I've tried to buy cars twice on ebay.
The first one was located in FL- so I drove halfway across the state only to find out they had completely lied about the condition of the car, etc. So it wound up a waste of time and gas.
The second one was in California. I was leary about an out of state deal to begin with- so I told the seller I would give him 1k down payment, put the rest in an escrow account and release the funds when the car was received. Then he changed his mind and wanted the full amount wired to his bank account. Yeah, right. So after almost a month of bickering I told him I was just going to fly out there and pay him cash for title and ship the car myself. He wrote me back "Nevermind, just sold it to someone else."
It kinda broke my heart because I had a REAL strong crush on that car, but due to his reaction I can only assume he stole the pics and was running a scam. What a dick.
