i need some advice[yea i know im an idiot]i never used paypal or did the ebay thing,i usually do business face to face.this guy over in cali,is selling some rims/tires.and he said he has paypal.im not to familiar how it works.hes been a member on hea for 4 years.im just not trying to be the latest scam victim[not to mention the wheels are over a 1000] please help if ya got some helpful advice/experience/info buying on here.thanx

 

ive been using paypal for years.never had a single problem

 

how does it work...i send a credit card payment to paypal,and then they give it to him,and then he ships it out

 

Paypal is pretty safe actually. Sign-up and get your bank account verified first.

You can then make direct transfers using paypal to another persons paypal account. If there are any issues, paypal makes the other person give you your money back and they handle everything for you.

I am a premier member and have made 100's of transactions with no real issues.

 

cool,i treat everybody as a potential scam if i dont know them,lol

 

You'd also be wise to find "references" local to the seller. See if his local CO knows him and send him a PM. It's not going to give you anything to stand on if there's a problem, but at least it may give you some peace of mind about the transaction.

 

Paypal has been around for a while and is now owned by Ebay. So, it is pretty legitimate and i've been using it for years (since they used to pay you $5 for every referal and transactions were FREE! )

Definitely get 'references' for the seller. If he is a S2ki.com member then do a query on his posts to see if anything looks 'fishy'

 

I used Paypal for my wheel purchase through a private party from here on the site as well. He was in NC

My payment was 2K and I even got a call from paypal to verify that I indeed made that payment about an hour after I sent it.

they also have a 30 or 45 day safety net if something does go wrong, you can charge back the funds