Originally posted by: lozina
Is it a good idea to allow people to pay you via check/money order if you want to avoid PayPal fees? Or is the a risk to the seller?
Personally, I have a hard time trusting anyone on Ebay. But that's just me. I recently got a nice rechargeable flashlight system from there and the seller had thousands of positive ratings, and it was defective from being used even though they said it was "brand new". The purchase before that had dimensions all wrong (item was MUCH smaller than they said). The purchase before that was a DOA CPU. So I don't buy there anymore.
There's going to be risks with check or MO's, they can be forged/stolen, and there are of course risks with credit cards from them being stolen or forged, at the limit, etc. You are "allegedly" protected from fraud there, but I'd never trust Ebay nor PP to protect you!
They'd find some way to blame it on something you did so they would not be responsible and draw-out the process for a freakin' year.
All I can say, is get as much information as possible from the person, verify it, and if you don't feel comfortable with the transaction, don't do it. Put their names, email & street addresses, phone, etc., all in a search engine and see if anything bad comes up. I always do that with my customers. I've learned the hard way.
zerocool1, still waiting for you to clarify your earlier post.
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