Paypal insecure?

on big ticket items as a seller, I try to avoid PayPal. the buyer can do a charge=back. PayPal will then put a hold on the funds or even attempt to pull money from a credit card you have on file with them.---all they are concerned with, is if, the buyers credit card company, puts a hold or charge back via PayPal. PayPal is not going to be the party who gets shorted--it will always be, you, as the seller

I had $5000 in my Paypal account and they somehow managed to loose it. It just vanished. I didn't even make a transaction. When I asked them what happened to my money, they said that they have no idea. The only thing they knew for sure is that it wasn't their fault. After fighting with them for a couple of weeks, by some miracle the money was found. My guess as to what happened, is that I spoke to the entire country of India, and they just ran out of people to transfer me to.

Never use it its real garbage.

"My guess as to what happened, is that I spoke to the entire country of India, and they just ran out of people to transfer me to. "

Now THAT'S funny.......

Shakey

Indeed, PayPal is for Sellers very dangerous when the buyer wants to betray you.
I had a conversation with a PayPal lawyer who said to go a different route for everything above 2000 $.
When you want to sell via PayPal I recommend to write a contract WITH Passport copy from the buyer. When the buyer does not do it, then you know what is going on. Always send a invoice through the official server and wait for acceptance from buyer. Make pics from item, from box, from address etc. Finally, never send to a different buyer address than the one which is saved at PayPal server ("I am not at home, send it to my divorced wife/ friend/Uncle blah, blah...")