Gumtree and Paypal for Sellers
Advertised a phone on gumtree and have an interested buyer who wants to pay via paypal and then have it posted to a UK address.
I, however, am a tad dubious of the whole paypal thing as there have been too many threads on here where it seems like its easy for buyers to claim item not received/ described etc etc and put in for a refund claim and the honest seller is left stuck in a rut with frozen funds etc.
I would accept paypal gift or a bt but even though the normal paypal offers protection for both parties- there's too much evidence here to suggest that paypal side with the buyer - and what if the buyer is the dodgy one? So I could easily post off the phone and buyer can say 'not as described' and return a totally different one back to me.
I've sold lots of gumtree before and posted out a number of things (highest value £400+) but its always been payments by bank transfer.
Would you sell a high value item on the gumtree and accept paypal as a method of payment (for posting)?
I, however, am a tad dubious of the whole paypal thing as there have been too many threads on here where it seems like its easy for buyers to claim item not received/ described etc etc and put in for a refund claim and the honest seller is left stuck in a rut with frozen funds etc.
I would accept paypal gift or a bt but even though the normal paypal offers protection for both parties- there's too much evidence here to suggest that paypal side with the buyer - and what if the buyer is the dodgy one? So I could easily post off the phone and buyer can say 'not as described' and return a totally different one back to me.
I've sold lots of gumtree before and posted out a number of things (highest value £400+) but its always been payments by bank transfer.
Would you sell a high value item on the gumtree and accept paypal as a method of payment (for posting)?
Don't do it because you would be leaving yourself wide open to getting ripped off.
Hey HUKD members I sold a phone on Gumtree and think that I've been scammed.as the PayPal payment has been reclaimed.......
No I wouldn't sell high value via paypal or even bank transfer on gumtree
Gumtree is only really intended for selling things in face to face.