Originally Posted by
ArchEtech
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.
Indeed, and as with all retail, if you do more volume, then you can treat the scammers as a cost of doing business, and work it into your price.