Originally Posted by
Gresp15C
There could be different opinions about this, and I don't fully understand the details, but... I've read that if you sell something as merchandise, then you have to show proof of shipment, otherwise the buyer can claim that they never received the item. I've been a PayPal merchant for years, and have never had a bad transaction, but I've also read about some of its potential failure modes.
As a seller you have no 100% protection from being ripped off if you take anything but cash. Seller can charge back. They can claim it’s not what they expected. They can call a CC company and request a charge back. They can claim it stolen. I buy and sell stuff online all the time and use PayPal etc and have had mostly good luck with really only about 5 issues/scams in 10-15 years. Face to face and in cash is the only thing the is secure money wise, and that has its own risks too.