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clayborne
10-10-08, 04:57 PM
found a high value part on craigslist 100 miles away, the guy seemed nice, said he would ship it to me for free if i pay pal him first. anyone have any tips to make this less sketchy?

The Carpenter
10-10-08, 07:58 PM
If you are not willing to risk losing the $$, go pick it up.
Cash_
10-10-08, 09:27 PM
if your doing paypal and he doesnt ship the part you can refute it and get your money back after an investigation by paypal

benhenley
10-12-08, 08:45 AM
You can get the money back from paypal rather easily.

Some ****er did it to me when I sold him a laptop. It worked fine for the first month he had it, then he overclocked it, messed it up and decided he wanted a refund. Then paypal ****ed me over and didnt care.
fogrider
12-03-08, 01:00 AM
use paypal and pay paypal through your credit card. paypal is set up to do a bank transfer and you have to do some extra clicking to use your credit card. paypal will charge you a fee to investigate and makes you wait. paypal is not there to protect you, its there to take your money.
ceej
12-03-08, 07:03 AM
I would ask the seller to send you a "money request" thru paypal that has a basic statement saying that he is requesting $amount for whatever part. This way there is an official transcript of the transaction on paypal.
Retrograde
01-02-09, 09:58 PM
use paypal :up:
AidanJ
02-09-09, 06:45 PM
if its worth it, like really worth it, then pick it up.