Hi, I am trying to buy a playstation on either Done Deal or Facebook Market. People are currently avoiding meeting in person to exchange goods and money due to COVID-19 so most people are asking to use Paypal instead. Every person I have chatted to has asked me to pay through 'friends and family'. I saw lots of posts online about how this can be used to make scam sales and I offered to pay the transaction fee to make payment as 'goods and services'. However, some of the sellers have said it can take 21 days for them to receive payment if it is made as 'goods and services' and they don't want to post item until they receive payment. One person has said there is buyer protection when sale is made as 'friends and family' too. Is this true? Not sure what to do as I want to get a 2nd hand playstation for my boyfriend's birthday and COVID makes it a bit tricky! Any suggestions?
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