seller not registered with paypal

[shizam123]

is it possible for a seller to not have a paypal account?

I thought it was mandatory, but have recently made a payment and it said recepient of this payment is unregistered

[shizam123]

thanks everyone, I contacted seller, said she is having problems with paypal..true or not I dont know

so I cancelled PP payment and made bank deposit payment

and that's as far as I am going with this

[alanawent3133]

That's insane... you've just given a complete stranger a gift

If the item does not arrive you've done your money

[kopenhagen5]

Lets hope it's an honest seller, if they don't send the item, you may have just made a donation to them.

Many unscrupulous sellers claim there PayPal doesn't work so buyers pay by DD. But no protection or recourse if something goes wrong.

I always pay PayPal for non pick up items, even if I need to assist the seller in rectifying their account.

Having said that, they could be genuine.

[foxette-in-sox]

thanks everyone, I contacted seller, said she is having problems with paypal..true or not I dont know

so I cancelled PP payment and made bank deposit payment

and that's as far as I am going with this

There is NO such thing as 'having problems with Paypal'-JMO but you've most likely been scammed.

IF seller WAS having some issue,there's a gadget called a TELEPHONE that they could use to phone Paypal & 'fix' their problem.

[shizam123]

paypal is not infallible and seller did say she was communicating with them and seller has 100% positive feed back, so that's why I took the risk...if it all goes south then you will hear me kicking up a storm,do the neg thing etc

thanks for your input every one 

[alanawent3133]

Unless you are dodgy there is nothing you cant solve in a few minutes over the phone, your seller is not telling the truth they are dodgy or just lazy