Not all sellers accept PayPal. To limit purchases only to those who do would have me missing out on a lot of good items.
Ever try to buy a car with PayPal? It gets expensive.
Not excepting PayPal would be the first red flag. I haven't missed out on anything but rip offs by not buying from members that shun PayPal. Cars are another animal that none of this applies to. If you buy a car like it's a regular eBay item then you are bound to get substantially burned....