The fact that he has a States address proves nothing, of course--he could have just moved here.
But just to give you a statistic--I've completed a couple thousand transactions at this point, including at least a hundred overseas transactions, and never once done a bank transfer. Paypal is pretty much my standard, and my listings display that I accept Paypal ONLY.
I would never give out my numbers to a buyer--never ever. I don't even have "bank transfer" as an option. Mostly because I'm paranoid. It's far too easy to do naughty things with those numbers here. I don't talk to many other sellers, but the few I do speak with don't do transfers either, and they're all US-based.
He's a brand new eBayer--0 transactions. There is a small chance, like I said, that he just moved here and opened a new eBay account, but I think it's more likely that he's a bit inexperienced.
You can see why I'm worried! ;)
On the other hand - let him get a paypal account and make life easier for his future ebay acquisitions.
I'm totally crossing my fingers that he does! hee.
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Date: 2008-01-09 04:23 am (UTC)But just to give you a statistic--I've completed a couple thousand transactions at this point, including at least a hundred overseas transactions, and never once done a bank transfer. Paypal is pretty much my standard, and my listings display that I accept Paypal ONLY.
I would never give out my numbers to a buyer--never ever. I don't even have "bank transfer" as an option. Mostly because I'm paranoid. It's far too easy to do naughty things with those numbers here. I don't talk to many other sellers, but the few I do speak with don't do transfers either, and they're all US-based.
He's a brand new eBayer--0 transactions. There is a small chance, like I said, that he just moved here and opened a new eBay account, but I think it's more likely that he's a bit inexperienced.
You can see why I'm worried! ;)
On the other hand - let him get a paypal account and make life easier for his future ebay acquisitions.
I'm totally crossing my fingers that he does! hee.