Good payment options?
05-14-19, 07:50 AM
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Good payment options?
Did a search and did not find much, so here is my question.
Have sold lots of bits on eBay and used PayPal. All good so far. I have a bike on Craigslist that someone in another state is interested in. He seems legit. So, what is the best and safest way to get payment?
Paypal? How do you work this?
Postal money order? I did this in ebay in the early days. Cash the money order and then ship item.
Other?
thanks
Robert
Have sold lots of bits on eBay and used PayPal. All good so far. I have a bike on Craigslist that someone in another state is interested in. He seems legit. So, what is the best and safest way to get payment?
Paypal? How do you work this?
Postal money order? I did this in ebay in the early days. Cash the money order and then ship item.
Other?
thanks
Robert
05-14-19, 07:56 AM
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Paypal gives you some protection about a deal gone awry. Safest thing to do is find someone that would help facilitate - where's it located?
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Paypal still seems to work best for these transactions.
Up until now, I've been happy using the "send money to friends/family" option or whatever it's called, to avoid Paypal nicking a chunk.
Unfortunately they're closing that loophole, so you'll want to increase your price by whatever percentage they're charging for the transfer.
Up until now, I've been happy using the "send money to friends/family" option or whatever it's called, to avoid Paypal nicking a chunk.
Unfortunately they're closing that loophole, so you'll want to increase your price by whatever percentage they're charging for the transfer.
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05-14-19, 08:04 AM
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Paypal, but DON'T use "friends and family".
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The interested party would need help facilitating. Doubt the potential buyer is a BF member.
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