Selling stuff on ebay / using paypal (they're the same thing from a seller's perspective) is a gamble. You can sell a brand new product and then the buyer creat

Selling stuff on ebay / using paypal (they're the same thing from a seller's perspective) is a gamble. You can sell a brand new product and then the buyer creates a dispute with ebay/paypal and you're fucked. Often they don't even have to return the item. Paypal will freeze the funds. Only if the buyer agrees to cancel their complaint can you get your money back. It's too bad. Ebay used to be a wonderful platform. But like most Internet companies today, they are shit. Paypal's business is undoubtedly criminal. Craigslist works only because it's not a platform and you don't have to give them money. Much less exposure, but at least ebay/paypal/other shitty Internet company doesn't keep your money. All these advances, and a copy of the classifieds (craigslist) plus cash is still the optimal route for selling safely. Sad.