Ad-hoc auctions

Is it ok with ebay to create ad-hoc auctions for a single buyer?
I mean, here's the scenario:

I find something into a random classified site (craigslist, gumtree, etc) but i'd like the seller to ship me the item. I can't trust the seller, who the hell is him? Will he ship? Who covers my ass? Who knows i'm dealing so i can make a chargeback?
So my idea is to jump into ebay. Doing this i'm way more protected from frauds and scams (thanks to the ebay buyer protection program), am i not?

Like telling him "hey i need my ass covered, put up an auction on ebay with the same BIN price you're selling your item on craigslist , and i'll hit it asap. I'll pay all the fees".

Will it work? Will it not break the ebay TOS?

Dont know about the TOS, but Ive done it a number of times when selling on CL, some people wanted the transaction to go through eBay so I just opened an auction with Buy It Now.

dragonlube said:

Dont know about the TOS, but Ive done it a number of times when selling on CL, some people wanted the transaction to go through eBay so I just opened an auction with Buy It Now.

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thanks for the prompt reply.
Do you think ebay will eventually try to save my ass in case of fraud even though the seller needs to make a fresh new ebay account to handle the transaction (= 0 feedbacks)?

If I remember correctly, the protection itself comes from PayPal which offcourse is part of eBay so make sure you pay with paypal, also I think the protection is up to $100 or something not sure.

perfectly ok to do that, you are protected upto the items value if you buy on ebay and pay with paypal

that's why i love bhw thank you all guys

wahats CL?