I have done well from Canada, and, I had a true disaster.
think protection.
CREDIT CARD: use your best most protective credit card for the payment to paypal then to seller. you might need to change your preferred payment options temporarily to your card.
PAYPAL: only gives protection for GOODS, therefore you need an invoice from the seller.
If you simply send money, it is like sending money to friends or family, no coverage.
EBAY: sold PayPal, and if you give eBay your bank's information, then they send money to your bank, skipping PayPal fees
even if seller asks for you to pay his additional fees, I think it is worth it to get protection.
INSURANCE: the seller buys the insurance, and the seller must make any damage claim. The item will need to be returned to seller's freight company for evaluation. Improper packaging might be an issue, so, keep packking materials, pay attention, i.e. take photos as it comes out of the box.
VINTAGE: do not let seller put vintage on the invoice or description, as, after the fact, after selling seller insurance, UPS Canada said: "we don't insure vintage".
think protection.
CREDIT CARD: use your best most protective credit card for the payment to paypal then to seller. you might need to change your preferred payment options temporarily to your card.
PAYPAL: only gives protection for GOODS, therefore you need an invoice from the seller.
If you simply send money, it is like sending money to friends or family, no coverage.
EBAY: sold PayPal, and if you give eBay your bank's information, then they send money to your bank, skipping PayPal fees
even if seller asks for you to pay his additional fees, I think it is worth it to get protection.
INSURANCE: the seller buys the insurance, and the seller must make any damage claim. The item will need to be returned to seller's freight company for evaluation. Improper packaging might be an issue, so, keep packking materials, pay attention, i.e. take photos as it comes out of the box.
VINTAGE: do not let seller put vintage on the invoice or description, as, after the fact, after selling seller insurance, UPS Canada said: "we don't insure vintage".