For this group and a couple other's I'll ship and collect after buyer gets it okay. Just how I do it. I've never gotten burned.
Ryan On Monday, March 8, 2021 at 1:14:53 PM UTC-8 Joe M. wrote: > With PayPal, if they pay you as “friends and family,” you receive the full > payment amount with no fees taken out. They are offered no protection by > PayPal and they must trust that you will be sending them the bike. If they > choose “goods and services” when paying, you pay a fee but PayPal may offer > them money back if you don’t ship the bike. > > As far as sellers protection goes, I never ship until the money is in my > account. I do not accept personal checks or cashiers checks. No checks of > any kind. These days everyone has Venmo, PayPal or Zelle. If they don’t, I > don’t sell to them. > > And of course, cash is king. I only meet people in high traffic public > places like Starbucks or bank parking lots. > > I can easily get a sense of someone’s legitimacy by talking with them. If > I have a bad feeling about someone or a transaction then I abort. > > And if someone messages you on Craigslist asking for your phone number, > NEVER give it to them. They can use it to steal your identity. > When it comes time to meet with someone I ask for their number and I use a > Google voice number to communicate with them. > On Monday, March 8, 2021 at 10:40:48 AM UTC-8 Roberta wrote: > >> Riv content: I'll be listing a Riv soon. Lots of us sell bikes. >> >> What is the seller's safety in getting paid with a cashiers check, >> PayPal, Zelle, cash, other options? I''ll be listing my complete bike here >> and on CL, so likely I'll be selling to a stranger. I'd want to protect >> myself again someone taking my bike and then, somehow, I wouldn't get the >> funds. >> >> When I bought a bike from a list member, we met in person, I paid him >> with PayPal, he accepted the money and then I took the bike. >> >> Roberta >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/5836dd46-cedb-4d04-ad2b-22af45cc98e3n%40googlegroups.com.
