No way. Someone paypal gifts you, you think you're safe, you send the pin. The buyer then goes to their credit card company and disputes the charge. How, in any way, is that safe for the seller?
Quoted from Thunder424:I still stand by my PayPal remark. It's safe for the buyer AND seller.
You'll be fine if you want to go to court. You might even have to sue the person in their state, who wants to deal with an out of state law suit and all that BS when you could have just taken cash?
Quoted from Thunder424:As a seller, if you document everything, take tons of pictures, pay the proper fees, tracking, etc., you'll be fine.
On Pinside, I'm not very worried about flat out fraud. If I send someone money, it's pretty obvious that you're going to get a game. The issue is, with some of these FS threads, you can catch sellers overstating the condition of their game, stretching the truth etc.
As the buyer, you need to ask very good questions, question everything. I'd be more worried about paying $5K for a game and getting a game worth $4,200. Ask the right questions, deal with the right sellers and you should get the game you paid for.
As a seller, same deal. I lay out the terms of the sale I'm comfortable with and I only want to sell to people who are comfortable buying. I've called off more than one sale just by sensing apprehension from the other end. I want people who are sure and who will be happy. The last thing I want is to sell to someone who might not be happy with the game or the transaction.