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That's all true about paypal, they are generally only slightly less useless than any other way.

I always select CC also when using paypal at internet shops (tho not to traders.) Paypal has to pick up the CC fees when you use the option, so that is another big reason they try to talk you out of it. Any chance I get to be a PITA of paypal I take it.

The only bad thing about using CC to pay individual sellers is the seller has to accept some fees, and you need the upgraded acct and not everyone wants that. Generally if I trade over the internet I only want non-CC paypal unless you want to pick up fees.

That being said, I've done trades over the internet for used stuff for 10 years now and have never had a bad deal. => Good luck and being careful who and how I trade.

lol, I've only bought 2 motors brand new, an old 380C/6L and my recent Tekno 2.5D. Everything else I've found good deals on and they've worked out great.

RC Universe has (or maybe "had") an insurance system for this type of activity. You may want to take a look at their site and see if its still active. If I remember correctly, you will both have to place an ad on their site, then you can have the option of opting for insurance.

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IMO if you want this item bad enough, why not just purchase it brand new from an LHS & forget the risk? At least that way you know who you are dealing with, and you have some recourse of action if anything is out of wack. Besides the risk is much lower for sure. It just seems to me if there is any chance of losing money, you might as well just pay retail for the item. Just my opinion.

For trades I say they shit FIRST, or they can forget it

That has worked for me. I wont do it any other way, unless it was here as said

All great advice guys , thanks muchly .

I do all my Paypal transactions with a CC and to this day nearly 200 all have been positive ( first time for a bad one though ) .
Still wouldn't want to go through the hassle with the CC company .

Like mentioned earlier they could always ship an empty box just to get a tracking number too .

Basically i'm the one with the great feedback ( ebay and other forums ) so either the other guys will have to send me there trade first and upon receipt i will send the buggy .
Unless they are well trusted members with great feedback which i could trust .

Thanks heaps for the advice :yes:

Ive bought from about 10 people on this site and sold to more than a handful also, i have also done a couple of trades on here also.

all were well know reputible members and in the trades i had no problem shipping first and shipping at the same time, i would atleast contact them via phone once before a trade, its nice to know the voice on the other end of the typing.

Yep , the trader has just given me his phone details so at least i can speak to him but i still will want him to send the buggy first :wink:

I just make sure the deal is cool, I insist on talking to the person. and if they put up the ad and its a trade they ship 1st or I pay with paypal. If I feel funny or he wants me to ship 1st I walk away... I almost got burned for 2 vxl trucks for a revo about 3 weeks ago. Had the guys phone # (throw away cell) but everything else was fake, he wanted me to ship 1st. I blew off the deal and saw another guy got burned taking the deal for $500 LOL I told the burned guy the info I had on the seller and he eventually got it sorted out. Just walk away if you dont like it. Always another deal right behind it

All cool guys , the guy is shipping the buggy first ( xray 808 :mdr:) on Monday . When i receive it i will then send him the RC8 .

Thanks again

Hmmm..WOW... now that's a strange request. Personally I'd rather they take care of that business AFTER they ship the package out. You never know how well they are going to wash their hands.