<p>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.<br>
Ways paypal could be leveraged :<br>
stolen credit card or check used to buy your furniture. <br></p>
<p>Wolf Halton<br>
<a href="http://sourcefreedom.com">http://sourcefreedom.com</a><br>
Apache developer:<br>
<a href="mailto:wolfhalton@apache.org">wolfhalton@apache.org</a></p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 13, 2012 4:45 PM, "Jim Kinney" <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I've bought ebay stuff using paypal before. Lots of places will use<br>
paypal for accepting donations. I does work but read the fine print.<br>
<br>
Best bet is to insist on USPS money order(s) send by registered mail.<br>
You know the funds are good and they know the money was delivered to you.<br>
<br>
On 10/13/2012 04:23 PM, Sean Kilpatrick wrote:<br>
> What I know about PayPal would fit in a thimble with plenty of room left<br>
> over for my thumb.<br>
><br>
> BUT . . . .<br>
><br>
> we are trying to sell some furniture on Craig's list and have had one<br>
>> possibly< serious inquiry. But we are suspicious. The "buyer" asked,<br>
> among other things, if we were the first owner -- of chairs that are almost<br>
> certainly pre-war (aka "The Late Unpleasantness" here in Atlanta) and are<br>
> advertised as such.<br>
><br>
> He wants to pay via PayPal -- without actually seeing the chairs!<br>
><br>
> He wrote in part:<br>
><br>
>> Thanks for the email, I will send Your payment as soon as<br>
>> I receive Your PayPal email id, You will receive a notification<br>
>> receipt email from PayPal as soon as Am through with the payment.Just<br>
>> follow the Instructions and procedures on the payment in order to get<br>
>> the funds credited into Your PayPal account so that you can easily<br>
>> transfer the money to your bank account or credit card. as soon as the<br>
>> funds reflect on your PayPal account......<br>
>><br>
>> Do get back to me now with your PayPal email address and full name so<br>
>> i can proceed with the payment asap.<br>
> As a second generation newspaper editor my cynical gene is somewhat over-<br>
> developed and this offer (to me) smells like it was dragged up from the<br>
> bottom of the Chesapeake Bay -- up around Baltimore.<br>
><br>
> So, how reliable is PayPal, anyway?<br>
><br>
> Sean<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
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