The helpers will say who would accept a paypal payment for a car or a boat ....................me......... those registration transfer papers will beat an australia post docket any day regarding delivery.   Last car I sold and accepted paypal the fee for the $2400 was $88 odd dollars

This is really REALLY bad advice, probably due to obliviousness about the real lrisk of accepting Paypal on such a purchase.

The risk is NOT from Paypal (which actually is relatively safe). The issue is not whether or not there was "delivery" - that is easily proven.

The problem and REAL RISK is that the person who pays uses a Credit Card to fund the payment. Credit Cards have "buyer protection", and all the card-holder needs to say is that the payment was "unauthorised"....

This causes a reversal of the transaction - the card holder gets their money back (and that gets taken back from the seller without authorisation). The fact that an item was delivered is NOT relevant, and there is no requirement to return the item. It is not relevant whether the item receiver and card holder are the same or different people... the transaction is reversed BY THE BANK, it has nothing to do with Paypal.

Paypal protects sellers against this kind of situation (with Seller Protection) if the item is posted, but this protection is SPECIFICALLY excluded for items that are picked up (and Motor Vehicles too).

So, to re-state... the risk is NOT from Paypal, but somes from accepting Credit Card payments. The credit card payment can be reversed up to 90 days (sometimes longer) after the transaction, and there is NOTHING that the seller can do about it. Therefore, it is really really risky to accept Paypal for items that are collected in person. Just don't do it.