Date:         Tue, 6 Feb 2007 12:47:38 -0500
Reply-To:     The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
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From:         The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
Subject:      Re: [NVC] Looking for a secure payment from Germany
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> Whats the risk in paypal if he pays you first? german paypal 
> can only be paid by überweisung or credit card, are you 
> afraid the payment bounces after you send the item off? I 
> dont think that can really happen


The problem with Paypal is that the buyer can claim they didn't authorize
the charge, never got the goods, or got goods that were not as described,
and dispute the payment (through Paypal, and/or their credit card if it was
credit card funded). The Paypal terms state that Paypal can then take the
money back from you, freeze your account, etc.  There have been publicized
cases of honest sellers being burned by either dishonest buyers, or by
crooks who accessed the Paypal account of an honest buyer and went on a
spending spree. Paypal's "Seller Protection" feature protects sellers
against this, but only on transactions sent to a confirmed Paypal address
within the U.S.. Even shipments to Canada are not covered.

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  www.busdepot.com
  (215)  234-VWVW

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