PayPal is 1 of the worst ways to use for a transaction, being a buyer or especially being a seller. I have sold many items world wide and you have to watch out being a seller. I used to sell that required PayPal friends and family because that was supposed to be safer. It’s not, there are ways to commit fraud with this method and you being a seller, you have already sent your item to the buyer, paid for shipping, and you have no money for it. Also, PayPal and some of the others mentioned tend to side with the buyers. I could write a small book on what to watch out for when dealing with buyers: for example, I would send a $5000 piece of equipment and what the buyer would try to do is send his broken piece of equipment back and want his money back, so you get his old broken piece while he keeps yours. I heard about this before doing any transactions so I make sure I have the serial # or I mark up the piece inside or out of sight so when they request a return, I tell PayPal or the other bank if it’s the same item with my markings on it, I will gladly return the money. I stopped 2 people trying this.
1 more: always get an adult signature on acceptance so you have a record of the buyer receiving it (this doesn’t work for overseas transactions so be aware). I have stopped multiple people claiming they didn’t receive the item and they want their money back because they were too stupid to realize I have a record of them actually receiving the piece.
Now, anything fragile/expensive it’s done local and with cash
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