MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Re: You suck at Craigslist

> >> I'd rather stick with ebay.
>
>
> i would too. but, fuck ebay and fuck paypal.
>
> long story short. i sold a camera to a guy on ebay for $850. goes well, he pays
> through paypal, receives item, gives good ebay feedback, etc. 2 months later, he does
> a chargeback on his credit card saying that his card was unauthorized for use.
>
> he does this with his real name being both on the paypal account and the ebay
> account. i submit full ebay/email correspondance to paypal, along with full fed-ex
> shipping documentation showing he got the item at the location he specified in his
> ebay messages. i turn over damning after damning fraud evidence to paypal. paypal
> says they will litigate this matter with the buyer.
>
> a month goes by... the guy's creditors side with him, and paypal informs me that they
> can't do shit about it even though i have given them a fucking mountain of evidence
> showing the guy committed credit card fraud. my paypal account gets debited $850.
>
> so, i'm -$771.00 on paypal right now.

That's what I like about Craigslist, there's less room for BS. No Paypal, no shipping, no credit cards. It's just "here's the cash", "here's the item" and you're done. For things under a few hundred dollars and/or are too expensive or awkward to ship, it's the way to go. I guess it depends what you're buying, too. For baby stuff, the sellers are pretty much always parents with small children, so the seediness tends to be minimal, especially when the seller is in one of the more affluent suburbs.