CL can be tricky due to scammers and I have used it quite often as a seller. I used to be a power seller on eBay selling gold and silver coins, bullion and the like so I am also very familar with eBay/Paypal.
As was mentioned he should be willing to send the funds via "family friends" but he might not be a scammer due to his hastiness and in the likelyhood that he is honest and for tax purposes he would send the funds via. "Goods and services" which is frankly just how some people operate.
However, discretion is always the order of the day with craigslist buyers who use paypal as a means to pay for goods and ask that you ship upon cleared payment.
If he is legit, normally you are able to call and talk with them personally and then you are better suited to develop an opinion on him/her through conversation. You could email them a contract..."This day so in so is buying x and Admits money/item being bought its not stolen etc..." and check the Paypal name/email name etc with the buyer see if he will send a dollar as a test. However, most scammers who operate under false identity will not go through with such test. Then again they might not even call you and talk to you once you say, in a text or email, "If you are real then call me or do yadayada."
Ok, on the other hand, the buyer has to trust you too soo trust is a 50/50 deal once monies clear.
Hmmm...Again discretion is in order and who's to say a brother hihacked his sisters account or a man needing a saw hijacked his wife's account and thats how he has access to all that matching info but not likely but there is no telling but a scammer is easy to find and all you have to do is probe. Call paypal even.
I say this because I made a living off of buying and selling once. (if you don't believe me just look at my youtube channel and see for yourself) So everybody who is using paypal or in this case is a bit hasty always can't be ruled a scammer because thats just how some choose to operate. But being balanced and throughly trying to discern a person's true intention...mainly through conversation will determine whether or not you feel comfortable dealing with them.
Honestly, I would have lost out on thousands if I chose to turn all those people away. However, I did refuse quite a few in my time.
Just saying...Always learning
Oh yeah to all you guys who use paypal apply for a business debit card that way you can have money instantly to withdrawl it immediately to cover shipping for items sold especially of you are trying to sell on eBay.
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