Paypal 'gift' for collection item -OK??

FattyBettyBoo

Is there any catch with receiving money via a gift payment through paypal for a collection only item?

Someone wants to pay via paypal as a gift and collect today. I know the whole 'pay through paypal and open a item not received dispute' con, but was wondering if this way is OK.

Thanks for the help

punkpink

Gift payments are fine for the seller, just the buyer that doesnt get buyer protection. So they cannot claim they havnt received the item so you have no risk for the POC scam. Should be fine

Mindless_Clone

Why don't they just pay for it via the ebay checkout through paypal? Seems silly for them to forego buyer protection just ebcause they want to send it as a gift.
Perhaps I am just very suspicious but if you do it, check your account manually to ensure the funds are there and don't let them collect until it's cleared.

I would also give them a "received" receipt to that you both sign, just for assurance.

lovinituk

Mindless_Clone wrote: »

Why don't they just pay for it via the ebay checkout through paypal? Seems silly for them to forego buyer protection just ebcause they want to send it as a gift.
Perhaps I am just very suspicious but if you do it, check your account manually to ensure the funds are there and don't let them collect until it's cleared.

I would also give them a "received" receipt to that you both sign, just for assurance.

The OP doesn't want to accept 'normal' Paypal payment for a collection item as it can be abused by the buyer. A received receipt would be useless if the buyer claimed the item was not received.

Mindless_Clone

lovinituk wrote: »

The OP doesn't want to accept 'normal' Paypal payment for a collection item as it can be abused by the buyer. A received receipt would be useless if the buyer claimed the item was not received.

Then say cash on collection only.

lovinituk

Mindless_Clone wrote: »

Then say cash on collection only.

Perhaps the buyer prefers to use their Paypal balance rather than draw out cash. If the buyer wants to pay by Paypal gift then why say no? The seller was just looking for clarification that they would be safe accepting it. And the answer to that is, yes.

soolin

The only thing I am not sure about is whether even with a gift payment a fraudulent buyer could make a bank chargeback as that is not dependent on ebay terms and conditions.

There has been an incendent of this on a facebook selling group I use, so it is only anecdotal but the site FAQs do now say that sellers can be scammed even with a gift payment- but it is much harder than with a normal payment.

In the Facebook example seller sold a high end item, got a gift payment and 3 weeks later got the dreaded 'funds are on hold pending investigation as sender claims this payment was not authorised'. Paypal were (apparently) clear that all seller had to do was provide proof of postage, but of course they did not have that.

The reason I am not sure about this is because I don't think gift payments show a recipeient address, therefore if paypal were asking for proof of postage they had nothing to check the address against. However I could easily be persuaded to believe paypal are just rubbish at knowing their own rules

FattyBettyBoo

Thanks everyone.

Perhaps the buyer prefers to use their Paypal balance rather than draw out cash. If the buyer wants to pay by Paypal gift then why say no? The seller was just looking for clarification that they would be safe accepting it. And the answer to that is, yes.

This was spot on Lovinituk. They said they had money sat in paypal that could be used. But I, like Mindless Clone, am very suspicious so always like to check someone isn't get one over on me.

Well, they've collected now, and although you never can really tell, they seemed honest enough