I see where your're coming from. The seller definitely takes more risk with paypal. Just the nature of that system. They side with the buyer nearly every time. But as a buyer I'm still using g&s. When a seller demands f&f it's an immediate red flag. Ultimately we're still strangers on the...
Every handgun has been USPS. Never had an issue, and actually preferred them over UPS/Fedex up until recently. Priority mail isn't really priority at this point.
Shipping times and tracking are trash for nearly everyone right now. Luck of the draw at this point. I just opened up EB pullover. Wouldnt wear it in the brush but for just chilling around the fire I think itll be pretty nice.
I get not wanting to risk your PP account. You can usually get away with it if you're not doing high volume and don't put anything firearm related in the notes