if they use the word Advert, its a scam too. No one in america uses that word.

ill take Money Order from ONLY INTL people on my ebay auctions. Thats the only time i dont use paypal.

Paypal sucks, but its a necessary evil, i cant wait for GPay to come out later this year hopefully.

Reason for INTL people is that often times they want you to declare a low amount so they dont have to pay duty taxes. Well if the item is damaged, they can do a dispute on paypal for the FULL AMOUNT, and guess what, you dont get to make an insurance claim cause you said your $1000 item was worth $40. its a common scam too on their side of things.

So i tell them i take money order only, most of the time they will comply , but if they dont, oh well.

Other than that paypal is safe an secure. it can be a pain in the ass, but its prob only a pain in my ass cause i do 10-20 transactions a day and i deal with idiots lol