I'm tagging on to Mike's post since it's in the same vein. I put a bunch of stuff on Craigslist yesterday, and stated that I would only sell to local buyers, face to face.
Someone from out of state contacted me and offered to pay in advance via PayPal and then have a local friend of his pick it up. He says that he is the one taking the risk.
I'm familiar with quite a few scams, but can't help but wonder if there's one I'm not familiar with that's going on here.
Can a PayPal payer refute the sale afterwards and have the money transfer back to themselves, the way you can refute a charge on say, Visa or MasterCard?
I'll look this up on PayPal's site, but again wonder if there might be a scam I'm not familiar with.
It's a $700 video tripod.
Mark, if someone, anyone, is going to come to pick it up, then there is no reason that person cannot already have for you: cash, a cashier's check from a national bank, or a Postal money order.
Edit: Wait! Didn't JP once refer to himself as a $700 video tripod?
