Originally Posted by
sciencemonster
No, I disagree. A credit card gives a buyer the same anonymous cover that internet forums give you. You can say anything, and the credit card companies will back you up. For the honest sellers dealing with honest buyers, yes, you are right.
For the honest seller and the dishonest buyer, a credit card purchase and especially one hidden further behind Paypal, you can say and do anything. It is trivial to lie and say you got ripped off and your money will be refunded from that honest seller. This forum, as well as the internet in general, is rife with examples.
You may have had the good fortune to not have run into one of these dishonest buyers, but it happens. I gave an example of one in my post - although that example predated paypal.
Paypal says it protects you as a seller, but it is not true.
Look it up.
In my eleven years of using ebay/paypal. I had one single dispute (as a buyer, and because I initiated that, because what I got was not what it was not meant to be). As a seller, paypal and ebay will give you the benefit of the doubt (speaking from experience. The disputing party has to prove that the item received was not what was advertised to be - and that is a tall order. You need to find someone to attest to that) If you sell and you know what you sell and you ship it properly and don't overcharge, you are fine...