themarkg- For the transaction itself, you would have your normal PayPal Purchase Protections; if you don't receive the item, you can always dispute it. Since you would have to 'gift' the fees (otherwise the receiver would pay fees on the fees), you would have no protections through PayPal. You probably have protections provided by your credit card, but really you'd want to check with them.
Hv- I'm sure it's possible that there are legitimate offers for vehicles on Craigslist using PayPal; unfortunately I've yet to see one. Of course, I spend my time here where all I hear are the horror stories, so take that as you will. You could always get their email address and invoice them; them just having the email address for your PayPal account wouldn't cause too many issues, other than possibly opening yourself up to 'PayPal' emails telling you that money is available when it's not.
But two real big cautions: 1) If it is fraudulent, you're going to get a lot of emails from 'PayPal' telling you the money's there, probably asking you to wire money via Western Union or something like that. They'll look very legitimate, but won't be. Always make sure to check your PayPal balance to see if the money's available before doing anything. 2) There is no Seller Protection for vehicles, so if the payment is legitimate and then they come back and say they didn't get anything or it was unauthorized, you would stand a very good chance of losing the money and the item. Best option for vehicles is really money in your hand. 🙂
Andy
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