I have read the user agreement and I need some clarification. I am considering buying a piece of furniture on Gumtree using Paypal. It's a long way away so I would have to send a courier/man with a van to collect. My concern is that there are fraudulent sellers who may take the money and disappear. According to the Paypal user agreement I am not covered if the goods go missing and that's fine because my argument would be with the courier. But what if the seller goes missing before handing over to my courier what I've bought? Here's what the User Agreement says:- 13.4 Conditions for reimbursement You may be reimbursed under PayPal Buyer Protection for a problem with a purchase only if all of the following requirements are met: a Your purchase is an eligible purchase. Purchases of most goods and services are eligible except for 15. purchases of items which you collect in person, or arrange to be collected on your behalf (including at a retail point of sale) and which you claim to be Not Received; Thanks in advance.
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