WARNING: scammer alert
I truly believe most people come from good places, and I'm trying to keep that perspective, but in the interest of transparency for others, here is the scam that happened to me:
u/Candy_Owens contacted me to purchase a $200 YSL bag; she sent me a paypal payment under the name Ryan Cullum, and I shipped the bag out immediately. Her name on the shipping was Lizette Cullum from Waddell, Arizona, which, after a cursory search, comes up on this site as a past scam address.
Of course, she deleted her Reddit profile...so that's a moot point (but I do have this Ryan's gmail account which I will be contacting, yet it's probably an exercise in futility.)
She then disputed the charge on paypal, which has now cost me an additional $15 dispute fee on top of the lost shipping charges. The only saving grace was that this person disputed the charge after I shipped but before it was delivered, so I was able to have my bag intercepted and returned to me.
Needless to say, I will now only use PPGS and happily split the fee with the buyer to ensure both of us feel confident in a transaction.
And for those lurking here with bad intentions: a lesson you were clearly never taught: Thieves are the same as liars and cheaters. Once you subscribe to one path, you're on all of them.
