E-cheques to paypal

bleugh

soolin wrote:

How does it assist scammers? Paypal themselves say don't send anything until payment is clear.

paypal allows a chargeback to happen if the item isnt received within a reasonable time,

and ebay also allows a complaint to take place........
add to that the threats and abusive emails you get for still not posting an item two weeks after payment is 'sent'

this scares some sellers into posting an item they shouldn't do as payment has not cleared

also, add to that, 'cleared' isnt cleared in the grand scheme of things, a colleague in work had a cleared e-cheqe (took nearly 3 weeks), then a fraudulant transaction for that e-cheque shortly after posting, something that is still ongoing now a month later