[ale] [OT] PayPal

[Wolf Halton]

The paypal payment concept works. If you are not used to paypal, you might
want to have a business account at paypal. I do and have done invoicing for
consulting through paypal successfully.
Ways paypal could be leveraged :
stolen credit card or check used to buy your furniture.

Wolf Halton
http://sourcefreedom.com
Apache developer:
wolfhalton at apache.org
On Oct 13, 2012 4:45 PM, "Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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