| I don't mean to rain on your parade, but be careful with Paypal, and make sure you send stuff to be signed for on delivery not just proof of posting.
Briefly, my mate had these 2 experiences last year.
1) sold a mobile phone/PC thingy which was bought for about £200 or so. The buyer paid by credit card into mate's Paypal account and he sent the item. The credit card eventually turned out to be stolen, even though Paypal had processed the tranaction and the moeny was in his account. Paypal aren't bothered about trying to trace the buyer, it is easier to claim the money back from the seller. Which they are doing!
2) He sold some concert tickets for about £100. He sent them to the buyer and got proof of postage. The buyer claimed they had not arrived (a day or 2 before the event) and Paypal INSTANTLY refunded the buyer's credit card without any checks with the seller. The assumption was that the seller was ripping off the buyer. He is now in dispute with Paypal over both of these.
Just feel I ought to share this, as it's not all as safe and trouble free as they'd have you think.
Henry
(at his most pessimistic!)  |