When you guys sell stuff online how do perform the money transfer? I've never sold anything before, just a little nervous.

I've sold parts to a few HCS members here. It's just a matter of trust with your fellow HCS member 99.9% of us arn't out to rip each other off. Now if the item is in the thousands of dollars I set up a pay pal account.

What are you selling?

My M10, I want to go edge 136 either original or extended doesnt matter to me cause I here the extesion kits are pretty solid.

Buyer pays you first (check, money order, cashiers check, etc). Then after payment clears you ship the buyer the product. So risk as a seller is almost zero...risk as a buyer is a little bit higher, but I haven't had it fail yet. As already said, most everyone here are stand-up peoples.

Paypal protects everyone...buyer and seller. So safest and fastest is to use Paypal for the transaction, but realize it does cost you a few percent in commissions.

If I am the buyer I won't buy anything off a forum from someone who hasn't been around for a while. In other words if you have 5 posts, and you just joined a week ago and you're selling a $1000 suspension and I'm looking for one I'm probably not gonna buy it from you unless you're close to me. Some may not agree, but that's me.

There are a few guys here on the forum and other forums that I would ship parts to before I received the check(it's a very short list though). These are people that I have talked to alot and got to know them. Anybody else though you ain't getting your parts until the payment clears. I won't take money orders or cashiers checks for a large amount of money. If they end up being fake and your bank doesn't catch it you will have to pay the money back when someone eventaully realizes the check is fake. By then you've probably already shipped the product and you're screwed.

Set up a PayPal Account. You can pay for and buy almost anything anyplace on the Web.

Strocker.

Thanks for the input.

Something to consider regarding PayPal. If the buyer has an issue, or claims to have one, PayPal can freeze or reverse a payment to you/your account in the blink of an eye. You give them your banking info when you set up with them. If the purchaser funded the payment with a credit card, the payment to you can be reversed. In either case you have NO recourse. In the case of a protest, normally the purchaser will win. Normally this all works out, but the process can be abused. It DOES happen.

Many have been stung with this process after having whatever it was they are selling shipped to the other side of the country.... so the purchaser ends up with not just what you sold them, but with the money they paid for it, leaving you in a rather awkward position regarding your bargaining power.....

If selling something big, taking a deposit via PayPal at the close of the auction is cool. But I would insist that the balance be paid in another manner (CASH!) at the time of pickup. FWIW