First off, the transaction has nothing to do with eBay, I met the seller through an online group. I told him I'd prefer paying via PayPal and am willing to cover the Goods & Services fees myself. Problem is he doesn't have a PayPal account and is thinking to use a friend's in order to receive my payment, presumably still via Goods & Services. Is there any issue with doing this? If anything goes wrong with the transaction, it's his friend on the hook, isn't it? Or is there no protection for me at all unless the seller uses his own account?
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