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Quoted from AFM95:Well, if he can do 33 more $7,500 transactions through F&F and not get f$%#ed over again, he would break even as if he was selling through Goods and Services the entire time.
The question is, what are the odds that this will happen again in the next 33 transactions?
Probably pretty good, now that he's shown us all the procedure for getting a free TZ machine from him...
I'm still a bit confused as to why a local business (completing a local in-person sale) would even consider using PayPal in any way.
They should either be getting cash, or doing a straight credit card transaction (and if you have to add a couple % for the CC fee, so be it).
Yes, a bad customer could still do a charge back on the CC, but you'd be in a much better position to dispute/resolve it.
I'm curious whose idea it was to do this transaction with PayPal (especially with the Friends and Family option).
If the store owner suggested this, then as a buyer I would see that as a big red flag, and want to know why he can't just take my credit card (or accept cash).
If the buyer suggested this, then as a seller I would see that as a big red flag, and want to know why he just can't pay with his credit card (or pay cash).
An in-person transaction using PayPal F&F is fishy in either direction.
Quoted from sbmania:I feel a whole lot more secure in my ability to tell a real $100 from a fake one than my ability to tell a fake cashiers check from a real one!
Not only that, but if a scammer is actually attempting to pass counterfeit bills, you will have a WHOLE lot more help from law enforcement than you would with someone doing a credit card charge back.
Passing fake bills is clearly a crime (and a federal one at that), as opposed to a disputed credit card transaction - which (as others have stated here) is usually a civil matter.
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