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    Selling/Sailing Rifle - Buyer wants to Pay via Paypal

    Selling my Saiga .308 converted rifle. Got a buyer in Midland who is heading this way this weekend. Wants to pay via PayPal with his Credit card (since I'm not a merchant and don't have a Visa/Masercart merchant account)

    He said he'd pay the 3% fee that PayPal takes from me.

    I'm a bit nervous. I don't like payments with CC's, but I will have his TXDL and his address and already have his phone. We have talked on the phone several times now.

    I have a second person interested, but I'd have to drive to Waco to sell it to him.

    Thoughts?
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  • #2
    Originally posted by IHaveAMustang View Post
    Selling my Saiga .308 converted rifle. Got a buyer in Midland who is heading this way this weekend. Wants to pay via PayPal with his Credit card (since I'm not a merchant and don't have a Visa/Masercart merchant account)

    He said he'd pay the 3% fee that PayPal takes from me.

    I'm a bit nervous. I don't like payments with CC's, but I will have his TXDL and his address and already have his phone. We have talked on the phone several times now.

    I have a second person interested, but I'd have to drive to Waco to sell it to him.

    Thoughts?
    Fuck that, you can get fucked bad on paypal as a seller. Ask me how I know.
    "When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." -Benjamin Franklin
    "A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury." -Alexander Fraser Tytler

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    • #3
      Originally posted by 5.0_CJ View Post
      Fuck that, you can get fucked bad on paypal as a seller. Ask me how I know.
      Okay, aside from the Nazi's crashing hard on you for multiple payments coming in with the words "AR-15" in them...any other situations for a single firearm transaction?

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      • #4
        Originally posted by IHaveAMustang View Post
        Okay, aside from the Nazi's crashing hard on you for multiple payments coming in with the words "AR-15" in them...any other situations for a single firearm transaction?
        It's how they work. If he decides to say he didn't get the item, you're fucked, period. In other words, as the seller, you can get fucked and have no recourse. I'm not even bringing my experience with that GB into this, this is from other previous experiences. And just so you know, they don't allow firearm purchases, so regardless of if it has ar15 or not, if he does complain at all, you're losing your money. I use to be a platinum paypal seller, I had done over 100k in sales with it, I'm pretty familiar with how you get fucked.
        "When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." -Benjamin Franklin
        "A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury." -Alexander Fraser Tytler

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        • #5
          Originally posted by 5.0_CJ View Post
          Fuck that, you can get fucked bad on paypal as a seller. Ask me how I know.
          True story, fuck Paypal, and Ebay for that matter (same company).

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          • #6
            Originally posted by bottlerocket View Post
            True story, fuck Paypal, and Ebay for that matter (same company).
            Originally posted by 5.0_CJ View Post
            It's how they work. If he decides to say he didn't get the item, you're fucked, period. In other words, as the seller, you can get fucked and have no recourse. I'm not even bringing my experience with that GB into this, this is from other previous experiences. And just so you know, they don't allow firearm purchases, so regardless of if it has ar15 or not, if he does complain at all, you're losing your money. I use to be a platinum paypal seller, I had done over 100k in sales with it, I'm pretty familiar with how you get fucked.


            Done and Done. Thank you both. I am contacting the buyer now and saying "no-go" on the PeePal. Cash or USPS M.O.

            I may be taking a trip to Waco this weekend...joy

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            • #7
              Just have him send the payment as a gift. He can't file a dispute then and no 3.3 % fee

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              • #8
                Through friends I wouldnt care, but I certainly wouldnt with some random person.

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                • #9
                  https://www.paypalsucks.com

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by IHaveAMustang View Post
                    Done and Done. Thank you both. I am contacting the buyer now and saying "no-go" on the PeePal. Cash or USPS M.O.

                    I may be taking a trip to Waco this weekend...joy
                    They don't have a car? Or is Waco halfway point

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by onemeangixxer7502 View Post
                      Just have him send the payment as a gift. He can't file a dispute then and no 3.3 % fee
                      If he complains to them that the rifle he bought doesn't work right, then he loses his money. If they are aware any transaction was for firearms they will seize the funds.
                      "When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." -Benjamin Franklin
                      "A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury." -Alexander Fraser Tytler

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                      • #12
                        Oh, almost forgot, how does one "sail" a rifle?
                        "When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." -Benjamin Franklin
                        "A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury." -Alexander Fraser Tytler

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by 5.0_CJ View Post
                          Oh, almost forgot, how does one "sail" a rifle?
                          You mean a wood stock don't make em float??

                          On a more serious note, OP are you friends with any business owner that you trust that could run the credit card for you and give you the money?
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                          • #14
                            If the guy is broke enough that he has to pay with a CC rather than cash when he gets here in person...

                            You shouldn't be accepting any other form of payment than cash. No 100's.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by goofygrin View Post
                              If the guy is broke enough that he has to pay with a CC rather than cash when he gets here in person...

                              You shouldn't be accepting any other form of payment than cash. No 100's.
                              If he's making fake bills, why would he care what denomination they are?
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