Anybody have any experience in this area? Were there any problems in receiving payment? Went through paypal and everything seems to be okay. I have a buyer in Colombia for an old PC video card. Are there any special hoops to jump through? Figured I'd ship USPS Priority Mail International.
I don't sell very often, so this is my concern as well. Paypal seems reliable though. I'm being told just to wait until the payment completely clears, which is fine with me.
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Tried selling an Samsung Galaxy on Ebay last year and every winning bid was someone trying to scam me. Had to go to craigslist.
I don't sell very often, so this is my concern as well. Paypal seems reliable though. I'm being told just to wait until the payment completely clears, which is fine with me.
Yup.. Make sure money is in hand. and ALWAYS go through paypal.. good luck!
Upon first glance, it doesn't seem that delivery confirmation is even available for priority mail to Colombia. When it's time to ship, I'll have to go in person to the post office.
This has always worked well for me. As long as you get it to the US shipping center okay, you're pretty safe. Out of the ~10 items I've sent that way, one of the buyers (in Japan) claimed they never got it. I don't know if they were trying to work the system or the package legitimately didn't make it all the way to them, but it didn't matter to me because eBay automatically took care of it since it arrived at the US center just fine.
I think it only protects against loss or damage, though. I suppose the buyer could still claim that it was the wrong item or not as described or something.