That is the attraction of payPal?????  I have had one"customer" once that screamed at me that I did not offer the protection of Paypal. Not a nice story mum of goldens. Ebay is sounding worse and worser,people saying ,that's how it works! I just heard that paypal is dearer! Sounds like a Monopoly playbank at Paypal! Regards

Don't get me wrong. Paypal is great for other items, smaller items that are sent by post. For example, if I was buying a camera and paid via direct deposit, if I was dealing with a shonky seller I would end up with no camera and no money and very little I could do about it.

If I paid by Paypal then at least if the seller did not send me the item I could go through Paypal and get my money back.

I pay by Paypal for just about all of my purchases with no problems.