. His interst in the vehicle seems genuine, i.e. he has asked most of the right questions about the condition of the car and so forth (most of the scam artist don't even ask any questions about the car itself). The guy sounds legitimate, but I can't help being skeptical. Just thought I would ask around.