Quoted from Jdawg4422:in my situation above how can one be ripped off? If it is possible i would like to know. I have read through all of vids guide and the only negative he states about F&F gift is that they can charge back with a CC. Well if i watched him send it to me and he did not fund it with a CC then according to vids guide i cant be ripped off correct?
If you told them to send you the money as a "gift" then you will now be guilty of fraud and/or violating paypal terms of service by outright lying. This is because paypal will 1099 you for goods sold if they exceed a certain amount, and trying to circumvent that by selling goods under the guise of gift puts you at various other risks. This is something the buyer will be happy to let paypal know when he begins to scam you, after which paypal will very quickly convert your "gift" money transfer to a "goods" transfer.
In any other circumstance, as previously stated, the buyer can at anytime say the item you sold him isn't as described for any reason, even after using your item for many weeks, and you are now screwed. Even if you are able to get your pinball machine back you will still be out shipping costs, and you will have no idea if you even got the same table back. The scammer could have swapped dmd's, coils, who knows, and again their is nothing you can do about it.
I mean it's your money at the end of the day, if you want to gamble then go ahead.