I UNFORTUNATELY didnt use Paypal at the time because I didnt like anything that was directly connected to my savings or checking acct etc. My brother had his paypal hacked and someone drained his acct and I ended up having to help him pay rent that month. He showed me the transactions on his statement and had to fight to try to get his money back at Paypals infancy years ago before the better security of today. Today I have one associated to an e-mail that is not used for anything else and a pin generator with my acct to protect it and rarely at all use it.

Back then I would instead get bank checks as for my bank allowed for 1 free bank check per day and since my workplace at the time was on the same block as the bank it was CONVENIENT to walk in at 2pm on 15 min break and get a check printed and mail that to the ebay merchant.

I bought and sold lots of items mostly collectable items that cant malfunction because they are static objects and are genuine on ebay, and I have avoided the fakes as a specialist in what I COLLECT, but for some reason computer hardware has been an issue. So when I think BC made the statement on ANOTHER post earlier this YEAR of buying a used hard drive is like buying used underwear, I can relate to this on ebay with the drive that sounded like a rock tumbler..lol