Here is the situation:
I am selling a cell phone on Craigslist Vancouver but there is this guy that keeps on asking me to send it to him in Ottawa. At first I was kind of declining his offers, but then he offered the same as my asking price...
Someone in Vancouver offered $215 to meet up locally. However, the Ottawa guy (well not really a guy, hes a teenager I think cause I just FB'ed his email) offered me $250 plus he will pay for the shipping charges as well... Also, he wants to do paypal or money order (both of which I am unfamiliar with)
Since I have never dealt with selling anything or sending anything I have a couple of questions:
1) I don't want to be scammed, so is there any possible way I can be scammed?
2) How does paypal work? I have had some input from friends saying that we should use paypal and have him send his money first and I wait until I can withdraw the money before sending the item. But I also heard that paypal deducts 4% off of your money withdrawals....
3) How does money order work? Can I still do the same thing where I withdraw the money order as cash before I send the item? The buyer told me that there is no decuction fee with money orders but I heard its more scammable?
TIA for your inputs!
