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krowboom Loyal user Chicago area 233 Posts |
Sometimes I want to trade with someone rather than buy or sell through Paypal. Is there a way to protect yourself when trading?
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plink Special user 661 Posts |
Make sure you 'know' them. I tend to trust and even think of some I've met here on the Café as cyber friends and would not hesitate to trade with them. Now a complete stranger...
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Steven M. Lafitte New user US/SWE 24 Posts |
There are certain websites such as escrow.com that could help in situations such as trading because they act as a neutral third party to monitor and transact the exchange of payment and merchandise.
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The Buyer sends the agreed upon payment to Escrow.com and then we alert the Seller to send the merchandise to the Buyer. Protected from fraudulent checks and money order scams, the Seller has peace of mind knowing funds are behind the Escrow.com shield. Escrow.com tracks the merchandise to confirm when it has been received by the Buyer and starts the inspection period. Hope that helps.
Palms are for Aces. Not handshakes.
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DaveGripenwaldt Elite user 487 Posts |
Also I'd say you'd have a little better chance of a smooth transaction trading with a participating member of the Café because any bad behavior would get posted about, so there is some accontability.
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