PayPal?

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So there is no way to know if a credit card purchase is legit when selling using PayPal?

See this thread of mine:
http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?threadID=1000566875&tstart=0&mod=1190992718511



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1. I figured it out

PayPal told me that the credit card is legit that he used.
However, his shipping address is "unconfirmed".

The problem is:
I ship the product and if he could claims that he did not recieve the $1220 item he could activate a PayPal "chargeback" to recoup the funds.

Without a confirmed shipping address I have no recourse.
PayPal would debit my account $1220, give him the money, and I would have no way to prove I sent the product to him.

I wrote and told him I will refund his PayPal payment and accept a Cashier's Check.
When it clears I will ship the product.

Lesson learned...fortunately beforehand so nothing bad happened.

[grasswire]

2. some sellers won't sell to an unconfirmed address

I guess that's why. Most of my items are for much less $$, so I don't worry too much about losing a bid.

[brer cat]

6. It pays to use delivery confirmation.

Both buyer and seller know the package was mailed and received. I print most of my shipping labels within PayPal, so delivery confirmation is free.

[Vinca]

3. Most of the time I send to unconfirmed addresses,

but once I had a high-priced item headed for Japan and decided not to take the chance. The buyer was kind of annoyed, but sent payment another way so I had cash in hand before sending the purchase.

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4. You can set your PayPal...

...to NOT accept unconfirmed addresses.

I am thinking on higher priced items to just go with the Cashier's Check anyway and avoid the PayPal fees.
They charged me 36 bucks for this $1220 transaction and I am going to refund it so I will probably get charged again somehow.

[Vinca]

5. Most of the time the unconfirmed address thing is just because

the user hasn't gotten around to giving PayPal the info needed to confirm it. After I moved my address was unconfirmed for awhile even though I had great feedback. I'm not overly concerned about it, but if I get a bad vibe I'll ask for another form of payment.