Are there any sites to use other than paypal.. Ive had it with ebay and paypal...they seem to become a scammers dream come true..i know this isnt the right place but it get the most views.. Thank you!!
Some banks have apps where you can send friends money. I used to use a chase app to pay for my gym membership directly.
Western union if you want to pay through the nose.
Postal money orders are cheap but slow.
COD - again expensive and a pain.
The horror....
Paypal and ebay are a scammers dream. It is amazing how much the buyer is backed and not the seller. I have a friend that sells sports memorabilia and it is amazing the crap people pull. He had a guy buy a pair of signed never worn shoes and then forcefully made ebay make my friend take the return even though he does not take returns (WTF?). Long story short the dumb shit wore them and scuffed them pretty good. My buddy had to go through so much crap to get his money back but they eventually sided with him. He got his money back and the guy got his scuffed shoes back.
Protect yourself:
I just sold a body kit to a guy who lives in mexico and wanted it shipped to a relatives house in CA. He was willing to pay fees without asking and was wanting to pay fast so it seemed a little sketchy. He sent the funds but from his account in mexico and did not put his brothers address as the ship to. I refunded the money immediately as this is a common method of getting stuff free - pay with a hacked account and ship to an address in the comments = free stuff. He had his brother pay me with the correct shipping info and all was good. Even with the language barrier he understood what the issue was.
Read the rules:
For 180 days (the length someone has to make a claim with paypal):
Take lots of pictures before you ship something, keep all tracking info, SHIP ONLY TO THE ADDRESS THEY HAVE LISTED AS A SHIPPING ADDRESS WITH PAYPAL (it is easy for them to change the shipping address prior to sending funds), leave your for sale post intact. Do not remove info - I see people for some dumb ass reason do that here all the time - it is going to be pretty hard prove what photos you had posted if you remove them and they will side with the buyer.
So yeah what happened?