Sold my gamecube with 20 games on ebay. buyer with 0 feedback,wants to send paypal.

[x-batman]

Buyer has a feedback score of 0 (1 positive and 1 negative, the positive is old and I cannot see what it was for, the negative is recent and is from a purchase of AS-IS gamecube cables)

Anyways they want to pay by paypal. They sent me a link showing they were verified by paypal (it was a real paypal link). (One thing I should note is that their paypal email address is different from their ebay email address). But I have a couple of questions...
I recently read the post by a user here who sold an xbox 360 on ebay and the buyer had the payment reversed stating they never recieved the xbox. Now I do not want to get burned like this. How can I assure this of me? Should I ask for Western Union instead? Am I out of line in asking for western union instead of paypal?

Opinions?

[divx]

say NO to ebay

[akwok]

Buyer has a feedback score of 0 (1 positive and 1 negative, the positive is old and I cannot see what it was for, the negative is recent and is from a purchase of AS-IS gamecube cables)

Anyways they want to pay by paypal. They sent me a link showing they were verified by paypal (it was a real paypal link). (One thing I should note is that their paypal email address is different from their ebay email address). But I have a couple of questions...
I recently read the post by a user here who sold an xbox 360 on ebay and the buyer had the payment reversed stating they never recieved the xbox. Now I do not want to get burned like this. How can I assure this of me? Should I ask for Western Union instead? Am I out of line in asking for western union instead of paypal?

Opinions?

You aren't out of line at all. If you ship with tracking, it theoretically should save you from being burnt. But then again, I don't trust Paypal much or at all, after the experiences I've had with them.

I suggest escrow, money order, or western union.

[akwok]

say NO to ebay

Good advice.


... not.

[mrgrieves]

Like the poster above said, just ship with tracking within 7 days of payment and you should be fine - in theory.

Just make sure you withdraw the money from your PayPal account as soon as it comes in. That way, even if it does get reversed by his CC company PayPal cant do anything to you anyway.

Never keep a PayPal balance!

[AnimeEd]

I thought you could get a negative Paypal balance

[akwok]

I thought you could get a negative Paypal balance

Yes, but you needn't necessarily fill it back up . I hear the harassing phone calls end sooner or later.. heh.

I was too chicken (bad credit isn't worth the money!) and I refilled the $350 USD negative balance I had.. blah.

[divx]

Good advice.


... not.

well, say no to paypal

[Arrow]

This sounds pretty risky. He could be a legitimate bidder, but who knows. I would ask for Email Money Transfer or a Money Order.

[Jon Lai]

Yes, but you needn't necessarily fill it back up . I hear the harassing phone calls end sooner or later.. heh.

I was too chicken (bad credit isn't worth the money!) and I refilled the $350 USD negative balance I had.. blah.

Do they charge you interest?

[x-batman]

This sounds pretty risky. He could be a legitimate bidder, but who knows. I would ask for Email Money Transfer or a Money Order.

Can people from the United States send us Canadians an Email money transfer?

[jerryhung]

Can people from the United States send us Canadians an Email money transfer?

NO

But you could ask for International Money Order, or something that can't be reversed/chargeback

I won't sell to any 0 feedback buyer, they are just too scary, unless they want to pick up locally

[x-batman]

NO

But you could ask for International Money Order, or something that can't be reversed/chargeback

I won't sell to any 0 feedback buyer, they are just too scary, unless they want to pick up locally

Ya, I had set buyer requirements allowing no one with under +4 feedback to bid,but it still let him bid? i was like wtf!

[Txiasaeia]

Who's the next highest bidder? If you stated that you'd only accept bidders with a certain level of feedback, and this guy didn't make the cut, then sell it to the next guy (who's hopefully got more feedback). BUT AVOID PAYPAL! There have been too many threads here on RFD about Paypal going wrong, not to mention my own personal distaste of the "company."

[x-batman]

or would this be applausible, have them paypal me the money, then I immediately paypal my friend the money (and have the friend put it in their bank account and give me cash) and mail his package (with tracking and a pic of the tracking slip/declared value). That should be enough to stop it correct?