Solved: Selling in classifieds

[Tracy]

Venmo offers no buyer protection. Paypal only does if paying via goods and services.
Anybody that requires venmo or friends and family is likely a scam. I just write them off and find a different seller.
I appreciate it when people send me money F&F saving me a frew

My understanding is that if the seller only takes payment from Venmo or Paypal, those services will guarantee the transactio

 

[joncampo91]

Bad idea whoever decided to do that. Pretty unfair.

 

[Marie13]

Bad idea whoever decided to do that. Pretty unfair.

What’s unfair?

 

[Marie13]

If you want to sell gear without restrictions, there’s always FB Marketplace. No one is forcing you to sell gear here.

 

[Jack Gomez]

Venmo offers no buyer protection. Paypal only does if paying via goods and services.
Anybody that requires venmo or friends and family is likely a scam. I just write them off and find a different seller.
I appreciate it when people send me money F&F saving me a frew

Then how do you guarantee payment?

 

[Tracy]

Then how do you guarantee payment?

I don’t understand what you mean?
I use paypal as goods and services.

 

[Scoobidoo1]

Providing ebay credentials should help. I remember my first sale here they asked for that. While I've long abandoned ebay, I do have a history back to 1998. The first item I bought was a Bronica S2A medium format camera for $550. I sent a personal check, and the seller shipped it prior to it clearing.

The level of trust and basic decency is long gone.

Thanks

 

[BrianGB]

I’m in the same boat! I’m trying to engage where possible without being a nuisance to the board and to established users. I come with my (limited) experience but am here to learn.

same here.

 

[BrianGB]

Respond. Start your own threads. Basically, if you want to make money off us by selling gear to us, you have to interact with us!

I want to buy, not sell

 

[Marie13]

I want to buy, not sell

Well, at least for that you can just respond to a thread asking the seller to message you. If you want to post threads in search of particular items, you’re out of luck until you get more posts.