[strath44]

+1 on above I would say if it isn't a business that takes the major debit or credit cards then the most private individuals really only deal with paypal IMO.

There are a few scammers about and they can pray on parts buyers, I recently reported a scam with someone selling Fuchs which I couldn't quite believe as they are fairly niche!

If you want to PM me I can can check out the details!

ps paypal doesn't really become "dormant" I'm not sure about in the US but in the UK over certain amounts of transactions / account use you have to eventually verify your account for all the usual reasons, its easy to do and pretty quick. The only reason someone wouldn't be happy about doing that is that they don't want it officially linked or verified which isn't good.