I want to buy a merchandise from a chinese website which the seller offered me to pay him/her by Paypal. The seller gave me his/her Paypal email account and ask me to pay him/her directly. The problem is I still feel unsafe. Will Paypal hold the payment until I recieve the merchandise? Just incase I don't recieve it, I still can have my money back. I heard that as soon as sellers recieve the payment, then withdraw them to their bank acc, later withdraw from thier bank acc, then Paypal won't be able to issue the refund because there's no money in sellers' bank acc. Is it true? Will it matter if I pay the seller directly or have the seller send me the Paypal invoice with merchandise detail? I need to buy this because I cannot find it anywhere else. I just want to make sure I won't get scammed.
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