Go for it! You are NEVER guaranteed of somebody being genuine - confirmed or not. The ONLY thing confirmed means is that the user has linked a bank account to their credit card. Unscrupulous buyers can have bank accounts too. My address is unconfirmed and I seriously resent sellers who (just because they had a couple of bad experiences) choose to label me as being a fraudster. I will NOT confirm my address because that involves giving out my bank account details online. Too many people have had their bank accounts wiped out due to hackers and that is something I am not willing to risk. I recently won an auction, and despite reading through the seller's terms and conditions (of which there were many), failed to notice that they will only ship to confirmed PayPal addresses. I contacted them and they said they would accept a Western Union money order. So, I sent payment. However, I got an e-mail from them saying they did not realise they would have to physically collect the money from a Western Union outlet. They did say they would accept my payment , but in future, all payments must be mailed to them. They are based in the US and I am in the UK. They will only accept money order or cheque. However, US banks will NOT accept British cheques, and the last time I checked, you cannot not mail a British money order to America as they won't accept it. So, I will NOT be doing business with that seller again as they need to get over their own self importance. By only shipping to confirmed addresses will lose you customers. As far as I am aware, you are protected shipping to unconfirmed addresses. You should double check that by contacting PayPal/eBay directly.
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