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Umm, when I was a kid I used to buy & sell a LOT of cars..maybe bought 3 a week and sold another 3. These were ~2k cars (1980's) I was never"afraid to carry cash" to buy a car, nor did I have any issues with buyers asking me to take checks, etc. It was always cash. It still exists today. More people should use it. It's very handy.
Quoted from Reality_Studio:It's actually even worse than that. I sold a phone on ebay, the buyer used it for a month, decided he didn't want it anymore, made a fake claim with paypal and got his money back. When he sent me the phone back it was very visibly worn and damaged. I submitted pictures of it in a counter claim with paypal saying the phone is now worthless because he ruined it and paypal didn't care, they literally told me "These things happen" and ruled against me. So with paypal a buyer can take your item, use it, ruin it, and send you back a now less valuable item and there is zero you can do about it.
^^This^^
I had a close friend of mine sell his documented HUO Truck Stop to someone on ebay. He got top dollar (at the time) for it, IIRC ~$3000.00. He had shipped it thru Pilot Air. Buyer received it in about a week and confirmed that. Money was transacted via PayPal. All was perfect for about 6 weeks and then he gets a claim notice from PayPal claiming "item not as described"....they yanked $3000.00 from his account and began their kangaroo court system of "investigation".
Long story short, they buyer claimed that at some point, the playfield glass must've been broken because there were hairline scratches on the playfield. It took him a month & a half to concoct this "defect".
My friend gave in and said to ship the pin back and all will be forgotten. He said, "No-YOU come & get it !" Keep in mind this was located in TX and he's in CT. Bottom line, PayPal refunded the buyer and he got to KEEP the pin, and my buddy is out 3K PLUS the pin!
Paypal is an excellent medium for scamming people, believe me.
Quoted from Ericpinballfan:For 3k, thats worth a plane trip and knock on the door.
My sentiments exactly.
Quoted from TwoHeartedMale:PayPal allows you to pay someone for a pin with a credit card. Duh
....and with that comes risks.
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