[ale] [OT] PayPal

[Jim Kinney]

I've bought ebay stuff using paypal before. Lots of places will use 
paypal for accepting donations. I does work but read the fine print.

Best bet is to insist on USPS money order(s) send by registered mail. 
You know the funds are good and they know the money was delivered to you.

On 10/13/2012 04:23 PM, Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
> What I know about PayPal would fit in a thimble with plenty of room left
> over for my thumb.
>
> BUT . . . .
>
> we are trying to sell some furniture on Craig's list and have had one
>> possibly< serious inquiry.  But we are suspicious.  The "buyer" asked,
> among other things, if we were the first owner -- of chairs that are almost
> certainly pre-war (aka "The Late Unpleasantness" here in Atlanta) and are
> advertised as such.
>
> He wants to pay via PayPal -- without actually seeing the chairs!
>
> He wrote in part:
>
>> Thanks for the email, I will send Your payment as soon as
>> I receive Your PayPal email id, You will receive a notification
>> receipt email from PayPal as soon as Am through with the payment.Just
>> follow the Instructions and procedures on the payment in order to get
>> the funds credited into Your PayPal account so that you can easily
>> transfer the money to your bank account or credit card. as soon as the
>> funds reflect on your PayPal account......
>>
>> Do get back to me now with your PayPal email address and full name so
>> i can proceed with the payment asap.
> As a second generation newspaper editor my cynical gene is somewhat over-
> developed and this offer (to me) smells like it was dragged up from the
> bottom of the Chesapeake Bay -- up around Baltimore.
>
> So, how reliable is PayPal, anyway?
>
> Sean
>
>
>
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