paypal as a gift for cue sellers..

[cueaddicts]

What's funny is how some buyers send PP payments as 'gifts' when the seller isn't even expecting that. Have had that happen to me. Guess sometimes it's so habitual they don't even notice.

PP gift is simply not a good idea, especially when you don't know the party you are buying from. Don't be so cheap as a buyer that you lose out on a cool purchase because you won't spend an extra $20-40 bucks to cover the goods & services fees the seller may have incorporated into their asking price. It's well worth it to not give up the rights you have to contest it or get your money back if the item was misrepresented, lost/broken, or something crazy/unthinkable happens, like Type79 describes above.

Most importantly, know who you are buying from. My god, this is the age of the internet. Spend a little time researching the person and his/her rep. Ask for references in the pool/cue industry. We all know each other mostly, and if someone can't produce one trusted party in this industry to speak to someone's character, then I would be leery of sending someone like that money anyway for something sight unseen.

 

[JasBy]

Does PayPal track frequency of gift payments? I would think they do and if they see someone getting hundreds of gift payments they would take action.
One of the reasons I ask is the new trend on Facebook is for people to raffle high end cues that they can't sell for one reason or another. So people are getting 50-60 gift payments for every raffle they put on (with no mention of raffle anywhere in the payments because evidently that's a HUGE no-no for PayPal and will get your account closed) you would think eventually red flags go up at PayPal that something might be going on.

 

[Mikey Town]

As a buyer, I've agreed to a deal with a gift payment.

What I'll end up doing is sending payment for the cue as a regular PayPal payment. Then I'll send a separate payment, for 3% of the price of the cue, as a gift.

That way, my purchase transaction is protected for the agreed upon purchase price, and the seller is reimbursed for the fees. Sure, it's an extra step on top of just adding the 3% to the initial payment, but it's worked for me.

 

[Type79]

As a buyer, I've agreed to a deal with a gift payment.

What I'll end up doing is sending payment for the cue as a regular PayPal payment. Then I'll send a separate payment, for 3% of the price of the cue, as a gift.

That way, my purchase transaction is protected for the agreed upon purchase price, and the seller is reimbursed for the fees. Sure, it's an extra step on top of just adding the 3% to the initial payment, but it's worked for me.

And if the cuemaker doesn't deliver you are out of luck because you will be over the time limit to submit a dispute.

 

[nancewayne]

PayPal as a gift for payment of goods

Many Sellers allow the Buyers to "gift" the payment via PayPal, thus saving the Buyer an additional 3% plus. The gifting does not protect the Buyer. Isn't paying full PayPal price like automatically getting INSURANCE on the item? PayPal allows a refund on the item IF a lost, stolen, damage in route. And you know that PayPal IS making extra $$$ on each transaction that is paid the old regular way !!! FYI

Does anyone actually pay for cues as a paypal gift? Gives buyers no recourse if they get screwed out of the cue or any other product. Can't imagine wanting to save the small fee on just to try and sell the cue for a tiny amount less.

Seems like a great way to get scammed to me, but I haven't brought many cues in the last 4 years. Is this the new way people try and save a little bit of money?