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Everyone who's been in the internet for a long time know that there are dozens of sites for people to go tell their "got screwed by paypal" stories. Why paypal has always been the most used site for online transactions? That i don't know.. I know i would never use it.

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Maybe because people who have bad experiences tend to want to publish them more than people who have good experiences. I sold a damaged iPhone 4 (listed as such) on eBay+Paypal earlier this year. I got paid, the buyer was happy, and I did not write a blog post about it.

Im with you, i sold a number of things without problems, but I did it assuming that if I follow the rules of Paypals Seller Protection, i would be covered. This is not the case here. I now know that Seller Protection means nothing to the fraudster in the know

Seems to me that those good xperience come down to old fashioned luck. Don't use PayPal or eBay - simple!

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