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<p>[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 4027022, member: 76863"]Not entirely sure why people are recommending eBay so much for this situation. As the OP stated they’ve never really sold coins before which means they’d be a first or newish seller which means no they wouldn’t get the benefit of the doubt in a he said she said. eBay is a good coin place overall but for a brand new seller won’t make much difference</p><p><br /></p><p>Whether using just PayPal or eBay it’s essentially the same given PayPal was probably the payment method. The best method a seller has to protect themselves is to walk away or block when it’s fishy. The second best would be if someone is super worried then record the entire packing process including labeling it and put a mark on it somewhere that shows it’s the same label and wait a few days and confirm everything with calls to PayPal and such payment wise before shipping to be extra safe. If at that point someone is still worried, it’s time to walk away from the deal </p><p><br /></p><p>it would be rather crazy to send coins to someone you have no clue who they are and then wait for payment.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 4027022, member: 76863"]Not entirely sure why people are recommending eBay so much for this situation. As the OP stated they’ve never really sold coins before which means they’d be a first or newish seller which means no they wouldn’t get the benefit of the doubt in a he said she said. eBay is a good coin place overall but for a brand new seller won’t make much difference Whether using just PayPal or eBay it’s essentially the same given PayPal was probably the payment method. The best method a seller has to protect themselves is to walk away or block when it’s fishy. The second best would be if someone is super worried then record the entire packing process including labeling it and put a mark on it somewhere that shows it’s the same label and wait a few days and confirm everything with calls to PayPal and such payment wise before shipping to be extra safe. If at that point someone is still worried, it’s time to walk away from the deal it would be rather crazy to send coins to someone you have no clue who they are and then wait for payment.[/QUOTE]
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