I am in a similar situation with a motorcycle I am trying to sell through Ebay classifieds. I am in the process of transferring funds out of my linked checking account (an account I set up just to use with Ebay/Paypal). I only have $15 in my paypal account currently, so if my paypal account IS hacked, they will only get $15. I was also thinking of unlinking this checking account as well. Call me paranoid, but I'd rather be safe than sorry. Anyway, I've never sold anything of this amount before, and I don't know if this is standard operating procedure. My potential buyer wants to arrage freight like yours and pay $100 over the asking price as "insurance." Just not sure about the whole thing, but I'm in new territory.
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