STOP!!!!

[ACHILLES]

Not sure why anyone on here would be using PayPal anyway their anti gun. Hammer bullets had $50k in a pay pal business account. And pay pal locked it out and took their money and they never got it back. Plus when I did have pay pal they would hold my money for months before letting me transfer it to my bank acct

 

[brazz04]

I've heard of that happening before. One of the things that kinda steered me clear of using them.

I gotta ask though. Wouldnt it make sense to have an bank account setup just for that?

I guess you could, or you could just not use Paypal/Venmo. Again these were standard business transactions, there was no reason that they should have been flagged let alone have funds seized.

 

[def90]

Request a phone call with the seller before sending money, this scares away most of them.

 

[tony]

I run a separate checking account for PP. No way I’m letting those assholes into my finances. I don’t even “auto pay” I see offered all the time from businesses.
Yet, I’ve never had an issue with PP.

 

[HuntHarder]

Tough deal here. I just bought a pair of boots off and guy on here for $2500.00. I insisted on splitting the PayPal fee 50/50. He agreed. I had him send me multiple different pictures and we carried on a text string for a few messages. Gave me a sense of comfort, but I knew deep down, this could go sideways and I'd be depending on my CC and/or PayPal. I always link my CC to PayPal instead of my bank account, knowing they are way easier to dispute and win. It all turned out perfect. I also sent money via Venmo to a known member for a few hundred last week, with little concern he was going to take my money and run. It's really a feel thing imo and you can't be unwilling to "miss" a deal if it isn't right. Too good to be true, usually is.