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Originally Posted by Bitte ein Bit
Question for everyone:
I have bought and sold over the years (here and other forums) and not once did I need to call anyone, and in fact, hardly ever exchanged numbers. Everything was done by email and PayPal. I have two items for sale and I just get random PM's with a quick question/comment and "call me" with a number. My phone and number is very private to me and I was wondering if this is the way now. I state in my ads that PayPal only is my payment method...
I don't want to be paranoid but the "i'll send a check" even at my age seems dated for selling and buying these days...
Just curious if I need to adjust to the "give me a call" crowd. I mean, I am the one selling...this should be on my terms...correct?
Thanks for any input...
Erik
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I agree with you Erik. PM keeps everything within Pelican, and unless the buyer just has some clarifying questions or wants to negotiate, there’s no need to call. Especially if they say to call someone else. If you don’t like giving out your phone number, then text is out as well.
And the check thing is almost always a scam. The scam is to mail you a check that they will add some amount to ($100-$1500) for their ‘shipper’. They then ask (demand) that you give that difference to whomever they have show up to pick up the item. There are variations.
Just stick with PayPal. I’ve used Zelle and Venmo as well. Not confident with CashApp yet.
Best of luck.