Paypal can be a very good tool for buying..You have put the purchase on your credit card and therefore you can go back if there is a problem and dispute the item and get the charge denied and the seller will have it removed from the account by Paypal...Now as a seller it can be good and bad..The bad is, I had a friend sell a guitar for $1300 charged thru paypal and he shipped the guitar to Ca. and him in NY..The buyer then denied the charge and paypal removed the $1300 from his account and the buyer still had the guitar...A few months later the guitar was returned and he didn't come out a loser but til it arrived he was as they say "had meat"...All sellers beware of this when you are selling also, as the scammers will try this on you..Know who you are dealing with can not be expressed enough...Get to know your buyer or seller