Transferring money across the ditch

[BusyKiwi]

what about carrier pigoen ? lol.

Isn't it a indicator stalk

[cfjeff]

How does this pay pal thing work as I have just had someone want to buy our commodore we have for sale and they have requested my pay pal id request. So if anyone can enlighten me as to how I go about this, how it works and is it safe?

Cheers Jeff

[ben]

its a pain in the butt! dont use it if you dont have to.

seller gets stung with high fee's for money coming into your account, then it takes usually 3-5 days to get the money into your account.

tell the seller you dont have paypal and dont know how to use it!!!

only my opinion.

also herd stories of sellers being jibbed after someone picks up an item that they paid by paypal seller making out they have not recieved the goods and reported the seller, then the buyer gets the goods and their money back no questions!

you can get your money back if you have a written reciept and you go through the system, so make sure you get a signed reciept!!



cheers
ben

[Rogue Trooper]

The other problem with Paypal is if you have an issue you generally have to get on the phone to the States. Email support is really limited especially as you need to verify who you are to be able to do anything with your account.

[ben]

actually i have not found their phone support to be too bad. we have a toll free number here in aus. still pain thou

ben

[Worzel]

paypal is great for transferring money between countries,

For domestic transactions it is more expensive for the seller so i try not to accept it.
since they are not a bank they are not governed by any banking laws and you have no comeback if they screw you

http://www.paypalsucks.com/

basically it´s great until it goes wrong, only use it if you need to

[Rogue Trooper]

actually i have not found their phone support to be too bad. we have a toll free number here in aus. still pain thou

ben

You probably have that because you also have a local ebay prescence who own Paypal.

[Marishka]

also herd stories of sellers being jibbed after someone picks up an item that they paid by paypal seller making out they have not recieved the goods and reported the seller, then the buyer gets the goods and their money back no questions!

thats why i send the item registered and insured if the buyer pays by paypal,

but some idiots have told me they,d pay by bank deposit then used paypal the wankers!
so i got even less for the item in the long run.
im just gunna add the costs in advance from now on and reimberse the buyer later if they do the right thing.

[hunterbynature]

How does this pay pal thing work as I have just had someone want to buy our commodore we have for sale and they have requested my pay pal id request. So if anyone can enlighten me as to how I go about this, how it works and is it safe?

Cheers Jeff

get the cash when they pic the car up jeff, its the best way

[cfjeff]

Yeah that is what I'm going to do, the whole email chain reads a bit dodgey. I posted no pics in the ad and only listed the specs of the car for sale, yet the person interested has asked no questions about the condition of the car, nothing, only that he wishes to buy the car. He has offered $100 more than we advertised the car for and he wants to buy the car and would I agree to sell it to him. He claims he is a busy man and a sailor working on goverment sailing sea craft. He does not have time to come and look at the car but "his shipping agents will come down to my doorstep after the payment as being made out to you"

 All sounds a bit sus to me so I will insist on cash only on pickup see if I hear back from him.

Thanks all for your feedback on pay pal

Cheers Jeff