Scam?

Im trying to sell my ps vita on craigslist but I always get some bull shit offer of someone thats gonna send me $100 extra for all my troubles and have me ship it to somewhere because they off town.

Should I give that person my paypal email so they can pay me or is this a scam for non legit paypal money and im going to get arrested a couple days after ?

heavy wrote:

Im trying to sell my ps vita on craigslist but I always get some bull shit offer of someone thats gonna send me $100 extra for all my troubles and have me ship it to somewhere because they off town.

Should I give that person my paypal email so they can pay me or is this a scam for non legit paypal money and im going to get arrested a couple days after ?

You wont get arrested but its likely to be chargebacked. If they're going to send you "extra' money, its bullshit.

I agree with princess,
No one is going to pay one hundred dollars extra just for you to ship it

You won't get arrested I assure you that.

I think there are ways to receive money over PayPal that can't be charged back. Like it has to be labelled as a donation or something. Maybe not.

But if it sounds too good to be true, it always is. Never make deals with strangers without some sort of protection. Make sure they can't chargeback before you give them your goods. Find some way for them to pay you (if even money in an envelope that they mail) before you send anything. They can afford a stamp for an envelope. They can write a check if they don't trust paper money in the mail. They can write an electronic check even, I bet, through their bank's website.

"It has to be PayPal and it can't be [some PayPal method that doesn't allow chargebacks]" doesn't fly.

GAMEchief wrote:

I think there are ways to receive money over PayPal that can't be charged back. Like it has to be labelled as a donation or something. Maybe not.

But if it sounds too good to be true, it always is. Never make deals with strangers without some sort of protection. Make sure they can't chargeback before you give them your goods. Find some way for them to pay you (if even money in an envelope that they mail) before you send anything. They can afford a stamp for an envelope. They can write a check if they don't trust paper money in the mail. They can write an electronic check even, I bet, through their bank's website.

"It has to be PayPal and it can't be [some PayPal method that doesn't allow chargebacks]" doesn't fly.

Yeah has to be labeled gift. But you can claim it was unathorized access and generally they will charge back appropriately.

They should be able to find one on ebay if they prefer to use paypal

i wouldn't do it.

I would think its a scam. -0- D i o r -0- has a point, if they wanted it shipped, they could have used eBay. Prices usually aren't that much better.

-0- D i o r -0- wrote:

They should be able to find one on ebay if they prefer to use paypal

Yeah, and I'd rather eBay handle my fraud claims than PayPal. By fucking far.